Politics Governance Civic

"Escalating direct action is now inevitable." – http://tinyurl.com/4tdgof

December Stanstead Protestors face the threat of being sued for more than £2m in damages – http://tinyurl.com/86brcg

U2 performing for Barack Obama in the inauguration build-up. http://tinyurl.com/7ysb4l

Anyone know what time the Budget Speech Starts today?

Footage of 2 women arrested for asking a policeman his badge number – http://tinyurl.com/l6httk

Had my 4th dream about Barack Obama. What does this mean?

Will California become America's first failed state? http://bit.ly/V4549

A good overview of all the commotion about #Trafigura – http://bit.ly/dzIj5

Newsnight segment on #Trafigura (May 2009) http://bit.ly/28Ay9o

Somewhat harsh I think: Rebels who look ridiculous http://bit.ly/87a5wI

BristolBloggerGate or "there's something about Sir Howard Newby" http://bit.ly/7KaLzd

As the saying goes, in politics, when you are explaining, you are losing – http://bit.ly/933rgT

Scary stuff: "Oath Keepers and the Age of Treason" http://bit.ly/bCBIuI

Man Versus Afghanistan – http://bit.ly/bbkpCV

BBC News – General Election 2010 website. http://bit.ly/cq5gpF

"Guns don’t kill people, guns merely give people easy access to an efficient mechanism by which to kill people" http://bit.ly/9QiPlV

The Runaway General – Stanley McChrystal. http://bit.ly/cR30By

Pakistan Flood Pictures – http://bit.ly/cM6dHj

The diplomacy of arms: Conflict as a negotiation instrument – http://bit.ly/bbg0U3

Newspapers and Twitter Policy – http://on.mash.to/9T2ePv

Video – Joseph Nye on global power shifts – http://bit.ly/blXkBS

A New Take on Political Ideology – http://bit.ly/ar5Y7o

Irish government's offer of chunks from EU cheese mountain prompts outrage from opposition politicians and public http://bit.ly/aUfxzN

According to this article: Killing each Taliban soldier costs $50 Mil; Killing each NATO soldier costs $50k http://bit.ly/c8cfSk

What is the Overton window? http://bit.ly/bRIUjH

RT @ritholtz – WikiRebels - The Documentary – Worth watching. http://bit.ly/gRVYae

The inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning's detention – http://bit.ly/gA6dpF

What Holbrooke didn't do – http://econ.st/fuuccJ

By far the largest single military spending bill in the history of mankind. http://bit.ly/ebxW79

War Is a Drug: The Urge to Surge – http://bit.ly/erenkB

The not-so-great Islamist menace: Common perceptions about terrorism in Europe are wrong. http://bit.ly/i7qXnd

Redacting Corruption: The Guardian's Political Censorship of Wikileaks – http://bit.ly/hiL9Ie

In the the UK Government's version of a 'green investment bank', testing each word is an education in sophistry http://bit.ly/foNKc4

An independent video project in support of the Friends of Somerset's Libraries – http://bit.ly/gAzu38

On the Faustian Dynamics of Policy and Political Power – http://bit.ly/e6HYaK

Dilbert reminds me of the coalition government: http://bit.ly/h017ol

Policy implications and issues associated with the religion question on upcoming UK Census – http://bbc.in/fz9MTJ @BHAnews

Systematically Biased Beliefs About Political Influence http://bit.ly/hlsvo1

"An admission that right wing political ideology can only dominate national debate through dishonest propaganda." http://huff.to/ijWKTI

The threat of America's nativist far right – http://bit.ly/g2ZXY6

Activism: It Cuts Both Ways … the Alternatives – video http://bit.ly/h7QpRn

RT @ReformedBroker: Follow @Finansakrobat NOW – http://bit.ly/nHrtvf (Oslo bomb survivor)

How a clueless "terrorism expert" set media suspicion on Muslims after Oslo horror – http://bit.ly/o52Frq

Blimey. Under the Riot (Damages) Act of 1886, insurers and the uninsured can claim costs from the police! http://bbc.in/nFJmO2

Video – Dan Ariely: Beware conflicts of interest – http://t.co/fW2r2Y3

Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult – http://t.co/Pp3HMCd

RT @Yalemediaforum – W[h]ither the Kyoto Protocol? Durban and Beyond @SSRN – http://t.co/E4H4PCO

The 'silent majority' agrees with me, voters believe – http://t.co/jUwUwuNj

Whatever Happened to the American Left? – http://t.co/VhUhJOWZ

@OccupyWallStreet has already won, perhaps not the victory most of its participants want, but a victory nonetheless. http://t.co/PmMAGOgM

MT @ramblinollie: Powerful video from #OccupyWallStreet http://t.co/wpzgBy1k

Leaderless, consensus-based participatory democracy and its discontents – http://t.co/sUBJvGzT

RT @sarahshoraka: How has the world become so screwed that Sarkozy and Merkel dictate when the Greek referendum will take place and what …

MPs questioning the top lawyer at HM Revenue take the unusual step of making him swear an oath http://t.co/KAWwkIYy

UC Davis Pepper Spray: 4 Camera Version – http://t.co/mZwH22Vn Via @Ritholtz

MT @Noahpinion: The modern American libertarian ideology does not deal with the issue of local bullies – http://t.co/V2ZzhnX7

The anti- #fracking movement in the UK is gaining momentum http://t.co/p4RUfce7

You are kidding me: Give Queen a new £60m royal yacht for diamond jubilee, says Michael Gove – http://t.co/jRnhz1aZ

"Obama, about as honest a follow-through artist as anyone can expect from a politician" http://t.co/A4SQKZzG

Like Fracking? You'll Love 'Super Fracking' – http://t.co/n5s0YAoz

Watching, 'My Child the Rioter' on iPlayer. Recommended. Great work @ollylambert http://t.co/Um518L4h #MyChildTheRioter

Washington is “schizophrenic” when it comes to marijuana http://t.co/pRy6G5d8

Alan Moore: V for Vendetta and the rise of Anonymous http://t.co/T5igxWgi

MT @cstross: Who is REALLY behind Lansley's NHS reform bill? According to investigators, it's McKinsey & Co: http://t.co/IYKnL8sZ

JSOC and the front-line in America'Shadow Wars: http://t.co/vmSp08bk

@UKTesco please stop exploiting the jobless by recruiting unpaid staff as part of the government's #workfare scheme.

RT @billybragg: Please remember that #NeverBuyTheSun applies to every day of the week http://t.co/JCoBkfop #JFT96

Remarkable: How one man escaped from a North Korean prison camp – http://t.co/ZIb3zCgJ

Leading the fight against dementia, David Cameron http://t.co/CFtRPxHJ

Institute for Public Policy Research: The Case for Austerity Among the Rich (pdf) http://t.co/ZxjtebQO @IPPR

Don't be fooled. Europe's racists are not discerning – http://t.co/4sVpIvUW

Why 'class warrior' brought the Boat Race to a standstill – http://t.co/XkhLKDm7

RT @philoquotes: Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk. ~ Seneca http://t.co/f4loa27z

Remarkable timeline of correspondence related to News Internationals bid for BSkyB http://t.co/P9UrXdKH #corruption

The dangers of portraying war in terms of hunting imagery http://t.co/nMTNUHdu

Cosma Shalzii: Cognitive Democracy – http://t.co/ElaoLHJf

Weird: "A group calling itself the Olga Cell of the Informal Anarchist Federation International Revolutionary Front" http://t.co/YOrg4AF2

RT @MarkThoma: Britain's climate change policy is going up in smoke – George Monbiot http://t.co/orGcCPHm

"Bilderberg 2012: real men don't like oligarchs" #tcm http://t.co/A7pmJ5ze

Frustrated that #Archos #Firmware update 4.0.7 hasn't solved my WiFi problem. G9 80 – you were a great piece of kit @archos