Monbiot – Crime and Punishment for Climate Harm
With the Earth on the cusp of tipping into catastrophic climate change is it not time that major polluters be tried and jailed for ecocide? The Guardian’s eco-scribe, George Monbiot,…
Crime and Punishment
The French Hacking Attack and the Rebel Connection
With only 24 hours to go before the French presidential election, and Emmanuel Macron leading Marine Le Pen in the polls, this was hardly surprising. The campaign of the French…
Anon Poses Some Questions
I received the following as a comment in my previous post, but decided to feature it here, as I suspect the writer would like readers to offer their answers to…
Higher Fees for Guilty Pleas
Only in Cameron Conservative Britain. There the government wants to ‘reform’ the legal aid system to set defence counsel against their clients by making it lucrative for lawyers to enter…
Bradley E. Manning’s Statement for the Providence Inquiry
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive | March 2, 2013: This statement below was read by Private First Class Bradley E. Bradley at a providence inquiry for his formal…
Canada Crime Bill C10 hunger striker takes protest to Parliament Hill
MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, May 6, 2012 – Today marks the 53rd day of my indefinite hunger strike against Canada’s new draconian crime law, the deceptively christened “Safe Streets and Communities…
Obert Madondo’s Indefinite Canada Crime Bill C10 Hunger Strike (VIDEO)
Today, April 5, 2012, is the 23rd day of Obert Madondo’s indefinite hunger strike protest against Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s new Safe Streets and Communities Act (formerly omnibus crime Bill…
Mr. Speaker, a question for the honourable member…
…What does it cost? The Harper Party rebuttal: law and order is priceless! The logical follow up: Is knowing the price-tag on policies to incarcerate people for non-violent offences too…