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UK Government Wants to Ban WhatsApp and All Other Encrypted Communications

The U.K. government is eager to expand already extensive spying powers to ban iMessage, Whatsapp, and Snapchat because the government cannot bypass their encryption features. The proposed ban was added to a revived version of a previously repealed British surveillance bill.
Cameron first indicated his advocacy of the ban following the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris in January, justifying it by <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/whatsapp-and-snapchat-could-be-banned-under-new-surveillance-plans-9973035.html" target="_blank">asking</a>—without a hint of embarrassment—“In our country, do we want to allow a means of communication between people which […] we cannot read?” He quickly answered his own question: “‘<a href="http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/590061/WhatsApp-UK-Ban-Weeks-Snoopers-Charter" target="_blank">No, we must not</a>.’”
Cameron’s suggestion was part of a larger push to revive the sweeping Communications Data Bill, which detractors commonly refer to as the “<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/27/security-services-investigatory-powers-bill" target="_blank">Snooper’s Charter.</a>”
By May, the government <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/27/security-services-investigatory-powers-bill" target="_blank">had announced</a> it would introduce an investigatory powers bill that extended the powers granted in the Communications Data Bill and strengthened the government’s ability to engage in bulk data collection. The Home Office <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/27/security-services-investigatory-powers-bill" target="_blank">claimed</a> it would “better equip law enforcement and intelligence agencies to meet their key operational requirements” by allowing them to monitor communications more invasively.
Now, the bill is <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/590061/WhatsApp-UK-Ban-Weeks-Snoopers-Charter" target="_blank">pushing forward</a>. It includes a provision to ban WhatsApp, iMessage, and Snapchat “to stop people from sending any form of encrypted messages.” The bill also requires internet companies to keep full records of all communications on their platforms. This includes Facebook and Google, which would be required to hand over whatever information the government wants, when it wants it.
In arguing in favor of the expanded powers, Cameron <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/590061/WhatsApp-UK-Ban-Weeks-Snoopers-Charter" target="_blank">said</a>, “We have always been able, on the authority of the Home Secretary, to sign a warrant and intercept a phone call, a <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/590061/WhatsApp-UK-Ban-Weeks-Snoopers-Charter#" target="_blank">mobile phone</a> call or other media communications.” <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32958632" target="_blank">According to Big Brother Watch</a>, British police file a request for communications data every two minutes. Their requests are granted 96% of the time by the Home Office, a <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/06/fisa-court-nsa-spying-opinion-reject-request" target="_blank">rate almost as high</a> as that of American “rubber stamp” FISA courts. Like Cameron, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/oct/16/fbi-director-attacks-tech-companies-encryption" target="_blank">American officials have criticized encryption</a> as a danger to national security.
By banning all forms of communication exempt from government surveillance, the U.K. government is straddling a dangerous line between “national security,” as it claims to bolster, and the basic privacy rights of its citizens. Many would argue it has long since crossed that line, as intensive surveillance measures have <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_politics/7671046.stm" target="_blank">been in place for years</a>. Cameron <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/590061/WhatsApp-UK-Ban-Weeks-Snoopers-Charter" target="_blank">pontificated</a> this week that “…the question we must ask ourselves is whether, as technology develops, we are content to leave a safe space – a new means of communication – for terrorists to communicate with each other.”
Not everyone in the U.K. agrees with the prime minister’s privacy-versus-security dichotomy. “We take no issue with the use of intrusive surveillance powers per se – targeted surveillance can play an important part in preventing and detecting serious crime,” said Liberty, a human rights and civil liberties advocacy group in the U.K. “But the current regime just doesn’t provide sufficient safeguards to ensure that such surveillance is conducted lawfully, and in a necessary and proportionate way.”
Former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who helped to block the previous version of the Communications Data Bill when he was in office, echoed a similar sentiment about the impending new policy.
“It’s not harmless. It would be a new and dramatic shift in the relationship between the state and the individual,” he said.
“People who blithely say they are happy for their communications to be open to scrutiny because they have ‘nothing to hide’ have failed to grasp something fundamental about open democratic societies: We do not make ourselves safer by making ourselves less free.”
Conservatives in Parliament are expected to pass the bill (<a href="http://metro.co.uk/2015/07/10/whatsapp-snapchat-and-imessage-could-be-banned-under-new-laws-5289099/" target="_blank">previously killed by liberal Democrats</a> in the previous administration) with enforcement as early as 2016, even as <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/uk-governments-surveillance-plans-could-put-citizens-and-entire-internet-at-risk-argue-leading-computing-experts-10373940.html" target="_blank">computing experts warn</a> the policies may enable the very terrorists they are intended to thwart.
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Jeb Bush Proves He Has No F*cking Clue About US Economics

Jeb Bush, one of the leading Republican candidates for the presidency, is in the news again—and not in a good way. During a meeting with the editorial board of the New Hampshire Union Leader, he <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/07/08/jeb-bush-people-need-to-work-longer-hours-means-they-need-full-time-not-part-time-work/" target="_blank">reportedly</a> said the following:
“My aspiration for the country — and I believe we can achieve it — is 4 percent growth as far as the eye can see…Which means we have to be a lot more productive, workforce participation has to rise from its all-time modern lows. It means that people need to work longer hours and, through their productivity, gain more income for their families. That’s the only way we’re going to get out of this rut that we’re in.”
There are so many delusional statements in this paragraph that one is hard-pressed to know how to make sense of it. First, the problem is not the productivity of the American workforce. The <a href="http://www.bls.gov/bls/productivity.htm" target="_blank">BLS</a> (Bureau of Labor Statistics) says that “Labor productivity measures output per hour of labor.” According to the chart below, the United States has the <a href="http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/industry-and-services/oecd-compendium-of-productivity-indicators-2015_pdtvy-2015-en#page23" target="_blank">third highest productive work force</a> among similarly advanced countries. Only Norway and Luxembourg have a more productive workforce than the U.S. among OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries.
<a href="http://theantimedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/OECD_Productivity.jpg"><img alt="OECD_Productivity" class=" size-medium wp-image-18865 alignright" height="204" src="http://theantimedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/OECD_Productivity-300x204.jpg" width="300" /></a>If the American workforce is third in productivity among advanced economies, more productivity will not to solve the ills—<a href="http://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/" target="_blank">wage stagnation</a> being the biggest one—that beset the American workforce.
Second, the decline in workforce participation (labor force participation rate) is not the problem that Jeb Bush and the <a href="https://www.gop.com/rnc-statement-on-june-2015-jobs-report/?" target="_blank">Republicans</a> want to make it out to be. As the chart below shows, labor force participation peaked in April 2000 at 67.3% and has been declining ever since. In June of 2015, it stood at 62.6%. If the decline was due to poor economic policies on the part of President Obama, then Jeb Bush must explain why it declined under the policies of his brother, President George W. Bush as well.
<a href="http://theantimedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Labor-Participation.jpg"><img alt="Labor Participation" class=" size-medium wp-image-18866 alignleft" height="196" src="http://theantimedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Labor-Participation-300x196.jpg" width="300" /></a>The majority of economists who analyzed the the problem of declining labor force participation found the cause to be structural and not in the control of a certain person or a certain institution. <a href="http://www.factcheck.org/2015/03/declining-labor-participation-rates/" target="_blank">FactCheck.org</a> suggested three reasons for the decline:
“1) The aging of baby boomers. A lower percentage of older Americans choose to work than those who are middle-aged. And so as baby boomers approach retirement age, it lowers the labor force participation rate.
2) A decline in working women. The labor force participation rate for men has been declining since the 1950s. But for a couple decades, a rapid rise in working women more than offset that dip. Women’s labor force participation exploded from nearly 34 percent in 1950 to its peak of 60 percent in 1999. But since then, women’s participation rate has been ‘displaying a pattern of slow decline.’
3) More young people are going to college. As BLS noted, ‘Because students are less likely to participate in the labor force, increases in school attendance at the secondary and college levels and, especially, increases in school attendance during the summer, significantly reduce the labor force participation rate of youths.”
All three reasons for the decline in labor force participation are outside the control of Jeb Bush or any other Republican or Democratic candidate running for office. These are structural problems that cannot be solved by adopting one policy over another.
If the U.S. workforce is productive and the declining labor force participation rate is not reversible through government action, then what is the cause for the income stagnation that Jeb Bush correctly identifies?
The chart below shows the relationship between compensation (wages and benefits) and productivity in the U.S. since 1948. Between 1948 and 1973, hourly compensation tracked improvement in worker productivity. The productivity trace line increased in an almost equal amount to the compensation and wage trace line. Basically, as U.S. workers became more productive, they received a compensation that is somewhat in line with the improvement in productivity. In other words, corporations were willing to share more of their profits that came by way of productivity with their workers.
<a href="http://theantimedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/productivity_compensation.jpg"><img alt="productivity_compensation" class=" size-medium wp-image-18867 alignleft" height="187" src="http://theantimedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/productivity_compensation-300x187.jpg" width="300" /></a>In contrast, from 1973 to 2013, worker productivity increased by 74.4%%, but compensation increased by only 9.2%. Put differently, compensation and productivity diverged from each other. This has had a very damaging effect on the wage <a href="http://www.epi.org/publication/raising-americas-pay/" target="_blank">growth of 90% of Americans</a>. Due to changes in the taxation system and the trading system (corporate trade agreements), American corporations were no longer sharing the fruits of productivity with the working class and were either <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-04/u-s-companies-are-stashing-2-1-trillion-overseas-to-avoid-taxes" target="_blank">moving profits overseas</a> or passing on the profits to CEOs with massive compensation packages. The <a href="http://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-pay-continues-to-rise/" target="_blank">CEO-to-worker compensation ratio</a> increased from 20:1 in the early 1970s to 303.4:1 in 2014.
The American working class is one of the most productive in the world. Increasing its productivity will not help improve its stagnant income as long as the profits from it accrue overwhelmingly to corporations. Many would argue that corporations should be incentivized—through the tax system and corporate trade agreements—to share rising rates of productivity with the workers, as they were between 1947 and 1979. These were the years of shared prosperity that made the United States the envy of the world.
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Why Reviving Glass-Steagall Won’t Stop Megabanks from Destroying the Economy AGAIN

Senators Elizabeth Warren and John McCain have revived a bill to reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act, which would mandate the ostensible protection offered by a clear partition between commercial and investment banks.
Enacted in 1933 after the crash of 1929, <a href="https://archive.org/stream/FullTextTheGlass-steagallActA.k.a.TheBankingActOf1933/1933_01248_djvu.txt" target="_blank">Glass-Steagall</a> was partially repealed in 1999 by the <a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-106publ102/html/PLAW-106publ102.htm" target="_blank">Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act</a> (GLB)—which led to the persistent perception that GLB caused the financial crisis of 2008-2009. As Greece faces grinding austerity and China’s markets crumble, Glass-Steagall seems to be the prudent, logical course—or does it?
Traditional banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) that allow deposits and grant loans would be prohibited from riskier investment practices like derivatives speculation, hedge funds, and the like. Any affiliation of traditional banks with companies that engage in high-risk investment would likewise be forbidden under the <a href="http://www.warren.senate.gov/files/documents/Glass_Steagall_Act_of_2015.pdf" target="_blank">21st Century Glass-Steagall Act</a>.
“Despite the progress we’ve made since 2008, the biggest banks continue to threaten our economy,” explained Warren in a statement. “The biggest banks are collectively much larger than they were before the crisis, and they continue to engage in dangerous practices that could once again crash our economy.”
According to Public Citizen, Glass-Steagall’s <a href="http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/pressroomredirect.cfm?ID=5584" target="_blank">broad support</a> not only includes “numerous scholars and bankers,” but has also garnered the favorable attention of several high-profile figures. In addition to Warren and McCain, Senators Angus King and Maria Cantwell are co-sponsoring the proposed legislation. Over 700,000 citizens’ signatures calling for the return of regulation are indicative of extensive public approval. Presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley also support a return to more cautious banking, but perhaps most noteworthy in the list of prominent supporters are John Reed and Sanford Weill—the creators of Citigroup.
“These veteran bankers understand from experience that mixing these businesses defied prudent management,” noted Bartlett Naylor, financial policy advocate for the Congress Watch division of Public Citizen.
Though advocates tend to view regulatory reinstatement akin to a panacea, the bill’s own fact sheet cautions it, alone, will not end “Too Big to Fail” banks. What it can do is move “the financial institutions in the right direction by making them smaller and safer.” These downsized banks “will not be able to rely on federal depository insurance as a safety-net for their high-risk activities. Although some financial institutions might be large, they would no longer be intertwined with depository banks, reducing the implicit government guarantee of bailout.”
Impassioned pleas to reapply Glass-Steagall’s regulated dividing line have been ongoing since the market took a nosedive in 2008—matched every step of the way by vociferous opposition.
On November 12, 2012—the exact date of the thirteenth anniversary of the GLB’s repeal of Glass-Steagall—Forbes published a scathing <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/objectivist/2012/11/12/why-the-glass-steagall-myth-persists/" target="_blank">critique</a> of bank regulation proponents. Though emphatically pro-capitalist from beginning to end, the op-ed contains several crucial points that necessitate consideration. It states:
“There is zero evidence [that GLB] unleashed the financial crisis. If you tally the institutions that ran into severe problems in 2008-09, the list includes Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, AIG, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, none of which would have come under Glass-Steagall’s restrictions. Even President Obama has recently recognized that ‘there is not evidence that having Glass-Steagall in place would somehow change the dynamic.”
The article explains that FDIC-insured, traditional banks were not affected in the collapse by any stipulations that Glass-Steagall would have otherwise prevented, adding that “[t]heir problems arose from investments in residential mortgages and residential mortgage-backed securities—investments they had always been free to engage in. GLB didn’t cause the financial crisis . . . “
With this factual context—and considering the overwhelming desire to rein in fear with a quick fix—21st Century Glass-Steagall might as well be the garden hose attempting to put out a three-alarm fire.
As usual, the government is offering the comfort of a familiar name—instead of an actual solution ahead of possible disaster.
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Unedited Video of Eric Garner’s Last Moments Released

<aside class="mashsb-container"> </aside>On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner was choked to death by Officer Daniel Pantaleo in Staten Island, New York City. Now nearly a full year later the unedited video of the callous murder has been obtained and released by the <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/video-shows-fatally-choking-eric-garner-graphic-content-article-1.2289271" target="_blank">New York Daily News</a>. 
NYPD officers approached Garner on suspicion of selling “loosies” (single cigarettes). Garner told the police that he was tired of being harassed and that he was not selling cigarettes. Garner was unarmed and not posing a threat to the officers. 
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When the officers went to arrest Garner he put his hands in the air the moment before Pantaleo jumped on Mr. Garners back and choked him to the ground. While being choked with several officers on top of him Eric Garner repeated “I can’t breathe” eleven times. 
On December 3, 2014, a grand jury decided not to indict Mr. Garner’s murderer Daniel Pantaleo sparking 100’s of demonstrations calling for justice and against the continued cycle of police brutality on people of color nationwide. 
Garner, who was married to Esaw Garner, had been described by his friends as a “neighborhood peacemaker” and as a generous, congenial person. Garner was the father of six children and three grandchildren; and at the time of his death had a 3-month-old child. 
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Spain: Acampada Mordaza Protest in Defiance of Gag Laws

<aside class="mashsb-container"> </aside>The <a href="http://revolution-news.com/spanish-congress-approves-draconian-laws-essentially-sending-spain-back-to-the-dark-ages/" target="_blank">Ley Mordaza</a> (gag law) went into force July 1 in Spain and we are already seeing negative effects on organizing, press freedoms and freedom of expression. 
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Ayer en Alicante: multa a una chica de 651e. porque en su camiseta ponía A.C.A.B. Y confiscada. <a ftr.fivefilters.org="" hash="" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoALaLeyMordaza?src=" http:="">#NoALaLeyMordaza</a>" <a href="http://t.co/Gv9RNpmQIh">pic.twitter.com/Gv9RNpmQIh</a></div>
— Javier Martín (@fjmmelx) <a href="https://twitter.com/fjmmelx/status/617268577972973568">July 4, 2015</a></blockquote>
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“Yesterday in Alicante: 651e fine to a girl because her t-shirt said A.C.A.B. Shirt was confiscated.”</blockquote>
On <a href="http://kaosenlared.net/alicante-estrena-la-ley-mordaza-multa-de-600-euros-por-llevar-una-camiseta-peligrosa/" target="_blank">July 3</a>, a woman in Alicante was fined 600 euros (just under $670 USD) for wearing an ACAB shirt. She was charged under <a href="http://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2015-3442" target="_blank">Article 37, paragraph 4</a> of the Public Safety Act which states: 
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Article 37, Minor Offenses: The lack of respect and consideration provided to a member of the Security Forces in the performance of their duties to protect the safety, when these behaviors do not constitute a criminal offense.</blockquote>
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Source: <a href="http://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2015-3442" target="_blank">Ley Orgánica 4/2015, de 30 de marzo, de protección de la seguridad ciudadana</a></div>
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Recordad que mañana <a ftr.fivefilters.org="" hash="" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/7J?src=" http:="">#7J</a>" tomamos <a ftr.fivefilters.org="" hash="" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sol?src=" http:="">#Sol</a>" en contra de la <a ftr.fivefilters.org="" hash="" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LeyMordaza?src=" http:="">#LeyMordaza</a>" ¡¡<a ftr.fivefilters.org="" hash="" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/YesWeCamp?src=" http:="">#YesWeCamp</a>!!" <a href="https://t.co/iNeRcDz16u">https://t.co/iNeRcDz16u</a> ¡¡¡Difunde!!! <a href="http://t.co/DCvKJZFhla">pic.twitter.com/DCvKJZFhla</a></div>
— #AcampadaMordaza (@AcampadaMordaza) <a href="https://twitter.com/AcampadaMordaza/status/618093837546876928">July 6, 2015</a></blockquote>
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1:41 <a ftr.fivefilters.org="" hash="" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AcampadaMordaza?src=" http:="">#AcampadaMordaza</a>" <a href="http://t.co/Nu8l2wmjA6">pic.twitter.com/Nu8l2wmjA6</a></div>
— juan carlos mohr (@juancarlosmohr) <a href="https://twitter.com/juancarlosmohr/status/619290570758955008">July 9, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/AcampadaMordaza">@AcampadaMordaza</a> <a href="http://t.co/HS0e6o930y">pic.twitter.com/HS0e6o930y</a></div>
— #AcampadaMordaza (@AcampadaMordaza) <a href="https://twitter.com/AcampadaMordaza/status/619964506576453632">July 11, 2015</a></blockquote>
Last night journalist <a href="https://twitter.com/juancarlosmohr" target="_blank">Juan Carlos Mohr</a> was detained while taking pictures in the camp and working with <a href="https://twitter.com/Fotomovimiento" target="_blank">Fotomovimiento</a>. Mohr covers evictions and is well known by the police. 3 people were injured during Mohr’s detention including 2 other journalists from Fotomoviemento. 
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Detenido <a href="https://twitter.com/juancarlosmohr">@juancarlosmohr</a> en <a href="https://twitter.com/AcampadaMordaza">@AcampadaMordaza</a> y agreden a dos periodistas de <a href="https://twitter.com/Fotomovimiento">@Fotomovimiento</a> Cada vez mas odio. <a href="http://t.co/eBDcUlVL6p">pic.twitter.com/eBDcUlVL6p</a></div>
— Jose Ceano (@JoseCeano) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoseCeano/status/620054963109134336">July 12, 2015</a></blockquote>
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“@juancarlosmohr detained at @AcampadaMordaza and attacks on 2 journalists from @Fotomovimiento. Every time more hate.”</blockquote>
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Los heridos por la agresión policial en la detención de <a href="https://twitter.com/juancarlosmohr">@juancarlosmohr</a> acaban de salir del hospital <a ftr.fivefilters.org="" hash="" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AcampadaMordaza?src=" http:="">#AcampadaMordaza</a>" <a href="http://t.co/a78f2ji5Fm">pic.twitter.com/a78f2ji5Fm</a></div>
— Planeta Eskoria (@PlanetaEskoria_) <a href="https://twitter.com/PlanetaEskoria_/status/620150915161571328">July 12, 2015</a></blockquote>
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“The injured from the police attack during the arrest of Juan Carlos Mohr just left the hospital.”</blockquote>
Mohr has since been released but tweeted that police told him to delete his photos. 
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-después de una hora esposado -Negociamos?? no te metemos nada si borras las fotos</div>
— juan carlos mohr (@juancarlosmohr) <a href="https://twitter.com/juancarlosmohr/status/620171244168708096">July 12, 2015</a></blockquote>
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-after an hour handcuffed -We negotiate? We won’t do anything if you delete the photos</blockquote>
Despite the arbitrary arrest of a high profile journalist and police aggression against other members of the press and protesters, <a ftr.fivefilters.org="" hash="" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AcampadaMordaza?src=" http:="" target="_blank">#AcampadaMordaza</a> continues today. You can follow the camp on <a href="https://twitter.com/AcampadaMordaza" target="_blank">twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Acampada-Mordaza/937110289643565?hc_location=ufi" target="_blank">facebook</a> for updates or check their <a href="https://acampadamordaza.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">blog</a> for further information. 
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Some key bullet points enforced under the gag law are listed below. You can read about the new draconian laws in more detail in our March article <a href="http://revolution-news.com/spanish-congress-approves-draconian-laws-essentially-sending-spain-back-to-the-dark-ages/" target="_blank">Spanish Congress Approves Draconian Laws Essentially Sending Spain Back to the Dark Ages</a> 
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<a href="http://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2015-3442" target="_blank">Full text (Spanish) Ley Orgánica 4/2015, de 30 de marzo, de protección de la seguridad ciudadana</a> 
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Video Shows High Ranking Israeli Officer Fatally Shot Fleeing Palestinian Teen

West Bank – An Israeli human rights group released a video Sunday that shows a high-ranking Israeli officer fatally shooting a fleeing Palestinian teenager who had thrown a rock at his vehicle, smashing its windshield. 
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The surveillance camera footage appears to undercut earlier claims by the military that the officer, Col. Israel Shomer, a brigade commander, opened fire on July 3 because his life was in danger. 
The video released by the B’Tselem rights group shows a Palestinian rushing at the vehicle, throwing an object at the windshield and running away. The vehicle then stops, a soldier jumps out, aims his gun and charges. The soldier’s face cannot be seen clearly and the video has no sound. 
The military earlier said that Shomer had exhausted “all measures” before firing at 17-year-old Mohammed al-Kusbah and released pictures of the vehicle’s smashed windshield. On Sunday, the Israeli military said it was still investigating the shooting and declined to comment further. 
Palestinian Hospital physician Samer Saliba said at the time that al-Kusbah was shot in the face and back. 
B’Tselem said the footage makes the military’s earlier explanation “unreasonable” and called the killing “unlawful.” 
Thaer al-Kusbah, the brother of the teen killed, said the officer could have apprehended him rather than shooting him dead. 
“It’s clear that Mohammed threw a stone, and the officer came out of the car. He could have arrested him, he could have shot him in the leg, but he wanted to kill him,” al-Kusbah said. 
As Mohammed lay dying, say witnesses, Shomer approached him and kicked or pushed him with his foot before leaving and driving away. 
None of the officers in the car suffered any injuries. 
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The killing of Mohammed near the Qalandia checkpoint last Friday received widespread coverage in the Israeli media, both because of the seniority of the officer involved – a brigade commander, Col Yisrael Shomer, and because of the support he received immediately after the shooting from <a class=" u-underline" data-component="in-body-link" data-link-name="in body link" href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-politicians-back-officer-who-killed-stone-thrower/">senior members of Israel’s government, including education minister Naftali Bennett</a>.</ins> 
Sarit Michaeli of B’Tselem added: “The central issue for us is that this action by the highest-ranking officer in the region – backed up by military commanders – suggests that the disproportionate use of force won’t be sanctioned but will condoned. And that s is very dangerous.

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West Bank – An Israeli human rights group released a video Sunday that shows a high-ranking Israeli officer fatally shooting a fleeing Pale...