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Saturday, June 28, 2008
Romania Capitulates to International Pressure and Approves Abortion for 20-Week-Old Fetus
By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman
BUCHAREST, June 27, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - After much "domestic and international pressure", according to the British newspaper The Telegraph, a Romanian government panel has approved an abortion of an unborn child at more than 20 weeks gestation, despite prohibitions against abortions after 14 weeks.
The nation's Council of Physicians denounced the verdict, stating that it was nothing more than a legal opinion, and that any doctor who carried out the abortion would face legal consequences.
Their warning echoed that of over 20 Romanian Orthodox groups who have demanded that the law be obeyed. The groups have promised to raise the child if the family lacks the resources to do so. Romanian Orthodox Church officials in the country have refused to denounce the abortion, however, claiming that their condemnation of abortion doesn't necessarily extend to rape and incest cases.
The case, which involves an 11-year-old girl who says she was raped by her uncle, has been the subject of controversy in Romania since a hospital ethics panel ruled earlier this month that an abortion could not be carried out.
Under Romanian law, abortions after 14 weeks can only be performed to protect the health of the mother. The pregnancy, however, was proceeding without complications, the panel stated.
After the case drew international media attention, the government agreed to examine the situation, and issued its ruling today, apparently basing its decision on an expansive concept of "health" that includes the "psychological" health of the mother.
"'I want to go to school and to play. If I can't do this my life will be a nightmare,'" the girl wrote in a letter to the committee. Committee member Vlad Illiescu claimed, based on these words, that "the girl's mental health would be severely affected if she had a baby".
Despite the pro-abortion ruling, the child's mother has said that she will obtain the abortion in Britain, where a Romanian businesswoman has agreed to pay for it. Abortions can be obtained in Britain up to 24 weeks of pregnancy.
Possibly in response to the continuing controversy, the child's father has stated that "there's nothing that can be done here."
"On Tuesday we're going and that is our final decision," he added.
Previous LifeSiteNews Coverage:
Romanian Orthodox Church authorities refuse to condemn abortion in case of pregnant minorhttp://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jun/08062610.html
Romanian Government Officials Seek Abortion for 11 Year Old Girlhttp://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jun/08062408.html
Abortion methods in our civilized world
Surgical Abortions
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There are many methods of abortion. The procedure used depends largely upon the stage of pregnancy and the size of the unborn child. Dr. J.C. Willke, in his book, Abortion Questions and Answers (Hayes Publishing Co. Inc, Cincinnati, 1985), has divided the methods of abortion into three main categories: those that invade the uterus and kill the child by instruments which enter the uterus through the cervix; those that kill the preborn child by administration of drugs and then induce labour and the delivery of a dead baby; and, those that invade the uterus by abdominal surgery.
Dilation of the uterus is required in cervical methods of abortion. The usual method of dilation is to insert a series of instruments of increasing size into the cervix. A set of dilators, metallic curved instruments, are used to open the cervix sufficiently to accommodate the instruments of abortion. In contrast with a normal birth, where the dilation occurs slowly over a period of many hours, the forceful stretching by the abortionist to open the cervix takes a matter of seconds. This premature and unnatural stretching of the cervix can result in permanent physical injury to the mother.
Laminaria (dehydrated material, usually seaweed) is sometimes used to reduce damage to the cervix. Inserted into the cervix the day before the scheduled abortion, it absorbs water and swells, gradually pushing open the cervix in the process.
Ontario Forces Taxpayers to Pay for “Sex-Change” Operations
TORONTO, Ontario, May 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Ontario’s health insurance plan will pay for “sex-change” operations for the first time in a decade, Health Minister George Smitherman confirmed yesterday.
"(It would) probably affect between eight and 10 people in Ontario, who after having very, very sustained psychological evaluations would be deemed by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health as appropriate candidates to receive a surgical intervention," Smitherman speculated.
Ontario began covering the bill for “sex-change” operations in 1971, but ceased doing so in 1998 under the Progressive Conservative government.
In 2006, the Ontario Human Rights Commission required compensation for three patients midway through preparation for sex-change surgery during the 1998 insurance plan change.
The Centre Metropolitain de Chirurgie Plastique, a private hospital in Montreal, has already been offering “sex-change” procedures to patients for $17 thousand.
The Health Minister added yesterday that he would give more details about funding for “sex-change” operations in a few weeks when discussing funding plans for the province’s health-care services.
Smitherman, appointed Health Minister in 2003 by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, is an openly active homosexual, infamous for advancing sexually permissive social policies.
While many psychiatrists have promoted “sex-change” operations based upon the notion that “gender” is a cultural construct distinct from one’s genetically determined sex, other prominent psychiatrists have rejected the prudence of so-called “sex-change” operations.
After he became Psychiatrist-in-Chief at Johns Hopkins University, Paul McHugh found that “sex-change” operations failed to solve patients’ difficulties with relationships, work, or emotions.....
RIGA DECLARATION ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, FAMILY VALUES AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Friday, June 27, 2008
What Would Happen If Women Ruled the World?
Children's Aid Society
Am luat legatura cu AFR pentru a le cere sfatul si sprijinul in aceasta problema.
Am luat legatura cu avocat Petre Costea si Bogdan Mateciuc.
Marti 24 Iunie am discutat cu avocatul nostru si ne-a sfatuit sa reluam "negocierile" cu CAS altfel oricind este posibil sa ridice copii.
Miercuri 25 Iunie am anuntat CAS ca sintem ingrijorati ca nu avem nici un raspuns de la ei dar in acelasi timp deschisi la dialog si asteptam sa stabilim urmatoarea intilnire. Am facut acest demers numai pentru a evita ridicarea neasteptata a copiilor impotriva vointei noastre.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Noi ne semnam sentinta la moarte
Nu am nimic cu marsurile lor, cu interviurile lor sau emisiuni televizate (Steven and Chris sau altele). Este un asalt asupra bunului simt dar asta e lumea merge "inainte". Noi ca ortodocsi nu ne amestecam cu ei. Dar ma impotrivesc atunci cind ei sub masca diferitelor organizatii vin si raspindesc minciuni despre "normalitatea" lor in scoli si indemna copii sa se "descopere". Nu mai spun ca si adulti am vazut care se "redefinesc" sub acest asalt mediatic, isi pierd mintile pe romaneste. Sint in Canada, iar aici daca nu profesorii sint homosexuali sau aparatori ai homoxesualitatii (religie de stat aici) atunci prezenta in scala a tot felul de voluntari ajuta la formarea in mintea copiilor a "tolerantei" fata de cei ca ei. Deci teva tunului nu este indreptata asupra adultilor ci asupra copiilor care ademeniti din frageda copilarii cu "libertati" interzise vor accepta usor nu numai anormalitatea dar si orice care vine de la o AUTORITATE alta decit cea a parintilor. Parintii sint denigrati prin toate mijloacele de la massmedia pina la bascalia din piesele de teatru sau filme. Familia ca institutie trebuie demolata numai intr-un fel: ridiculizare. Asa s-a intimlat cu noi la emancipare asa se intimpla peste tot in lume unde se accepta modelul civilizatiei occidentala. Sansa noastra ca popor ortodox este sa aratam copiilor nostri dragostea si suportul de care au nevoie indiferent de ceea ce "culeg" ei din lume. Daca vom reusi sa intelegem asta copiii nostrii vor mai vorbi romaneste si suveranitatea de care vorbea mai sus PC nu va fi atinsa. Altel vom disparea in viltoare. Nu este vorba alteva decit de supravietuirea noastra ca popor.
OMUL "NOU"
Iar noi nu sintem printre cei alesi !
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Court overturns father's grounding of 12-year-old
The girl had taken her father to Quebec Superior Court after he refused to allow her to go on a school trip for chatting on websites he tried to block, and then posting "inappropriate" pictures of herself online using a friend's computer.
The father's lawyer Kim Beaudoin said the disciplinary measures were for the girl's "own protection" and is appealing the ruling.
"She's a child," Beaudoin told AFP. "At her age, children test their limits and it's up to their parents to set boundaries."
"I started an appeal of the decision today to reestablish parental authority, and to ensure that this case doesn't set a precedent," she said. Otherwise, said Beaudoin, "parents are going to be walking on egg shells from now on."
"I think most children respect their parents and would never go so far as to take them to court, but it's clear that some would and we have to ask ourselves how far this will go."
According to court documents, the girl's Internet transgression was just the latest in a string of broken house rules. Even so, Justice Suzanne Tessier found her punishment too severe.
Beaudoin noted the girl used a court-appointed lawyer in her parents' 10-year custody dispute to launch her landmark case against dear old dad.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Justin Parvu, egumenul manastirii cu hramul Sfintii Arhangheli, Petru Voda - Neamt
CĂTRE SFÂNTUL SINOD AL BISERICII ORTODOXE ROMÂNE
3 Iun 2008
În atenţia Preafericitului Părinte Daniel - Patriarhul Bisericii Ortodoxe Române
Preafericite Părinte Patriarh,Cu fiască supunere dar şi cu adâncă îndurerare vă adresez această scrisoare eu, nevrednicul şi cel mai mic între slujitorii celei Una, Sfântă, Sobornicească şi Apostolească Biserică.
Un fapt cutremurător a zguduit şi a derutat întreaga ortodoxie românească. Faţa ortodoxiei s-a pătat astăzi ruşinos, printr-un fapt unic în ultimii trei sute de ani de dăinuire a Sfintei noastre Biserici, prin gestul neortodox al fratelui nostru de suferinţă, Înalt Preasfinţia Sa Mitropolitul Nicolae Corneanu. Şi dacă actul necanonic al uniaţiei din Transilvania de acum trei secole a îndurerat ortodoxia, acum şi mai mult, din moment ce atunci poporul nostru suferea greaua asuprire străină, iar acum - nesiliţi de nimeni - ne facem părtaşi ereziei papistaşe.
Preafericirea Voastră, nu sunt eu în măsură şi nu îndrăznesc să reamintesc unui întâistătător al Bisericii sfintele canoane şi predania sfintei noastre Biserici Ortodoxe. Le cunoaşteţi şi vi le însuşiţi, de asemenea, prea-bine. Însă mă mustră cuvintele ferme ale marelui între sfinţii şi patriarhii noştri, Sfântul Ioan Gură de Aur, luminătorul a toată lumea, când spune: "Să nu fim părtaşi faptelor necurate ale întunericului, ci mai degrabă, mustraţi-le pe faţă" - şi nu pot să tac, văzând cum un înalt mitropolit al nostru, vechi de zile şi cu atâta experienţă, se împărtăşeşte cu cei ce au apostat de la dreapta credinţă. Aici, după cum bine-ştiţi, se încalcă grav canonul 46 apostolic, care spune clar: "Episcopul, sau prezbiterul, ereticesc botez primind, sau jertfă, a se caterisi poruncim. Că ce conglăsuire este lui Hristos cu Veliar? Sau ce parte are credinciosul cu necredinciosul?" De asemenea, canonul 45, care spune: "Episcopul, sau prezbiterul, sau diaconul, împreună cu ereticii rugându-se, să se afurisească numai; Iar de au dat lor voie ca unor clerici a lucra ceva, să se caterisească". Dar nu numai atât. Se ştie că uniatismul şi, prin urmare greco-catolicismul, a fost nu numai un atentat asupra purităţii sfintei noastre ortodoxii, ci a fost un atentat şi asupra fiinţei şi unităţii neamului românesc. Un astfel de gest al unui mitropolit ortodox nu face decât să reînvie această neagră pagină din istoria poporului nostru.
Poporul nostru, de-a lungul istoriei, a ştiut să convieţuiască paşnic cu toate religiile lumii, însă nu a acceptat niciodată ştirbirea propriei credinţe. Noi am nădăjduit că acest dialog ecumenic, pe care Biserica noastră îl poartă de la o vreme încoace, să fie rodnic, paşnic şi fără apostazii. Dar iată care sunt roadele lui acum. Acest gest nu face decât să ducă la scindare şi nicidecum la o unitate întemeiată în adevărul Sfinţilor Părinţi.
Dureros, Preafericirea Voastră, foarte dureros. În istoria Bisericii noastre au mai fost căderi ale clerului nostru, cum s-a întâmplat în perioada uniaţiei, când 80% din preoţi au acceptat compromisul, lepădându-şi sfânta lor credinţă. Să nu creăm ca şi atunci sminteală în rândul credincioşilor noştri.
Preafericirea Voastră, acum când neamul nostru este din nou ameninţat cu destrămarea, când Transilvania, Bucovina şi Basarabia sunt atât de râvnite de cei răuvoitori şi răucredincioşi, când peste ortodoxia noastră au năvălit fel şi fel de obiceiuri păgâne, cum ar fi homosexualitatea, avorturile, când sfintele icoane nu mai au loc în clasele copiilor noştri, vă rugăm, pentru sângele atâtor mucenici şi martiri ai neamului nostru, vărsat pentru apărarea credinţei şi a acestui neam, să luaţi atitudinea necesară, ca acest episcop să fie pedepsit, nu după părerea mea, ci în conformitate cu canoanele şi predania Sfinţilor noştri Părinţi, spre pocăinţă şi îndreptare şi spre lauda sfintei noastre Biserici. În puterea Sinodului pe care îl păstoriţi stă să nu lase să se sfărâme unitatea Bisericii noastre.
De aceea vă rog, Preafericirea Voastră, să supuneţi atenţiei Sfântului Sinod al Bisericii Ortodoxe Române această problemă, cât mai urgent, în cadrul discuţiilor ce vor avea loc în prima şedinţă a Sfântului Sinod. Această situaţie nu suferă amânare. Nu lăsaţi ca turma să se destrame şi mânia lui Dumnezeu să vină asupra acestui neam.
Cu plecăciune şi adânc respect,
Protos. Justin Pârvu
1 iunie 2008
Prăznuirea Sfântului Iustin Martirul şi Filosoful
Prea Fericirii Sale, Daniel,
Patriarhul Bisericii Ortodoxe Române şi preşedintele Sfântului Sinod al Bisericii Ortodoxe Române
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Re:
Saturday, April 19, 2008
RE: Timisoara
Pe scurt, romania a fost vanduta iar poavazarile ce le vedeti sint doar praf in ochi pentru a nu vedea pe cei 80% displacement people. Este politica lor economica care a "reusit" de 40 de ani incoace oriunde in lume de la Tigrii asiatici, pina la Piranas americii latine, Rusia, China. Romania saraca este ultima care se trezeste si ea acum intr-o fereastra de noi "oportunitati" si crede ca in sfirsit dupa atitea sacrificii a ajuns la capatul tunelului. E doar mirajul capitalist de care noi nu am avut onoarea sa-l cunoastem. Daca toata lumea a aflat ce se intimpla, din nefericire pentru mine (si noi), romanasii sint ultimii din lume care mai pun botul la modele economice care in tarile de care vorbeam au esuat iar nativii cistiga teren contra imperialismului american (ca sa fiu politicos).
Monday, April 07, 2008
Jailing Aboriginal Leaders to Promote Uranium Mining in Ontario
News release from Ardoch Algonquin First Nation
In a travesty of justice, AAFN Spokesperson Robert Lovelace was sentenced in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Kingston to 6 months incarceration and crippling fines amounting to $50,000 for upholding Algonquin law within our homeland. An additional sanction of $2,000 per day will be imposed for every day that Bob continues to obey our law rather than the court order. In addition, our community was fined $10,000 and Chief Paula Sherman $15,000, and our statement of defence was struck out, which means that we are forbidden from challenging the constitutional validity of Ontario's Mining Act. The court made it clear that First Nations' laws do not exist in Canada's legal system and anyone who tries to follow First Nations law will be severely punished.
Shouts of "shame!" erupted in the courtroom as the sentences were read by the judge and Robert was taken into custody. Many were aghast at the harshness of the sentencing imposed for participation in a peaceful protest against uranium exploration which was approved by the province of Ontario without any consultation with our community.
Chief Paula Sherman said: "No consideration was given to the circumstances that led to our actions. The testimony given under oath by Robert Lovelace outlined Algonquin Law and the corresponding responsibilities of Algonquin people with respect to human activity in our territory. It was tossed aside by the judge and deemed to be of no relevance. The message delivered clearly through this court decision is one of domination and oppression; the law will enforce one set of values with respect to human relationships with the land in Ontario and there is no room for Algonquin laws or values."
Ontario and Canada portray themselves as shining examples of democracy and human rights for the world to emulate, all the while creating laws, policies, and value systems that oppress and deny Aboriginal peoples' human right to life as distinct people. Robert testified that Algonquin identity is tied to the relationships that we maintain with the land.
Lovelace is now in jail in Quinte Correctional facility in Napanee. Chief Sherman said: "He is a political prisoner of the Government of Ontario and Ardoch Algonquin First Nation places blame for his incarceration on Premier Dalton McGuinty and the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, Michael Bryant. We have repeatedly asked for consultations on the mineral claims on our lands within the larger Algonquin homeland. We have offered Ontario a variety of options to enable consultation. Every option was rejected out of hand. Ontario's position has been consistent: Drilling on our land must occur. Our position has equally been consistent: Meaningful consultation must occur before any of our land is damaged or alienated to mining companies."
For more information, contact: Chief Paula Sherman (613) 329-3706 or Chris Reid (lawyer) (416) 629-3117
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
VORBITI, SCRIETI ROMANESTE, PENTRU DUMNEZEU!
Mult e dulce si frumoasa
Limba ce-o vorbim,
Alta limba-armonioasa
Ca ea nu gasim.
Salta inima-n placere
Cand o ascultam,
Si pe buze-aduce miere
Cand o cuvantam.
Romanasul o iubeste
Ca sufletul sau,
Vorbiti, scrieti romaneste,
Pentru Dumnezeu.
Frati ce-n dulcea Romanie
Nasteti si muriti
Si-n lumina ei cea vie
Dulce vietuiti!
De ce limba romaneasca
Sa n-o cultivam?
Au voiti ca sa roseasca
Tarna ce calcam?
Limba, tara, vorbe sfinte
La stramosi erau;
VORBITI, SCRIETI ROMANESTE,
PENTRU DUMNEZEU!
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Central European Media Enterprises
Manelizarea a inceput cand CNN , trambita politicii corecte mondiale , a criticat autoritatile romane ca tiganii nu-si pot exprima “ creatiile artistice “ in mass-media de la noi . Imediat PRO TV s-a aliniat si a inceput o intensa promovare a “ artistilor “ si a subculturii lor .
CNN , a fost fondat de catre Ted Turner , cel ce numea crestinismul ca fiind religia invinsilor iar pe opozantii avortului prin absortie ii poreclea “ bozos “( prosti , incompetenti , mascarici ) . Ultima remarca se explica prin apropierea sa de familia Rockefeller ( se stie ca John D. Rockefeller III a finantat enorm miscarea pro absortie ca principala componenta a family planning , politica a Population Council infiintata de el ) .
Interesant de studiat este site-ul :
http://www.synergos.org/universityforanight/03/remarks.htm
Cat despre PRO TV , sa vedem cine ii este stapanul :RONALD Steven LAUDER
Controleaza Central European Media Enterprises and Israeli TV.
In 1987, d-nul Lauder a intemeiat Ronald S. Lauder Foundation , ce se dedica reconstructiei comunitatilor evreiesti din centrul si estul Europei .
De asemenea , numele sau este legat de numeroase organizatii civice :
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
Jewish National Fund
World Jewish Congress
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee,
Anti-Defamation League ( chestiuni de defaimare si discriminare ale evreilor )
Jewish Theological Seminary ( unul dintre centrele academice si spirtituale ale iudaismului conservator )
Brandeis University
Abraham Fund
FAMILIA LAUDER
D-nul Lauder este fiul cuplului Estée Lauder si Joseph Lauder . De asemenea , este fratele mai mic al altui domn deosebit , Leonard Lauder . Putem face referire si la fiica sa , d-na Jane , maritata cu d-nul Kevin Warsh .
Geniala d-na Estée Lauder , nascuta intr-o familie de imigranti evrei din Ungaria , a fost fondatoarea , impreuna cu sotul sau , al gigantului in cosmetice Estée Lauder Companies .
D-nul Leonard Lauder , este seful megacompaniei mamei sale .
Valorosul tanar domn Kevin Warsh este membru al consiliului de conducere al guvernatorilor Federal Reserve System , nominalizat fiind de catre George W. Bush
http://saccsiv.weblog.ro/
Percy Schmeiser
Mr. Schmeiser, who is now 70 years old, has traveled the world speaking to a wide variety of audiences about his experience.
Mr. Schmeiser received the Mahatma Gandhi award in October, 2000.
Percy Schmeiser speaking at the University of Texas at Austin - October 10, 2001:
I've been farming for 53 years, and 50 years of those I spent in developing a natural breeding of canola. I was known in Western Canada as a seed saver and a seed developer. Besides being a farmer, I've also spent 25 years in public life. I was a member of Parliament and I was also mayor of my community for that length of time. In those years of public life, I was on every agricultural committee you can imagine, both federally and provincially. I've always fought for farmers’ rights and farmers’ privileges, and regulations and laws that would benefit them.
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Rodney Nelson, along with his father and brothers, grows soybeans on their North Dakota farm. His family is also being sued by Monsanto, who accused them of saving and replanting their patented Roundup ready soybeans, a charge Mr. Nelson adamantly denies.
Rodney Nelson (seen speaking from his fields in a tractor - note: taped for this event):
Our family comes from a long line of share renters. Our farm has grown quite dramatically in size over the years because we have always been honest and fair with people. And I believe our landlords realize this. And that's why they come to us to rent us a farm. It has been heart wrenching for us to watch our reputations be destroyed in our own community over something we did not do. My family has been enduring a living hell since this began. I am sure this is what led to my father's recent heart attack a few weeks back. He has been physically and emotionally shattered since this began, as our whole family has been. more @ http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE4/Heartbreak-In-The-Heartland21jul02.htm
The Fed's in a desperate race with spectre of collapse
The Suspect Society

The Surveillance Society. The New Authoritarianism. The Age of Paranoid Politics. These are just a few of the ways writers and thinkers describe the age we're now living in. The signs of anxiety and fear in this post 9-11 era are all around us. School lock-downs are called the new fire-drill. Recently, many schools boards in Canada made rehearsing the lock-down mandatory. The number of security staff in schools is increasing every year. By 2010 for example, there will be more security guards than teachers in American schools. But, the uniforms aren't just being worn by security staff. More and more American public schools have adopted uniforms for students. Meanwhile the U.S. army is embedding itself in schools - targeting younger and younger students for recruitment. In Canada recruitment comes through video games that inform, entertain and seduce "action-focused males starting at 17 years old".
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| British Goverment poster outside a Metro station in London. |
Military symbols and myths are gaining prominence in western societies. In Britain, a recent report recommended that military personnel continue to wear a uniform in their daily life as citizens to boost support for themselves. One of Canada's military boosters is Prime Minister Stephen Harper. In April, 2007, he told us that the Battle of Vimy Ridge is Canada's creation story. Military Heroics. Bunker politics. Us against Them. The world, indeed seems more dangerous than ever, in the most intimate of environments. In daycares within Canada, the US, Britain and Australia, there is now video surveillance of very young children, easing we're told, parental anxieties. Never mind cameras at intersections, in elevators. Cameras everywhere. In Baltimore, they've gone further. Based on an idea from Glasgow, Scotland, blue flashing lights have been installed around Baltimore - to signal: this is a high-crime neighbourhood.
A grant worth millions of dollars from the United States Department of Homeland Security has helped pay for Baltimore's video fortress. That video is streamed into the Baltimore Police Depatments "Watch Centre". In New York City and London, England similar surveillance is called, "The Ring of Steel".
Britain has 4 million cameras trained on it's citizens. The country's information commissioner has publicly stated the British are sleepwalking into a surveillance society. One study revealed a single person in London, going about their business would be filmed about 300 times in one day. But what are we to make of all of this? We know that video cameras can, in specific situations, help solve crimes but must everybody be watched all the time? And what's at stake?
IDEAS producer Mary O'Connell takes us inside the new authoritarianism – which, if we're paying attention, seems to be all around us.
Listen to The Suspect Society, Part 1
(runs: 54:00)
In Episode 2, Mary O'Connell explores violations of academic freedom and expression. Dr. Steven Kurtz is an arts professor at Suny - State University of New York at Buffalo. Dr. Kurtz has been the subject of an FBI investigation and his trial will begin in summer 2008. The second case involves the story of Religion and Philosophy professor Douglas Giles who was dismissed from his
job at Roosevelt University in Chicago.
Listen to The Suspect Society, Part 2
(runs: 54:00)
RESOURCES
BooksAgainst the New Authoritarianism, by Henry A. Giroux.
The University in Chains, by Henry A. Giroux.
Professor Henry Giroux is the Global Television Network Chair in English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University.
Paranoid Parenting, by Frank Furedi.
Frank Furedi is a sociologist at the University of Canterbury, England.
Witch Hunts from Salem to Guantanamo Bay, by Robert Rapley.
The Age of McCarthyism, by Ellen Schrecker.
Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America, by Ellen Schrecker.
Ellen Schrecker is a professor of American History at Yeshiva University, New York.
Suspect, Alphabet City, editor John Knechtel.
Websites
The American Civil Liberties Union - Is the US Turning Into A Surveillance Society
Canadian Civil Liberties Association - CCLA In The Schools: The Right To Personal Privacy
Media Matters for America - Savage Nation
Alligator Online - Capital Bill Aims to Control Leftist
CBN.NEWS.com - The 101 Most Dangerous Professors in America
The Nation - Burning Cole
Critical Art Ensemble
American Historical Association - Scholars Become Targets of Patriot Act
