Obama to pardon Edward Snowden . Photograph : David Levene for the Guardian In an age of pervasive mendacity and massive criminality my dear brother Edward Snowden exemplifies courage and integrity .
Free trade Hillary and the global crisis Despite what she says , Clinton is fundamentally for the hated “ free trade ” deals on the table right now — the Trans - Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership . The CNAS paper urgescontact.commandorder.naCongress to pass the TPP as soon as possible , presumably before the election , to strengthen the U.S. “ stewardship ” of Asia . In other words , free trade agreements which are not freedom for workers — in reality they serve only to make world trade more subordinate to dictates of Wall Street — will be helpful , primarily , in expanding U.S. power . The greater poverty , misery and evisceration of rights that the TPP would bring about for workers in Asia and the U.S. be damned .