Sat 22 Nov 2014
Ursula K. Le Guin Steals The Show At The National Book Awards
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A breath of fresh air (video 6 mins.): Ursula K. Le Guin
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Sat 22 Nov 2014
World’s ultra-rich are getting even richer, Swiss bank finds
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Sat 22 Nov 2014
Sat 22 Nov 2014
School of the Americas Morphs Into US Training Industrial Complex
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In a long, 200-year history of US interventionism, covert action and troubling support for repressive regimes, the story of the US Army School of the Americas (SOA) at Ft. Benning, Georgia, stands out as a grotesque example of militarism run amok. (more…)
Fri 21 Nov 2014
Muslims must accept Jesus or leave the United States
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Rawstory
Big Stone County Republican chairman Jack Whitley said he opposed waterboarding terrorists because he believed that Muslim “parasites” should be killed. (more…)
Fri 21 Nov 2014
‘Resist Surveillance’: Human Rights Groups Launch Tool to Detect Spyware
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Amnesty International released a free program on Wednesday that scans computers for surveillance software that is often used by governments to spy on journalists, human rights lawyers, political organizers, and other activists—technology that has been discovered to be in use in countries around the world. (more…)
Thu 20 Nov 2014
Dr. Rafil Dhafir Muslim Charity Case
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Read Katherine’s two most recent Truthout articles: Anatomy of a ‘Terrorism” Prosecution and Fairness and Justice?
Thu 20 Nov 2014
Top nursing group backs Navy nurse who wouldn’t force-feed at Guantánamo
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One of America’s leading nursing organizations is trying to save the U.S. Navy career of an officer, a nurse like them, who refused to force-feed hunger strikers this summer. (more…)