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Of Illicit Appearance: The L.A. Riots/Rebellion as a Portent of Things to Come
In early spring 1994, I paid a visit to Los Angeles, where I was greeted in the airport at the arrival gate - that was still possible in those …
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Hillary Clinton’s Silence Is Deafening on Massive Palestinian Prisoner Hunger Strike
More than 1,500 prisoners are currently observing an open-ended hunger strike in defense of basic human rights: the right not to be detained without charge, the right not to …
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Prison Industries: “Don’t Let Society Improve or We Lose Business”
Even though we are 5 percent of the world's population, we have 25 percent of the prisoners in the world.
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EXCLUSIVE: Controversial Drug Given to All Guantanamo Detainees Akin to “Pharmacologic Waterboarding“
The Defense Department forced all “war on terror” detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison to take a high dosage of a controversial antimalarial drug.