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War on Terror
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No Separate Justice Campaign Denounces Post-9/11 Abuses
Ten days before the anniversary of September 11, family members, activists and formerly incarcerated people gathered to bear witness to abuses under the banner “No Separate Justice.”
Convenient Genocide: Another Failed War to Re-Arrange the Middle East
The only real genocide is the one that serves the interests of the west.
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The Next Round of an Unwinnable War Beckons
Bombing raids on Islamic State targets in Iraq may just make things worse.
Why End War?
A two-minute sample of why we should end all war, recorded for submission to TED talks.
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Against Forgetting: “The Phoenix Program” and the Awakening of Historical Memory
Douglas Valentine's “The Phoenix Program,” republished as the first in a series of repressed, forgotten books, shows the continuity between the CIA's secret war against civilians in Vietnam and …
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The Trials of Alleged Tween Terrorist Omar Khadr of Canada
It is unclear how long the United States and Canada intend to keep selling the myth of Omar Khadr, a Canadian arrested at age 15 in Afghanistan, as an …
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Transgender Activists Speak Out Against Campaign to End Trans Military Ban
A campaign to end the ban on transgender people in the military is gaining steam, but trans and gender-nonconforming people are opposing it in favor of getting rid of …
The 25th Hour: Still Living With Jack Bauer in a Terrified New American World
Top officials in the Obama administration didn't think it worth the bother to dismantle the elaborate torture system created in the Bush years.
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Cheney’s Campaign for Iraq War 3: Shaping the Narrative
With his latest media blitz, Dick Cheney hopes to preserve and solidify the “war on terror” as the dominant narrative presented to Americans as an explanation of US foreign …
Imprisoned Al Jazeera Journalist Details Abu Ghraib Torture and Why He’s Suing US Contractor CACI
Ten years after the first publication of photos from inside the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, Al Jazeera journalist Salah Hassan speaks about his torture by US forces inside …