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Japanese Wartime Medical Orderly on Army’s Role in Maintaining “Comfort Women” System
Matsumoto Masayoshi, a former medical orderly with the Japanese army, has spoken out this year about what he saw.
Truthout Interviews William Rivers Pitt on Chemical Weapons in Iraq
US soldiers did find chemical weapons in Iraq, but they weren't the weapons we were told about.
Obama Promised a “World Without Nuclear Weapons,” but May Now Spend $1 Trillion on Upgrades
President Obama's disarmament efforts were cited when he won the Nobel Peace Prize, but since then advocates say little progress has been made.
“Citizenfour”: Inside Story of NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Captured in New Film by Laura Poitras
Footage of Edward Snowden debriefing reporters Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill forms the backbone of Poitras' new film, “Citizenfour.”
European Privacy in the Age of Snowden: We Need a Debate About What Intelligence Agencies Are Doing
Amy Goodman looks at the impact his leaks have had on the debate over online privacy in Europe.
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Noam Chomsky at United Nations: It Would Be Nice if the United States Lived up to International Law
Chomsky spoke at an event sponsored by the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.
That Film About Money
What is the real value of a dollar? What do banks do with our deposits?
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Jeremy Scahill: Blackwater Executives Remain Free as Guards Convicted for Killing 14 Iraqis in Massacre
A federal jury has returned guilty verdicts against four Blackwater operatives involved in the 2007 massacre at Baghdad's Nisoor Square.
Former UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk on the Legitimacy of Hope in the Palestinian Struggle
On Monday, the Israeli government made a rare appearance before the United Nations Human Rights Committee, but its delegation refused to acknowledge responsibility for the conditions in the West …
After Ignoring ISIS Assault on Kobani, US Launches Major Strikes and Arms Turkey’s Kurdish Foes
As news cameras on the Turkish-Syrian border showed Islamic State fighters assaulting a town in plain sight, the US-led coalition responded with the most airstrikes of its Syria campaign.