Dying of the Light. Dark. The Card Counter. Aside from all being written and directed by Paul Schrader, what do...
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The Israeli military continues to act as it did during the Nakba, when it employed torture in a bid to crush the spirit of Palestinian resistance, perceiving the humiliation of Palestinians as an expression of dominance, power, and supremacy.
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World-renowned activist Issa Amro was dragged away by 15 armed Israelis, blindfolded, gagged, and cuffed so tightly he now needs an operation on his hands. Now, Amro joins MintPress to recount the horrifying realities faced by Palestinians at the hands of their Israeli occupiers.
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Un grand nombre des personnes détenues à Abou Ghraib et dans d’autres centres de détention gérés par les États-Unis et leurs alliés en Irak étaient des civils innocents. Nombre d’entre elles ont été soumises à diverses formes de torture et n’ont toujours pas obtenu justice. Source : ScheerPost, Abdul Rahman, Peoples DispatchTraduit par les lecteurs […]
La seule personne associée au programme mondial de torture de la CIA qui a été poursuivie et emprisonnée est l’homme qui l’a dénoncé : John Kiriakou. Source : ScheerPost, John KiriakouTraduit par les lecteurs du site Les-Crises Lorsque j’ai rejoint la CIA en janvier 1990, je l’ai fait pour servir mon pays et pour voir […]
Macaulay and the Ghosts of Tyranny Past, Part 2 by James Bovard Reposing with a favorite author in the Virginia Tech library in 1976, I savored one zinger after another in Thomas Macaulay’s History of England. Macaulay hailed the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679 as “the most stringent curb that ever legislation imposed on tyranny,” […]
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The only person associated with the CIA's global torture program who was prosecuted and imprisoned was the man who blew the whistle on it — John Kiriakou.
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During the Cold War, assassinations most foul were entertained as necessary measures to advance the set cause. In Latin America, military regimes were keenly sponsored as reliably brutal antidotes to the Marxist tic, or at the very least the tic in waiting. Any government deemed by Washington to be remotely progressive would become ripe targets […]
Counterpunch, September 1, 2023 Harvard Law Dude DeSantis Goes to Gitmo and Fallujah by James Bovard In the first Republican candidate presidential debate last week, Florida governor Ron DeSantis touted his time in Iraq. “I learned in the military, I was assigned with U.S. Navy SEALs in Iraq, that you focus on the mission above […]
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Fallujah Is Not a Presidential Victory Lap by James Bovard, August 30, 2023 In the first 2024 Republican presidential debate last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis touted his time in Iraq. “I learned in the military, I was assigned with U.S. Navy SEALs in Iraq, that you focus on the mission above all else, you […]
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