Tag Archives: Torture

Murray Polner :
Who is Eric Fair and what did he do?

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Thorne Dreyer

With all our folk tales about our innate goodness and freedom-loving ways, the Real America has always tortured when it wished to do so. By Murray Polner | The Rag Blog | February 2, 2015 Before we Americans become bored … Continue reading →

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Bob Feldman :
A People’s History of Egypt, Part 20, 1990-1992

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

The Mubarak regime, supported financially and militarily by the United States, was accused of serious human rights violations, including extensive use of torture. By Bob Feldman | The Rag Blog | March 26, 2014 [With all the dramatic activity in … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Guantánamo Turns Us All Into Monsters

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by AP. Image from Salon. The nation’s shame: Guantánamo turns us all into monsters The President says the right things, but he doesn’t seem to have the political will to release those wrongly imprisoned in Guantánamo. By Lamar W. … Continue reading →

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Jean Trounstine : Texas Calls it ‘Ad Seg’ but Prisoners Call It Torture

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Image of life in solitary via Buried Alive in Texas Prisons. Solitary confinement:Texas calls it ‘Ad Seg’ butprisoners call it torture A recent conference on solitary confinement at Harvard University prompted prisoners at Between the Bars to tell their side … Continue reading →

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Jim Turpin : Is the Imperial Presidency the ‘New Normal’? / 2

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Jim Watson / AFP / Getty Images./ Foreign Policy. The ‘new normal’? The Imperial Presidency / 2 “You may ask yourself, well, how did I get here?” — Talking Heads (“Once in a Lifetime”) By Jim Turpin | … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : Torture is Trivial

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Zero Dark Thirty reinforces the story of American innocence. Torture is trivial Zero Dark Thirty tells the story most Americans want to hear, not the story that needs to be told. By Robert Jensen | The Rag Blog | January … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Obama Continues Immoral Bush Policies

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Four more years. Image from NewsOne.Obama embraces fiveimmoral Bush policies “History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period… was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.” — … Continue reading →

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Jim Turpin : Is the United States a ‘Banana Republic’?

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from polisci.wisc.edu.Lookout, O. Henry!How did the United Statesbecome a ‘banana republic’? By Jim Turpin / The Rag Blog / February 1, 2011 ba•nan•a re•pub•lic (noun) A small country that is economically dependent on a single export commodity or on … Continue reading →

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SPORT / John Ross : Torture and the National Pastime

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

New national pastime:Torture and the San Francisco Giants By John Ross / The Rag Blog / October 9, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO — The return of liver cancer has afforded me an unexpected opportunity to contemplate the National Pastime. As I … Continue reading →

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Jim Turpin : The Endless War and American Society

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Thomas Paine’s Corner.Is endless war the American way?Why militarism permeates our society By Jim Turpin / The Rag Blog / July 28, 2010 Orwell would be proud. The United States is about to begin its tenth year in … Continue reading →

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Supremes : ‘Suspected Enemy Combatant’ no Longer a ‘Person’

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Portrait of a non-person. Image from girloftomorrow.Dred Scott redux:Enemy combatants denied legal standing …once again, 144 years after the Civil War, we have established as the law of the land and the policy of the United States government that whole … Continue reading →

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Human Rights in Colombia : School of the Americas and Plan Patriota

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from redsolsur.com. / Impunity Watch South America.Colombia and the School of the Americas:A history of human rights abuse By Marion Delgado / The Rag Blog / December 3, 2009 See ‘Know your new military bases,’ a look at Tolemaida … Continue reading →

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