Tag Archives: Chinese Communists

Jonah Raskin : Red Bard: ‘The Poems of Mao Zedong’

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

If I had to compare Mao to an American I’d say he was akin to Whitman, though I’d add that Whitman’s lines are longer, that the rhythms feel different and the voices aren’t the same. Mao is never as tender … Continue reading →

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Gitmo Torture Methods Cribbed From Chinese Communists

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Image by Matt Groller / Rolling Stone.“Coercive management techniques” copied verbatimBy Scott Shane / July 2, 2008 WASHINGTON — The military trainers who came to Guantánamo Bay in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on a chart showing the … Continue reading →

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