Tag Archives: Terrorism

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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Danny Schechter : When is a Terrorist No Longer a Terrorist?

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Mujahedin-e-Khalq. Image from Institute for the Study of Violent Groups.Strange story of the Mujahedine-Khalq:When is a terrorist no longer a terrorist? The ‘bad guys’ became ‘good guys’ with the swipe of a pen. By Danny Schechter | The Rag Blog … Continue reading →

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Ed Felien : Breivik’s Norwegian ‘Putsch’ Has Historical Echoes

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Political cartoon by Paolo Lombardi / toonpool.The parallels are ominous:Terror in Norway There are organizations that support the ideas of McVeigh and Breivik, and there is a culture that supports murder and violence as legitimate means to realize those ends. … Continue reading →

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Ed Felien : Is the Terror in Norway an Isolated Act?

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Political cartoon by Paolo Lombardi / toonpool.The parallels are ominous:Terror in Norway There are organizations that support the ideas of McVeigh and Breivik, and there is a culture that supports murder and violence as legitimate means to realize those ends. … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Debating the Wrong Bin Laden Photos

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Art from vectorportal.com.Head of the snake?Debating the wrong issuesand the wrong bin Laden photos By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / May 9, 2011 Without question, Osama bin Laden’s death was well-deserved, but there is more that we … Continue reading →

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BOOKS / Karen Lee Wald : Cuba From the Other Side

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Voices From the Other Side:Keith Bolender’s oral historyof terrorism against Cuba By Karen Lee Wald / The Rag Blog / April 10, 2011 [Voices From the Other Side: An Oral History Of Terrorism Against Cuba by Keith Bolender (Pluto Press, … Continue reading →

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Karen Lee Wald : Posada Carriles and the Puppies That Got Away

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Caricature of Luis Posada Carriles from Progreso Weekly.Posada Carriles and Cubana 455:The puppies that got away By Karen Lee Wald/ The Rag Blog / February 11, 2011 See “The Posada trial takes a historic turn,” by Peter Kornbluh, Below. Flying … Continue reading →

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Margarita Alarcón : All Roads Lead to Posada

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Luis Posada Carriles. Photo by Delio Requeral / Cubaencuentro.Life as a diplomat’s daughter:All roads lead to Posada By Margarita Alarcón / The Rag Blog / January 27, 2010 The thing that made my life growing up in the U.S. quite … Continue reading →

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Jonah Raskin : Chickens Come Home to Roost in Arizona

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Malcolm X at Harlem rally, December 31, 1969. Photo from New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection.On chickens coming home to roost:Armageddon in Arizona By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / January 11, 2011 Shortly after JFK was shot and … Continue reading →

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Michael Deutsch : Justice Dept. Ups Ante Against Anti-War Activists

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Above, Chicago demonstrators protest after September 24, 2010 FBI raids on anti-war activists. Below, supporters in Minneapolis prepare signs for demonstration protesting FBI raids and grand jury subpoenas. Photos from Fight Back! News.‘Material support’ for terrorism:FBI actions, grand jury subpoenas … Continue reading →

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Margarita Alarcón : Cubana Flight 455 Was Cuba’s 9/11

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

73 black flags mark Cuban remembrance of the Oct. 6, 1976 terrorist bombing of Cubana Flight 455. Photo from picasa. Cuba marked the thirty-fourth anniversary of the bombing of Cubana Flight 455 on Wednesday with a call for the U.S. … Continue reading →

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Terrorism, Real and Imagined : Let Us Pray

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Fear of flying:Tefillin or TNT?Bomb or biblical blessing? By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / January 22, 2010 To say that the threat of terrorism has America’s airline passengers a bit goosey is an understatement. Yesterday, Jan. 21, 2010, … Continue reading →

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