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An Innocent Man in the Hell of GuantanamoSara Daniel interviews a Pakistani journalist who was wrongfully imprisoned for over two years, then puts his case in the context of the "gulag of our era."
VIDEO SPECIAL | School of the Americas Protest
A Film by Rebecca MacNeice
Rebecca MacNeice reports from the 16th annual School of the Americas protest at Fort Benning, GA. 20,000 people participated in the protest, including 41 who were arrested. The protesters focused their attention on the School because of its involvement in the training of many Central American military officers who went on to commit human rights abuses.
Padilla Dirty Bomb Evidence Extracted by Torture
The Bush administration decided not to charge Jose Padilla with planning to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb" in a US city because the evidence against him was extracted using torture on members of al-Qaida, it was claimed yesterday.
Bush Faces Dual Challenges on Iraq
As he leads a fierce campaign this month to rebut criticism of the Iraq war, President Bush faces twin challenges - one of them rooted in history, the other in the political realities of the moment.
Stuart Heady | One Small Thanksgiving Story
Alan Pogue and Cole Miller comprise most of No More Victims, an organization that saves one child at a time from the fate of living with untreated war wounds. Why only one child at a time? Because that is one better than none.
The About-Face of a Hawkish Democrat
Of all the Democrats calling for an end to the Iraq war, Rep. John P. Murtha is an anomaly. He's no liberal, like his House colleagues Dennis J. Kucinich (Ohio) and Maxine Waters (Calif.). He's certainly the only one to call Vice President Cheney a friend. It's hard to imagine any other Democrat causing such a stir. Republicans privately acknowledge that Murtha is a worrisome opponent because he can hardly be portrayed as a liberal of the Michael Moore stripe.
Jeremy Scahill | Bush Wanted al Jazeera Gone
Jeremy Scahill: Given Washington's record of attacking al Jazeera both militarily and verbally, it is not outside the realm of possibility that the Bush administration could have simply decided that it was time to take them out. What is needed now is for a British newspaper or magazine to publish the memo for all the world to see and if they face legal action, they should be backed up by every major media organization in the world. If true, Bush's threat is a bold confirmation of what many journalists already believe: the Bush administration views us all as enemy combatants.
Kremlin Pushes Measure to Curb Private Groups
Russia moved Wednesday to impose greater government control over charities and other private organizations, including some of the world's most prominent, in a move aimed at restricting foreign support for political activity in the country.
John Pilger | The News Revolution Has Begun
The Indian writer Vandana Shiva has called for an "insurrection of subjugated knowledge." John Pilger writes that the insurrection is well under way. In trying to make sense of a dangerous world, millions of people are turning away from the traditional sources of news and information and toward the world wide web, convinced that mainstream journalism is the voice of rampant power.
Doubts Grow over US Afghan Strategy
It is four years since the fall of the Taliban regime. The United States has spent billions of dollars on its operations in Afghanistan - but what does it have to show for it?
Political Donations, Bribery Reach Level of Criminal Misconduct
Court documents filed by prosecutors lay out an extensive conspiracy in which Mr. Scanlon and Mr. Abramoff, identified in the documents only as Lobbyist A, sought to defraud clients - mainly Indian tribes with gambling interests - and win legislative help from lawmakers in exchange for campaign donations, trips, dinners, greens fees and jobs.
Jonathan Schell | The Fall of the One-Party Empire
Jonathan Schell writes that the most critical question has been whether American democracy, severely eroded but still breathing, would bring down the Republican machine, or whether the Republican machine - call it the budding one-party global empire - would bring down American democracy. This week, it looks as if democracy, after years of decline, has gained the upper hand.
Max J. Castro | Republican Budget Bill Savages the Poor
Max J. Castro writes, "They are at it again. Anyone who hoped that the images of the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, which made the extent of squalor in America visible and dramatized the life-and-death consequences of inequality, would stir the conscience of our ruling party was wrong. Dead wrong."
In Mississippi, Time Now Stands Still
No new houses are framed out. No lots cleared. There is just devastation and a lingering stench and a tent city in which hundreds of residents huddle against the first chill of winter and wonder where they'll find the money to rebuild their lives.
Sidney Blumenthal | The Long March of Dick Cheney
Sidney Blumenthal writes that for Dick Chaney's entire career, he sought untrammeled power. The Bush presidency and 9/11 finally gave it to him - and he's not about to give it up.
Cindy Sheehan Back in Crawford with Message for George
"George, my family is spending our 2nd Thanksgiving without Casey, thanks to you and your lies. I am spending the day crying on a plane on my way to Crawford to again ask you for a meeting." - Cindy Sheehan
"Sheehan's Stand" Monument Unveiled in Crawford
Anti-war demonstrators, back in Crawford to protest during President Bush's holiday vacation, unveiled a stone monument Friday with the words "Sheehan's Stand" in honor of the woman who inspired their efforts.
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