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Trauma and Resilience: Covering the Colombian Civil War

October 2008. La Ruta Pacifica de las Mujeres is a coalition of over 200 Colombian womenís organizations. They hold events for peace and nonviolence throughout the year and also coordinate an annual parade, held in different violent regions, to giv
Authors: Jenny Manrique Cortés

Summary:

Telling the truth is frequently unpopular, but it is an important way to help communities survive and grow, and heal the wounds opened by war.

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Obama Contends President is Beyond Review: Asserts Powers More Sweeping than those Claimed by Bush

Witness Against Torture stands vigil outside the U.S. Supreme Court on December 5, 2007, as the Court hears the oral arguments for Al Odah and Boumediene. Photo: www.witnesstorture.org
Authors: Mark Wilson

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If a president is allowed to hide executive actions without review, the president becomes a dictator.

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US Sergeant Apologizes to Afghan Parliamentarian: "How Sorry I am for the Violence that My Army Has Done"

Matthis Chiroux and Malalai Joya following his apololgy. PHOTO: MALALAIJOYA.COM
Authors: Malalai Joya Matthis Chiroux Transcript provided by Elsa Rassbach

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We can enforce a peace by refusing to hate, refusing to kill.

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Authors: Sam Diener

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How Many Divisions?

Gaza, January 2009. Photo: Shareef Sarhan
Authors: Uri Avnery

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Only when the horrible scenes from Gaza started to appear on Western TV screens, did world public opinion gradually begin to change.

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New York Yearly Meeting of Friends: A Minute on Torture

Authors: New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

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Well Beyond Abu Ghraib: Expert Testimony on the Effects of US Torture Policy

Authors: Deborah Pearlstein

Summary:As of 2006 there had been more than 330 cases in which US military and civilian personnel were credibly alleged to have abused or killed detainees.

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Boyle's Law: Turning up the Heat Against Militarism Through Civil Resistance

Snow covered statue in Princeton, NJ, February, 2006. Photo: Huxleyesque via Flickr
Authors: Stephen Lendman

Summary:Stephen Lendman reviews Protesting Power: War, Resistance, and Law by Frances Boyle.

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Forestalling Another Rain of Ruin: The Need to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

The ruins of a library at Angkor Wat, Cambodia, June, 2007. PHOTO: TREY RATCLIFF
Authors: Zia Mian

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Zia Mian reviews books on the current nuclear threat by Joseph Gerson, Joseph Cirincione, and William
Langewiesche.

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Anti-TortureActivists Convicted: Guantánamo Prison Put On Trial

The thirty five defendants stand in front of Superior Court, Photo: Bill Ofenlach, www.witnesstorture.org
Authors: Frida Berrigan

Summary:

We have a right to petition the government for a redress of grievances, and Guantánamo Bay prison is beyond grievous.

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