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LA Times> Guantanamo, terrorism> Hundreds protest on 10th anniversary of Guantanamo prison – latimes.com

Hundreds protest on 10th anniversary of Guantanamo prison Protesters wearing orange prison jumpsuits and black hoods march during a protest against holding detainees at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay during a demonstration on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Images / January 11, 2012) More than 800 protest in Washington, and smaller protests take place elsewhere, More

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George W. Bush Attracts Serious Detracters at St. Louis Park Synagogue | The Uptake

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpNYkw8lrNE&w=560&h=315] A fundraiser at Beth El Synagogue in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, featuring former President George W. Bush, drew a series of protests and expressions of outrage by a diverse group of activists. Some were traditional peace activists, others were concerned with U.S. torture policies initiated by Bush. Many Jewish people, including members of More

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A Dark Decade for Civil Rights and Liberties, by Kanya d’Almeida

A Dark Decade for Civil Rights and Liberties by Kanya D’Almeida     Nation of Change Saturday 10 September 2011 The U.S. has a long history of responding to national trauma by restricting rights and ladling out unchecked power to the executive during times of crisis – a pattern that is clearly marked out by More

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Anything goes: the new FBI guidelines, Center for Constitutional Rights

Anything goes: the new FBI guidelines From The Progressive Media Project By Michael Ratner and Margaret Ratner Kunstler, June 21, 2010 The FBI should not be given more power to spy on dissenters in America. In fact, it should not have that power at all. Once upon a time, the FBI could investigate a person or More

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