Tag: War
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25 Years Ago, 9/11 Triggered a U.S. Crusade of Torture
By Norman Solomon But in spite of the voluminous evidence that documented high-level approval of methodical torture, not a single U.S. official went to prison as a result. A quarter-century has passed since the terrorist attack that killed almost 3,000 people in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. During the first seven years after…
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War Politics: Numb and Number
Playwright Lillian Hellman said, "I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions." The statement was in a letter to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). The year was 1952. We tell ourselves that the McCarthy era was vastly different than our own – but what about the political fashions of…