Pakistani families of people killed in USdrone strikes plead for justice
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March 2012
Murder Is Legal, Says Eric Holder
Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday explained why it’s legal to murder people — not to execute prisoners convicted of capital crimes, not to shoot someone in self-defense, not to fight on a battlefield in a war that is somehow legalized, but to target and kill an individual sitting on his sofa, with no charges, no arrest, no trial, no approval from a court, no approval from a legislature, no approval from we the people, and in fact no sharing of information with any institutions
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What's the Matter With Norway?
The beautiful thing about the internet is that whenever you write an essay on a topic you imagine is new, some wonderful person contacts you within about an hour who’s written a whole book about it. This is different from writing a book about something new (or old) like the Kellogg-Briand Pact (everybody still thinks it must be a breakfast cereal).
Fredrik Heffermehl’s book “The Nobel Peace Prize: What Nobel Really Wanted,” is a wonderful thing to discover. I
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Why I've Refused to Endorse the Protests of Either the RNC or the DNC
Don’t get me wrong. I want the Republican and Democratic National Conventions in Tampa and Charlotte protested, denounced, shamed, nonviolently occupied, and ideally prevented from occurring, at least until they credibly support peace, justice, and democracy — or pigs fly, whichever comes first. I’ve said so and encouraged such organizing for months. I hope to be a part of it.
But when asked to endorse http://protestdnc.org
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