14th Annual Human Rights Potluck Dinner - a brief report Folks, I wanted to thank everyone for their efforts that made possible our 14th human rights event last night. It is so impressive that such a small group can have its act together so well. I think that the turn out was decent. I would … Continue reading 14th Annual Human Rights Potluck Dinner
Calls to free the ‘Cuban Five’
"In Havana, appeals for release of Alan Gross are drowned out by calls to free the ‘Cuban Five’" By Karen DeYoung Washington Post Blog -Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 09/14/2011 Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson failed this week in his efforts to persuade the Cuban government to release a U.S. subcontractor serving 15 years … Continue reading Calls to free the ‘Cuban Five’
“Chile Awakes – Eyewitness Report from Santiago, Chile’
"Chile Awakes - Eyewitness Report from Santiago, Chile'by Dan Morgan Published by Portside Santiago, Chile 24 August 2011. Chile has really woken from its long, anesthetized, 'centre- left' induced slumber. Dozens of university faculties and secondary schools have been on strike now for 3 months, often combined with sit-in occupations. The market model of education … Continue reading “Chile Awakes – Eyewitness Report from Santiago, Chile’
“Panel Hears Grim Details of Venereal Disease Tests”
"Panel Hears Grim Details of Venereal Disease Tests"August 30, 2011 By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Gruesome details of American-run venereal disease experiments on Guatemalan prisoners, soldiers and mental patients in the years after World War II were revealed this week during hearings before a White House bioethics panel investigating the study’s sordid history. From 1946 to 1948, American … Continue reading “Panel Hears Grim Details of Venereal Disease Tests”
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