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SOA update

The School of the Americas, the CIA and the US-Condoned Cancer of Torture Continue to Spread in Latin America, Including Mexico http://truth-out.org/news/item/9685-the-school-of-the-americas-the-cia-and-the-us-condoned-cancer-of-torture-continues-to-spread-in-latin-america-including-mexico Sunday, 10 June 2012 07:46 By Mark Karlin, Truthout | News Analysis The husband of Jennifer Harbury was tortured to death, over a two year period, by the Guatemalan military with the full knowledge of the … Continue reading SOA update

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Cuba Proposes U.S. Release Cuban 5 In Exchange For Alan Gross

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2012/05/10/cuba-proposes-the-u-s-release-cuban-5-in-exchange-for-alan-gross/ BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The world’s most influential leaders appeal to the Cuban government to release Alan Gross, and there are new developments from Havana. Gross could be allowed to come home to his family in Maryland and see his dying mother. But there’s a catch. Meghan McCorkell has a new message from Cuban leaders. WJZ … Continue reading Cuba Proposes U.S. Release Cuban 5 In Exchange For Alan Gross

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Noam Chomsky on America ‘s Declining Empire, Occupy and the Arab Spring

By Joshua Holland, AlterNet Posted on April 24, 2012, Printed on April 24, 2012 http://www.alternet.org/story/155116/noam_chomsky_on_america%27s_declining_empire%2C_occupy_and_the_arab_spring Editor's note: AlterNet is proud to offer readers an opportunity to purchase Noam Chomsky's new book, Occupy, available here. Last year, the Occupy Movement rose up spontaneously in cities and towns across the country, radically shifted the discourse and rattled … Continue reading Noam Chomsky on America ‘s Declining Empire, Occupy and the Arab Spring