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Lessons from Protesting Guantánamo

Lessons from Protesting Guantánamo

February 1, 2008 | Published by Foreign Policy In Focus

Wearing orange jumpsuits with black hoods, we knelt in silence on the steps of the Supreme Court to protest the seventh year that prisoners are being held in Guantánamo Bay without habeas corpus rights and subjected to torture [...]

Tobacco Stains: The Global Footprint Of A Deadly Crop

Tobacco Stains: The Global Footprint Of A Deadly Crop

October 1, 2007 | Published by In These Times

The looting of natural resources, the destruction of ecosystems, and the poisoning and enslavement of people are the forgotten side-effects of cigarette smoking [...]