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Why We Must Prosecute Bush and His Administration for War Crimes

Mick Meaney December 19, 2008 6

By Mike Ferner During the rush to get the Nuremberg Tribunals underway, the Soviet delegation wanted the tribunal’s historic decisions to have legitimacy only for the Nazis. U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Robert Jackson, serving

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Proletarian: December 08/January 2009 issue

Mick Meaney December 19, 2008 0

Cuba special: 50 years of revolution New Year’s Day 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of the triumphant day on which the Cuban people ousted the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, so ridding themselves of

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Iraqi shoe thrower prompts racist rant from Bill O’Reilly

Mick Meaney December 19, 2008 2

First he says that the shoe thrower is evidence of the ingratitude, “violence” and “irrational thinking” in the “Arab world”, before going to on discuss the “danger from the Muslim world” and whether torture

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Amnesty: Closing Guantanamo Isn’t Enough

Mick Meaney December 19, 2008 1

Amnesty International, in a just-released proposal, wants to go further than just closing the facility. By Spencer Ackerman The international human-rights organization put out a four-stage plan for closing the door on the Era

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