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In the end, Bush won’t be prosecuted… #TortureReport
What Dick Cheney knew about the torture program Buried in the pages of the 525-page executive summary of the so-called CIAtorture report is a timeline showing when former U.S. Vice-President... Read more
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Such a shame for US. the CIA #TortureReport released…
Why Obama Won’t Prosecute Torturers Slate Articles by Eric Posner The release of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on torture under the Bush administration has revived calls for the Obama administration... Read more
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Meanwhile in the US #ICantBreathe Grand Central Occupied
Why cameras alone won’t protect black mens’ lives …My heart’s in Accra I wasn’t expecting the grand jury to indict Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot and killed Michael... Read more
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#Ferguson roundup. White cop, black boy hug at Portland..
White cop, black boy hug at Portland rally for Ferguson: story behind striking photo Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin This striking photo by Portland-based photographer Johnny Nguyen is one of the most... Read more
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#Ferguson Anthropologists [also] Speak Out
Ferguson: Anthropologists Speak Out Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology by Carole McGranahan Race and injustice and anger and fear. All of these and more in the wake of the grand jury... Read more
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#Ferguson burning after Grand Jury decisions. A roundup…
It’s Incredibly Rare For A Grand Jury To Do What Ferguson’s Just Did FiveThirtyEight – Ben Casselman – Nov 24, 6:30 PM – A St. Louis County grand jury on... Read more
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Literati roundup: Interstellar understanding sources… Machine-Learning Algorithm Ranks the World’s Most Notable Authors
Machine-Learning Algorithm Ranks the World’s Most Notable Authors MIT Technology Review Deciding which books to digitise when they enter the public domain is tricky; unless you have an independent ranking of... Read more
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US-led strikes hit jihadists attacking Kobane on Turkish border as Kurdish peace process at breaking point due to Turkey’s possible aid to Jihadists…
US-led strikes hit jihadists attacking Syria Kurd town on Turkish border The US-led coalition hit Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets around a Syrian town on the Turkish... Read more
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Literati roundup: “feminist moments in sci-fi history… “50 books that influenced Leo Tolstoy
Most feminist moments in sci-fi history Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder Read 14 Great Banned & Censored Novels Free Online: For Banned Books Week 2014 Open Culture by Josh Jones We well know... Read more
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Literati roundup: A Wired discussion on Dystopian Sci-Fi……..
Stop Writing Dystopian Sci-Fi—It’s Making Us All Fear Technology Wired Top Stories No, Dystopian Sci-Fi Isn’t Bad for Society. We Need It More Than Ever Wired Top Stories Dystopian fiction is a... Read more
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Police Brutality in #Ferguson, US #MikeBrown
Riot police the same from Ferguson to France AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Police, worldwide, use similar non-lethal weapons to maintain social order and stop political... Read more
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A very nice piece: “The Art of Personalizing Propaganda – a case in Gaza crisis
Israel, Gaza, War & Data – The Art of Personalizing Propaganda Global Voices Online by Gilad Lotan Instagram co-tag graph, highlighting three distinct topical communities: 1) pro-Israeli (Orange), 2) pro-Palestinian (Yellow),... Read more
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Literati roundup: “Pierre Bourdieu’s Photographs of Wartime Algeria….”Doctoral Education and the Knowledge Economy..
Pierre Bourdieu’s Photographs of Wartime Algeria Open Culture by Colin Marshall If you know the work of Pierre Bourdieu, you probably know it as sociology, or perhaps philosophy. Whatever you call the... Read more
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FP roundup: Turkish FM Davutoğlu’s fiery Gaza speech…”Israeli tourists canceling holiday reservations in Turkey…
VIDEO: Turkish FM Davutoğlu’s fiery Gaza speech rekindles ‘quagmire Middle East’ debate Hurriyet Daily News FM Davutoğlu described the region as “the center of the divine revelation that raised... Read more
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Erdoğan: They (Israel) are 100 times worse than Hitler when comes to barbarity” #Gaza news roundup… “The Israeli Hacktivists’ Cyber War in Gaza…
Yes he did say that a few minutes ago… News in Turkish ilhan tanir @WashingtonPoint: “#Flash:PM Erdogan: “They curse Hitler morning, evening.You know what? They (Israel) are 100 times worse than... Read more
