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Monday, August 31, 2009
A Paradise Built in Hell: Rebecca Solnit on “The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster”
DemocracyNow!
August 31, 2009
We speak with author, historian and activist Rebecca Solnit about her latest book that examines Hurricane Katrina and other disasters. A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster chronicles both the crimes of the vigilantes and the powerful during Katrina, as well as the numerous instances of altruism, generosity and courage displayed by the vast majority of people who lived through this catastrophe...
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Sunday, August 23, 2009
Lebanese man is target of first rendition under Obama
Friday, August 14, 2009
Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, and an Epic Revolt
by Jeff Severns Guntzel
Utne Reader
August 13, 2009
In 1996, shortly after Burmese democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi was released from her house arrest she met with a visiting journalist and told him: “I'm afraid that countries and events keep slipping from the headlines, and we have slipped.”...
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