The Ongoing Persecution of Sami Al-Arian
Alexander Cockburn : Law & Justice
The US government's shameful auto-da-fé of Sami Al-Arian enters a new phase.

Alexander Cockburn : Law & Justice
The US government's shameful auto-da-fé of Sami Al-Arian enters a new phase.
Dustin Roasa : Vietnam
As Vietnam becomes a player in world trade, its human rights record and treatment of dissidents come under increased scrutiny. The world must do more.
History sheds no new light on their guilt or innocence. But it does make clear that their trial and execution was an unjust and intolerable act of barbarism.
Vietnam is experiencing its worst crackdown on human rights in decades, and US policy bears part of the blame.
Bernard-Henri Lévy : Cultural Criticism & Analysis
The American left is in a semi-comatose state, thanks to the striking ideological transformation wrought by its neoconservative battalions.
Jonathan Schell : Republican Party
The government manipulates popular movements at home and abroad.


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