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February 27, 2020

Tidbits - Feb. 27, 2020 - Reader Comments: Trump Betrays Workers; Bernie, Bloomberg, Labor, Nevada Outcome and Culinary Workers; Trump Torture of Immigrants; The Value of Portside - Why So Few Contribute; Resources; Announcements; and more .....

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Reader Comments: Trump Betrays Workers; Bernie, Bloomberg, Labor, Nevada Outcome and Culinary Workers; Trump Torture of Immigrants; The Value of Portside - Why So Few Contribute; Resources; Announcements; and more .....

February 19, 2020

“The Right to Do Whatever I Want as President”

Rebecca Gordon Tom Dispatch

Impunity Guaranteed for Torturers (and Presidents)

February 8, 2020

The Inversion of Human Rights in Brazil

Jacob Blanc NACLA

A dictatorship-era torturer is suing one of his victims in Brazil in a stark reminder of how Bolsonaro emboldens rights abusers.

February 8, 2020

Dilma Rousseff: “Torture is About Pain and Death. They Want You to Lose Your Dignity”

Brasil de Fato Peoples Dispatch

Brazil’s ex-president talks about memory, camaraderie, resistance, and politics 50 years after her political incarceration.

January 13, 2020

Addameer Collects Hard Evidence on Torture and Ill-Treatment Committed Against Palestinian Detainees at Israeli Interrogation Centers

Addameer Addameer

Addameer has hard evidence on the crimes of torture and ill-treatment committed against a number of detainees held at interrogation centers since late August 2019.

November 29, 2019

Friday Nite Videos | November 29, 2019: Thanksgiving Movie Picks

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This year, thankfully, there are multiple movies worth watching, either in theaters or online. Here are a handful: The Report. Dark Waters. Queen & Slim. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. After Parkland.

The Report | Movie

November 29, 2019

The plot follows staffer Daniel J. Jones and the Senate Intelligence Committee as they investigate the CIA's use of torture following the September 11 attacks. It covers more than a decade's worth of real-life political intrigue. Starring Adam Driver and Annette Bening. Streaming on Amazon.

November 18, 2019

Shut Down the School of the Americas/ WHINSEC

Dévora González and Azadeh Shahshahani Jacobin

The School of the Americas/WHINSEC in Fort Benning, Georgia, has become notorious for training and enabling torturers, dictators, and massacres throughout the Western Hemisphere...The school is still training...ICE and the Border Patrol.

November 15, 2019

Friday Nite Videos | November 15, 2019

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Billionaires Freak Out About Warren and Sanders. The Report | Movie. Bernie, AOC Unveil $180 Billion Green New Deal for Public Housing. Why It’s So Hard to Get Mental Health Care | Hasan Minhaj. Understanding the Science of Climate Change.

The Report | Movie

November 15, 2019

In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, CIA agents begin using extreme interrogation tactics on those they think were behind it

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