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Four Decades of Cruelty and Inhumanity to U.S.... →
For almost 40 years, Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace have been in solitary confinement at Louisiana’s infamous Angola State Prison, in what is thought to be the longest period of enforced solitude in America’s vast prison gulag. Amnesty International says their treatment is “cruel and inhumane and a violation of the US’s obligations under international law.” Woodfox is now 64 years old, and...
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The point of public relations slogans like “Support our troops” is that they...
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Noam Chomsky (via noam-chomsky)
Yep. “Family values” means nothing. You can campaign on it endlessly without ever committing to any specific policy. It’s why it’s one of the best slogans ever.
(via drst)
“Job Creation” is the current hollow inarguable positive stance. Especially hollow because...
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