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Wendy's, What Are You Waiting For?: Calling on the Fast Food Giant to Stand up For Farmworkers

rogerhollander wrote 4 days ago:   Published on Saturday, May 18, 2013 by The Huffington Post by Anna Lappé and Christina Bronsi … more →

Tags: Agriculture, Food, Immigration, Labor, Agriculture, Anna Lappé, christina bronsing, fair food, FARM LABOR

Ronald Reagan: Accessory to Genocide

rogerhollander wrote 1 week ago:   Roger’s note: Rightly so the entire world is aghast with disgust over the kidnapping an … more →

Tags: Latin America, Criminal Justice, Foreign Policy, History, Genocide, Guatemala, roger hollander, Human Rights, CIA

US Complicity in Guatemalan Genocide

rogerhollander wrote 1 week ago:   Roger’s note: these are excerpts from the SOA (School of the Americas) Watch newsletter … more →

Tags: Democracy, Foreign Policy, Genocide, Guatemala, Latin America, genocide, Guatemala, Guatemala; genocide, mayan indians

Obama and the Militarization of the “Drug War” in Mexico and Central America2 comments

rogerhollander wrote 1 week ago: Published on Friday, May 10, 2013 by CEPR.net by Alexander Main Honduran soldiers exercised at Forwa … more →

Tags: Latin America, Mexico, Criminal Justice, Drugs, Honduras, Costa Rica, roger hollander, war on drugs, Human Rights

Guantánamo Is Not an Anomaly — Prisoners in the US Are Force-Fed Every Day

rogerhollander wrote 2 weeks ago:   Roger’s note: I am not one of those who believe that American “democracy” o … more →

Tags: Torture, Criminal Justice, Civil Liberties, roger hollander, Guantanamo, Human Rights, Torture, prisons, hunger strike

Profits Over Water: 'State of Seige' Declared in Guatemala

rogerhollander wrote 2 weeks ago:   Published on Friday, May 3, 2013 by Common Dreams Protests over mining project that threatens … more →

Tags: Latin America, Canada, Environment, Guatemala, Mining, andreal germanos, Canadian Mining, Environment, genocide

Gitmo Groups Call Out Obama Over Political Cowardice

rogerhollander wrote 3 weeks ago:   Roger’s note: On the first day of his presidency, Obama promised to close Guantánamo wi … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Torture, Health, Criminal Justice, Congress, detainee transfer, force feedin, force-feeding, Guantanamo

The Genocide Trial of General Efrain Rios Montt Has Just Been Suspended: A firsthand behind-the-scenes account of how Guatemala's current President and threats of violence killed the case. 2 comments

rogerhollander wrote 1 month ago: Roger’s note: yesterday I posted an article on the trial of Guatemala’s Rios Montt for t … more →

Tags: Criminal Justice, Genocide, Guatemala, allan naim, Guatemala, guatemala atrocities, Guatemala Civil War, Guatemala; genocide, guatemala massacres

Tales of Reagan’s Guatemala Genocide

rogerhollander wrote 1 month ago:   Roger’s note: As we speak the CIA is busy at work in Venezuela to destabilize the newly … more →

Tags: Latin America, Foreign Policy, History, Genocide, Guatemala, roger hollander, Human Rights, History, Foreign Policy

Justice for Lynne Stewart

rogerhollander wrote 1 month ago: Roger’s note: to learn more about Lynne Stewart, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynne_Stewart … more →

Tags: Criminal Justice, Democracy, Civil Liberties, Human Rights, Civil Liberties, US Government, Pete Seeger, political prisoner, Desmond Tutu

he Assassination Of Dr. King And The Suppression Of The Anti-War And Peace Perspectives

rogerhollander wrote 1 month ago: Tue, 04/02/2013 – 19:22 — Ajamu Baraka Printer-friendly version by Ajamu Baraka This week mark … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Torture, War, Race, Foreign Policy, Racism, History, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights

Why Would Anyone Celebrate the Death of Margaret Thatcher? Ask a Chilean1 comment

rogerhollander wrote 1 month ago: Published on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 by The Nation by Dave Zirin Thousands have taken to the streets … more →

Tags: Latin America, Chile, Criminal Justice, Britain, History, Genocide, roger hollander, Human Rights, allende

‘Dirty War’ Questions for Pope Francis

rogerhollander wrote 2 months ago: Roger’s note: This says it all: In contrast to the super-upbeat tone of American TV coverage, … more →

Tags: Argentina, History, Latin America, Religion, Catholic Church, dirty war, disappeared, Jorge Bergoglio, Operation Condor

Operation Condor Trial Tackles Coordinated Campaign by Latin American Dictatorships to Kill Leftists

rogerhollander wrote 2 months ago: Roger’s note: The world media is focused on Argentina from where the worlds largest patriarcha … more →

Tags: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, History, Latin America, Paraguay, Perú, Uruguay

'Time for a Reckoning': UN Investigator says US/UK Must Account for Torture, Human Rights Violation

rogerhollander wrote 2 months ago: Roger’s note: “Under Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder said that the Department of Jus … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Torture, War on Terror, Ben Emmerson, Bush/Cheney, CIA torture, eric holder

Albert Woodfox’s 40 Years of Solitary Confinement1 comment

rogerhollander wrote 2 months ago:  128  Feb 27, 2013, http://www.truthdig.com By Amy Goodman Albert Woodfox has been in solitary confi … more →

Tags: Criminal Justice, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, roger hollander, Human Rights, amy goodman, Torture, Solitary Confinement, Robert King

Brennan and Kiriakou, Drones and Torture

rogerhollander wrote 3 months ago: Posted on Feb 6, 2013, http://www.truthdig.com By Amy Goodman John Brennan and John Kiriakou worked … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Civil Liberties, Criminal Justice, George W. Bush, Torture, War on Terror, Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, Abu Zubaydah, amy goodman

Extraordinary Rendition Report Finds More Than 50 Nations Involved In Global Torture Scheme 1 comment

rogerhollander wrote 3 months ago:   Roger’s note: the following article on the Bush/Obama torture regime uses the words … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Torture, Criminal Justice, roger hollander, Bush torture, Torture, counterterrorism, War-on-terror

Human Rights Watch decries U.S. prison system

rogerhollander wrote 3 months ago: Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 10:25 AM EST The NGO’s World Report criticizes mass incarceration and U … more →

Tags: Torture, Criminal Justice, Civil Liberties, War on Terror, roger hollander, Guantanamo, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Torture


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