Category Archives: Liberty

The Hunger That Speaks Its Name / Khader Adnan

February 18, 2012 – 2:37 pm

Bobby Sands’ hunger strike lasted 66 days. Mrs. Thatcher refused to accede to his demands, saying, “Mr. Sands was a convicted criminal. He chose to take his own life. It was a choice that his organisation did not allow to many of its victims.” The MP from South Tyrone died at the age of 27. […]

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Attica In Trang Prison

February 10, 2012 – 7:41 pm

In August 1971 over half the inmates at New York’s Attica State Prison took control of the correction facilities in response to a prisoner being subjected to torture in his cell. 33 officers held hostage by the rioters and state officials agreed to most of the demands, however Governor Rockefeller refused to grant amnesty and […]

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Asshole of 2011

January 19, 2012 – 4:17 am

TIME magazine’s Person of the Year was the protestor. Governments in Egypt and Tunisia were ousted by people fed up with the status quo of the few rich ruling of the many poor. The western media attempted to portray this change as the seeds of democracy, but were surprised by faceless protestors in America assailing […]

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Not So Fast II

January 19, 2012 – 1:26 am

Yesterday several major internet services blacked out their websites to protest two bills before Congress aimed at stopping online intellectual property theft. Freshman senator from Florida Marco Rubio backed off pushing forward the bills for vote in face of such intense opposition from Wikipedia and blog service WordPress. Hollywood executives backed by former Senate hack […]

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Not So Fast

January 18, 2012 – 11:16 am

Hundreds of demonstrators for the OCCUPY CONGRESS gathered in Washington this week to protest the greed of Congress in sucking up the the corporate interests of America and the world. The organizers had been expected thousands to show up in force, but winter campaigns are renown for desertions from the ranks; see Valley Forge and […]

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