July 2017

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28 Jul 2017

How “Witnesses of the Unseen: Seven Years in Guantánamo” Opens Up the Horrors of Torture

Thursday, 27 July 2017 06:37 ROBERT C. KOEHLER FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT photo above: As Guantánamo remains open and the Endless War continues -- and no one is held accountable -- there is no ending to the stories of Lakhdar Boumediene and Mustafa Ait Idir, just an open wound. (Photo: 

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24 Jul 2017

Salvation as At-One-Ment

book cover above: Stricken By God? is an anthology of papers by authors from all the major Christian traditions, arguing for a nonviolent atonement. WN: My paper specifically argues for a restorative justice view in contradistinction to the the retributive view of justice as described below, one that flows out…

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20 Jul 2017

Church program offers hope to released sex offenders

CATHOLIC VANCOUVER JUL 17, 2017 BY AGNIESZKA KRAWCZYNSKI photo above: Maureen Donegan heads the Archdiocese of Vancouver's prison ministry, including the COSA program for released sex offenders. (Agnieszka Krawczynski / The B.C. Catholic) WN: I had the good fortune for many years of helping lead CoSA with Maureen Donegan. I also am…

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17 Jul 2017

Now Is The Time For Prophetic Moral Action

Published on Monday, July 17, 2017 by Red Letter Christians photo above: arrest of Rev. Barber. "It’s time," writes Rev. Barber, "for those of us who are called to proclaim and embody God’s Word to put on our clerical robes, take up our holy books, and speak truth in the…

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17 Jul 2017

Pope Francis allies accuse Trump White House of ‘apocalyptic geopolitics’

Article vetted by the Vatican offers scathing critique of Steve Bannon, who is Catholic, the Trump White House and ‘evangelical fundamentalism’ in the US photo above:  Pope Francis met with Donald Trump, Melania Trump and Ivanka Trump at the Vatican on 24 May 2017. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AFP/Getty Images WN: Utterly…

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16 Jul 2017

The Demolition of U.S. Global Power

Donald Trump’s Road to Debacle in the Greater Middle East  Tomgram: Alfred McCoy, Trumping the Empire Posted by Alfred McCoy at 4:23pm, July 16, 2017. Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. By Alfred W. McCoy excerpts: Trump’s Demolition Job Despite the obvious differences in their economic circumstances, there remain some telling resonances between Britain’s postwar…

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16 Jul 2017

The Fallout

Report Climate & EnvironmentHealthJusticeJuly 10, 2017 In St. Louis, America's nuclear history creeps into the present, leaching into streams and bodies. By Lacy M. Johnson photo above: For the first three months, the AEC didn’t own the property onto which it was dumping. The drivers worked for an independent company; one,…

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16 Jul 2017

Trump Bet Americans Would Like His Un-Presidential Antics. He May Be Right.

Posted on Jul 15, 2017 By Neal Gabler / Moyers & Company WN: Of course nonsense about "American exceptionalism" stinks to high heaven! Always has! Most of the rest of the world is too aware of that - and increasingly so with President Ultimate American Con, President Ultimate Ugly American. (OK! I know! Christians…

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13 Jul 2017

Courts Must Hold Executive Branch Accountable for Drone Strikes

Thursday, July 13, 2017 By Marjorie Cohn, Truthout | News Analysis WN: Of course all Presidents by definition are mass murderers. Trump is on track to be the worst of them all. an excerpt: Judge Brown Invites Courts to Review the Legality of Drone Strikes In addition to writing the majority opinion, Judge…

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09 Jul 2017

Tomgram: Engelhardt, Aiding and Abetting the Tweeter-in-Chief

The Insult Wars in Washington  How They Blind Us to Our Troubles  By Tom Engelhardt Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 5:15pm, July 9, 2017. Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. photo above: From the article highlighted below is this: But one tweet truly caught my attention, even if it was at the very beginning of…

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