"Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence." Leonardo da Vinci
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"To sin by silence when we should protest makes cowards out of men." Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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than apathy is defeatism. The defeatist recognizes the problem that
the apathetic person doesn't see, yet has convinced himself that there
is nothing he can do and therefore washes his hands of all
responsibility." Laurence Overmire
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq: 4,745icasualties.org/oif/
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,283
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Happy
New Year - Felix sit annus novus - Gelukkig nieuwjaar - Onnellista
uutta vuotta - Bonne année - Selamat tahun baru - Boldog új évet - Feliz
año nuevo - Gott nytt år - Ein gutes neues Jahr - Gleðilegt nýtt ár
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Why Washington Hates Hugo Chavez
By Mike Whitney
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US Collects DNA And Data On Foreign Presidential Candidates
By Simon
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Honor the WikiLeakers
By Alexander Cockburn
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Tortured Until Proven Guilty: Bradley Manning and the Case Against Solitary Confinement
By Lynn Parramore
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Guantánamo is "A Piece of Hell that Kills Everything"
By Andy Worthington
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The Anti-Empire Report Wikileaks, The United States, Sweden, And Devil's Island
By William Blum
The
Wikileaks documents may not produce any world-changing revelations, but
every day they are adding to the steady, gradual erosion of people's
belief in the US government's good intentions, which is necessary to
overcome a lifetime of indoctrination. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27166.htm
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Spokespersons and Their Causes
By Lawrence Davidson
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The TSA's State-mandated Molestation An Orwellian Assault on American Freedom
By Jennifer Abel
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Political Essay by 93-year-old Tops Christmas Bestseller List in France
By Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
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Egypt : Bomb kills at least 21 people at Coptic church in Alexandria:
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Clashes follow Egypt church bombing:
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Nigerian bomb blast hits army barracks during New Year celebrations:
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US Kills 15 People In Pakistan:
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Drone attacks up by 134 pc in 2010, deaths up by 56 pc:
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15 Killed As Mogadishu Rocked by Bitter Battle :
In
Somalia, the New Year started with fierce and deadly battles between
Somali government troops backed by African Union peacekeepers and Al
shabaab militants, rocking Mogadishu, the most dangerous city around
the world, witnesses said Saturday. http://bit.ly/ee4NHj
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Two occupation force troops killed in Afghanistan on first day of 2011:
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Civilians being killed in Helmand operation: residents:
"US
soldiers have warned us that wherever they come under attack from
militants they would retaliate against civilian population and such
incidents had happened many times," Haji Khudai Noor, a resident of
Kajaki district, told Pajhwok Afghan News. http://bit.ly/fnHNIZ
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U.S. to Send Agents to Fight Afghan Cash Smuggling:
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Karzai rejects US request to replace minister:
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Iraq attacks kill two policemen, mayor's wife:
Baghdad gunmen killed two policemen and a bomber killed a mayor's wife in northern Iraq on Saturday, security officials said. http://bit.ly/g24y53
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Iraqi senior officer assassinated IN center of Baghdad:
A
senior officer from the Iraqi Ministry of Interior was killed here
Saturday, 200 metres away from a checkpoint near the Ministry of
Finance, at the entrance of Muhammed Al-Qassem highway. http://bit.ly/gLOh1g
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Abbas: Latest Palestinian death another Israeli crime against our helpless nation:
Woman
dies after IDF shoots tear gas at protesters at an anti-separation
barrier demonstration in West Bank; PA president expresses condolences
to family of protester. http://bit.ly/e7AAXU
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Abbas: Recognitions will push Israel to peace deal:
Palestinian
Authority President says he expects other Latin American and European
nations to soon join Brazil, Argentina and Bolivia in recognizing a
Palestinian state. http://bit.ly/hJMJb4
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Holocaust survivors warn of stirrings of neo-fascism:
Survivors
of the Holocaust have warned of the first stirrings of neo-fascism in
Israel following the emergence of a Right-wing campaign to cleanse
Arabs from predominantly Jewish parts of the country. http://bit.ly/eG6HYd
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Ivory Coast's Gbagbo decries foreign intervention:
Ivory
Coast's incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo, who has refused to cede
power, has accused world leaders of launching a coup to oust him. http://bit.ly/dTNGy7
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W.African army chiefs agree to oust Gbagbo:
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Prosecutor Confirms Accusation Against Sudan Leader:
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Next Year's Wars:
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Zapatistas: The war with no breath?:
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How WikiLeaks Enlightened Us in 2010:
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FBI raids ISP in Anonymous DDoS investigation:
Authorities
in the U.S. and Germany have raided Internet Service Providers in
hopes of tracking down the hackers who launched distributed denial of
service (DDoS) attacks against Web sites such as Visa.com, PayPal.com,
and Mastercard.com earlier this month. http://bit.ly/ea0dA3
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MasterCard Hosted Mossad Assassins, Blocked WikiLeaks:
The Israeli assassins using false Australian passports, used the U.S. MasterCard credit card company to pay bills
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"Let us be peace and joy"
Tom Feeley
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