Reflections on Liberty, Democracy & Human Rights

"Hostilities aren't stilled through hostility, regardless.
Hostilities are stilled through non-hostility:
This, an unending truth."

(The Buddha, Dhammapada 5)

 

MENU:
Buddhism and Nonviolence (Sulak Sivaraksa)
Non-violence: A Study Guide (Thanissaro Bhikkhu)
Buddhist Ideas for Attaining World Peace (Ron Epstein)
War and Peace: or, Non-contention with Mara (Amaro Bhikkhu)

EDITORIALS & OPINIONS:
A Less Democratic Nation (Ruth Rosen) 3/18/02
Corporate Power Is the Enemy of Our Democracy (Robert Jensen) 3/20/02
What the American Flag Stands For (Charlotte Aldebron) 4/2/02
Homeland Security Changes America (Andrew Lam) 12/20/02
Emergency Powers - The New Paradigm in Democratic America (Franz Schurmann) 12/23/02
'Stress and Duress' Tactics Used on Terrorism Suspects Held in Secret Overseas Facilities (Dana Priest & Barton Gellman) 12/26/02
The U.S. Shouldn't Fear International Criminal Court (Jamie Mayerfeld) 1/3/03
CIA's Proxy Torture Undermines Law -- and Our Humanity (Roberto J. Gonzalez) 1/5/03
No Excuse for Complicity in Torture (Ruth Barrett Rendler) 1/5/03
Citizens, Beware (Boston Globe) 1/10/03
Israeli Style Checkpoints Come to America (Jalal Ghazi) 1/14/03
Human Rights: Trading Away America's Treasure (Minneapolis Star Tribune) 1/18/03
The USA Patriot Act: What Are You Reading? (Bernie Sanders) 1/19/03
Tyranny of Words and War (Antonia Zerbisias) 2/6/03
Orange Alert for Civil Liberties (Jeff Milchen) 2/11/03
USA Patriot Act: A Dreadful Act II (Jack M. Balkin) 2/13/03
Changing Rules and Undoing the Constitution (Christopher Brauchli) 2/15/03
As in the 1940s, We Are Asleep to Loss of Rights (Noriko Nakada) 2/15/03
Rights on the Rack (Jonathan Turley) 3/6/03
Afghan Prisoners Beaten to Death at US Military Interrogation Base (Duncan Campbell) 3/7/03
War must not be waged at Constitution's expense (Charles C. Hayes) 3/19/03
Ashcroft is Bypassing Courts With New Spy Powers (ACLU) 3/24/03
Groups Lose Challenge to Government's Broader Use of Wiretaps (Linda Greenhouse) 3/25/03
McCarthy's Ghost: Democracy is Under Threat in the United States (Gary Younge) 3/25/03
Ground Laid for Historic Presidential Powers Push (Chisun Lee) 3/26/03
Save Our Democracy: A Call to Action (Steven Hill and Rob Richie) 4/5/03
It Can't Happen Here -- Or Can It? (Richard L. Clinton) 4/8/03
America, Baseball, Apple Pie, and.... Censorship? (Tim Bottorff) 4/11/03
A Chill Wind is Blowing in This Nation... (Tim Robbins) 4/16/03
False Patriotism in Time of War (Bruce E. Jones) 4/18/03
A War on Enlightenment (Adam Hochschild) 4/28/03
Patriot Raid (Jason Halperin) 4/29/03
Trading Freedom for Security (William F. Jasper) 4/29/03
The Crime Of The Century: A Never-Ending "War Against Terrorism" (Thom Hartmann) 4/30/03
Rediscovering Patriotism (Colleen Redman) 4/30/03
Democracy Unbalanced (Steven Hill & Rob Richie) 5/2/03
Appetite for Authoritarianism Spawns an American Gulag (Jonathan Turley) 5/2/03
State Monitored War Protestors (Ian Hoffman, Sean Holstege & Josh Richman) 5/18/03
Alaska Bars State Participation in Intrusive Federal Security Measures (American Civil Liberties Union) 5/18/03
Government Secrecy Grows out of Control (Nick Schwellenbach) 9/22/04
Domestic Violence: Admit it George, We've Got a Problem (Flavia Colgan) 9/30/04
Prisoners Who Disappear (Reed Brody) 10/12/04
US 'War on Terror' Mentality Leads to Torture (AFP) 10/27/04
House Changes Rules to Protect DeLay (Larry Margasak) 11/17/04
Rumsfeld's Canyon of Cruelty (Matthew Rothschild) 12/1/04
Scalia To Synagogue - Jews Are Safer With Christians In Charge (Thom Hartmann) 12/2/04
Evidence Gained Through Using Torture OK, US Officials Say (Michael J. Sniffen) 12/3/04
Uncle Sam has His Own Gulag (Eric Margolis) 12/5/04
Lessons in Liberty from Ukraine (Robyn E. Blumner) 12/5/04
Torture in Our Names (Molly Ivins) 12/5/04
Dissent: Placing Country Above Party (Byron Williams) 12/6/04
Creeping Secrecy (Bangor Daily News) 12/6/04
Government Secrecy Oaths Imperil Public (Nick Schwellenbach & Peter Brand) 12/8/04
Rape a Deliberate War Strategy; Violence 'Must Stop' Amnesty Report Says (Lynda Hurst) 12/8/04
Watergate Lessons Remain for Media, US (Charles Lewis) 12/12/04

 

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