Primer for progressive pilgrims

What is Liberation Theology?

By Tony Campolo, April 30, 2008; 12:16 AM ET With all the upset over Jeremiah Wright and his so-called Liberation Theology, many have been asking what Liberation Theology is all about. Well, it is not…  [more]

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Perhaps we could have

The Tea Party tail wags the Republican dog, but it’s Obama who’s dragged off course

By Gary Younge, Sunday 10 April 2011 20.00 BST The recently elected Republican governor of Maine, Paul LePage, is no art critic. Indeed…  [more]

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Mission civilisatrice

A mission to ‘civilise’ the East, again?

By Hayrettin Yucesoy, 11 Apr 2011 09:43 As was announced recently by UK prime minister David Cameron, Britain, Germany, France and the US have begun talks to support Libya’s transition away…  [more]

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By their books

Beware men of power who turn to writing books

By Robert Fisk, Saturday, 9 April 2011 Lebanon is a great place to pick up the linguistic ticks of the region’s – hopefully still falling – dictators. And I owe…  [more]

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What is trvth?

We’re not being told the truth on Libya

By Johan Hari, Friday, 8 April 2011 Most of us have a low feeling that we are not being told the real reasons for the war in Libya. David Cameron’s instinctive…  [more]

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I protest!

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. ~ Elie Wiesel [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNQiL-TPobM[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNQiL-TPobM [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbWRfBZY-ng[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbWRfBZY-ng [more]

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Amnesty International @ 50

Amnesty International posters – in pictures

The Observer, Sunday 3 April 2011 Amnesty has produced powerful posters over the past 50 years. Here are some of the best… La Colombe et le Prisonnier, 1959 A poster with an image…  [more]

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