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Jessica Jackley: Poverty, money

Jessica Jackley: Poverty, money

Will Potter: The secret US prisons you've never heard of before | TED Talk Subtitles and Transcript Father Daniel Berrigan once said that "writing about prisonersis a little like writing about the dead."I think what he meant is that we treat prisoners as ghosts.They're unseen and unheard.It's easy to simply ignore themand it's even easier when the government goes to great lengths to keep them hidden. As a journalist, I think these storiesof what people in power do when no one is watching,are precisely the stories that we need to tell.That's why I began investigatingthe most secretive and experimental prison units in the United States,for so-called "second-tier" terrorists.The government calls these units Communications Management Units or CMUs.Prisoners and guards call them "Little Guantanamo."They are islands unto themselves.But unlike Gitmo they exist right here, at home,floating within larger federal prisons. There's an estimated 60 to 70 prisoners here,and they're overwhelmingly Muslim.They include people like Dr. So, why was he moved? (Laughter) For the record, I'm not. Thank you.

Chomsky et compagnie Docu. Total 125’ (2 parties) publié par rode aap, le dimanche 27 septembre 2009 A la façon d’un Michael Moore, les auteurs de ce film mènent croisade pour faire comprendre comment fonctionnent les stratégies de propagande, la fabrique de l’opinion. Ils prônent une insubordination contre "la fausse objectivité", la machine à décerveler contrôlée par gouvernements, intellectuels et médias. communication propagande Répondre à cet article 1 Message

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