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This Film is an Idiot's Version of Naomi Klein's Masterpiece

Johann Hari | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

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Johann Hari

Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine is one of the most important political books of the past decade. But Michael Winterbottom's "adaptation" for film is garbled and mumbled to the point of meaninglessness.

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America's Tianamen Reflection: Who Paid Attention?

Chris Norwood | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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Chris Norwood

In June, 1989, when Tianamen Square struck, I was presenting the first study and projections of American AIDS orphans at that year's International A...

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Twenty Years Later, Still Calling for Freedom in China

Speaker Nancy Pelosi | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi

The United States Congress says to the people of China and freedom-loving people everywhere: Your cause is our cause. We will never forget, and we will continue to push for freedom.

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Forgetting June 4th

Lauren Hilgers | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

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Lauren Hilgers

Censored in Chinese media and left out of official histories, there has been little to keep memory of Tiananmen Square going.

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Rebuilding China's Moral Foundation by Telling the Truth About Tiananmen

Xiao Qiang | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

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Xiao Qiang

Without a basic grounding in the truth about Tiananmen, there is no moral foundation for China's rise. The Chinese government must come to terms with its own history.

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Tiananmen Square, 20 Years Later: News, Photos And Video From Around The World (六四事件)

Huffington Post | David Flumenbaum | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

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Some call it the "Tiananmen Square Massacre," others say the "Tiananmen Square Crackdown," and in China it is known merely as an "incident," the "June...

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