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In his "powerful, personal statement on radical confrontation with contemporary society," US Jesuit priest Daniel Berrigan wrote in 1971:  “We have assumed the name of peacemakers, but we have been, by and large, unwilling to pay any significant price. And because we want the peace with half a heart and half a life and will, […]

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US psychologists concerned about the treatment of alleged Wikileaker 23 year-old Bradley Manning have written an open letter to the US Secretary of Defense.  They describe the conditions in which he has been held since July 2010: "in solitary confinement  … in his cell for approximately 23 hours a day, a cell approximately 6 feet […]

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