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Trial for 1989 murder of Jesuits
*El Salvador ex-president among 11 to face trial for 1989 murder of
Jesuits.*
That murder was an international scandal for the right-wing government
of the time, and boosted support by Americans for the resistance.
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Iranian plot to kill former justice minister Irwin Cotler
*Canada reportedly foils Iranian plot to kill former justice minister Irwin
Cotler,* who was campaigning to have the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
designated as "terrorist".
I can well believe that it merits that determination, but such decisions
should be made by trial, not by administrative fiat.
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The "Palestine Exception" rules
*From Campus to the Courts, the "Palestine Exception"
Rules University Crackdowns.*
I looked at the article
for which Dahlia Saba and Vignesh Ramachandran were accused and
threatened with punishment. It is democratic participation, pure and
simple, and trying to punish people for that is vicious opposition to
democracy. For a university administration even to consider such
intimidation shows a lack of respect for democracy and academic
freedom.
I expect this repression to get far worse when America's highest
officials are overt enemies of democracy, acting on administrators who
have no sense of loyalty to freedom of speech. Others expect it too.
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Boys venting misogyny in schools
Teenage boys in the US are now venting misogyny in school. Girls in
one school have noticed this and are wondering what can be done about
it.
An idea occurs to me: the girls in a school could set up a web site
where they anonymously rate the boys on how misogynist they are in
everyday interactions in school. (It would not be focused on dating
or anything like dating.) They could tell the boys were to look at
the ratings, but not give them accounts to alter anything in the site.
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Ukraine's use of long-range missiles
It is not clear whether Ukraine's use of long-range US missiles will
make a big difference to the outcome of the war.
Biden has authorized them only in relation to the Kursk salient. It
would make sense to use them in whatever ways would most impair
Putin's war effort.
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