Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.
BIANCA JAGGERWhat is being said in media in other parts of the world is very different from what we’ve been told in this country throughout these years between September 11 and today.
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Live interviews are more difficult to distort.
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I believe President Bush is one of the most dangerous leaders in the world. He is not in search of peaceful and diplomatic solutions.
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Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.
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We are not supposed to go out and kill all those we suspect to have committed a crime.
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The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery.
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What is being said in media in other parts of the world is very different from what we’ve been told in this country throughout these years between September 11 and today.
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Photography speaks a universal language that does not need translation, and with an immediacy that the written word lacks. It freezes a moment in time, leaving an indelible image.
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Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories.
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A man who gets divorced is not forever going to be talked about for it. There are very different standards that we have for women than we have for men.
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Americans need to understand the significance of having their civil liberties dismantled. It doesn’t just affect terrorists and foreigners, it affects us all.
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I didn’t want to be discriminated against because of my gender and status. I promised myself I was never going to be treated as a second-class citizen.
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The mere fact of an American being present could help save the lives of innocent people. That’s why I believe in the importance of bearing witness, to become a voice for the voiceless.
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I don’t believe in lobbying only progressives and liberal members of Congress. I don’t believe in doing interviews only with those who share my views. I want to reach a wider audience.
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People in so many countries look up to the United States as a model of democracy, but I doubt if that can continue. It leaves me with a great sense of loss.
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Saddam Hussein has been brutal against his people, but when he was committing those crimes, the international community did not come to the rescue of the Iraqis.
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