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Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.

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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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Believe Interview Lobbying Share Views
Bradley Manning is an American hero.
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Bradley Country Hero Manning
I find it disturbing that the media keeps referring to my marriage, since I got divorced in 1979. But the media never wants to let me forget.
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Forget Marriage Media Want
I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.
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Country Government Nicaragua
Bush and Blair combined their efforts to deceive both nations in a carefully coordinated manner, more so than anyone is willing to point out in the media.
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Effort Hype Media More Nation Point
I am not just a celebrity, I’m a human-rights advocate for the last 20 years.
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Lasts Rights Years
There is so much each one of us can do to make a difference. We are at a dangerous juncture in the history of mankind. …
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Law Rights World
I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.
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Country Government Thinking
The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nicaragua. It was a turning point in my life. It began my commitment to justice and human rights issues.
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Commitment Human Issue Rights War
I feel great identification with the developing world.
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Feels Identification World
The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.
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Embargo Nicaragua Weakening
Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.
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Government Law People
Gandhi became my role model. I have always been interested in Eastern philosophy. Since early in my life I’ve been fascinated by India, and I have spent a great deal of time traveling in that country.
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Country Models Philosophy Role
When I began my humanitarian work, I understood that in order to gain credibility I needed patience, commitment and unwavering perseverance. I needed to ignore the skeptics.
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Commitment Order Perseverance
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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Country Indigenous Latin Rights Traditional
There is a question for which we will never know the answer: had the U.S. not launched the Contra war to overthrow the Sandinista government, would they have succeeded in bringing socioeconomic justice to the people of Nicaragua?
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Government Justice People War

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