10.15.10 - 11:58 AM "Learned Helplessness" and How Much Money You Can Make From It by Abby Zimet A psychologist whose research helped shape the CIA's torture of terrorism suspects has been granted a $31-million no-bid military contract to provide "resilience training" to US soldiers, Salon.com reports. Martin Seligman of the University of Pennsylvania is most famous for … [Read more...] about “War on terror” psycholoist and dog-torturer Marty Sleigman trained US Marines in Okinawa
A Tale of 2 Gitmo Opinions: Ruling Altered to Hide Evidence of Dead, Tortured Witnesses
A Tale of 2 Gitmo Opinions: Ruling Altered to Hide Evidence of Dead, Tortured Witnesses The investigative news website ProPublica has revealed shocking details in the case of Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman, a Guantánamo prisoner ordered freed earlier this year. A day after the March 16 order was filed on the court’s electronic docket, the opinion vanished. Weeks later, … [Read more...] about A Tale of 2 Gitmo Opinions: Ruling Altered to Hide Evidence of Dead, Tortured Witnesses
Peace Education Meeting Announcements
IIPE (International Insitute on Peace Education partnership meetingFurther info: Kasa / Asakawa kasan@mac.comWe are hosting the following meetings. 1) Friday October 29th, 18:30 – 20:30“Dialogue among Multicultural Society”Speaker: Sasanka Perera, Colombo University Asia Leadership Fellow Program FellowVenue: JICA Global Plaza 4-2-24 Hiroo, … [Read more...] about Peace Education Meeting Announcements
Glenn Greenwald: They hate us for our occupations / salon
While the article describes research showing the connection between suicide bombing and occupation in places occupied by theUS, there is no reason to imagine that suicide bombings elsewhere (for example: In Israel/Palestine) aren't deployed for identical reasons.For many of us this is hardly in the "breaking news" category. It might, however, be news for Islam/Arab … [Read more...] about Glenn Greenwald: They hate us for our occupations / salon
Premiere of a Film Documenting Relationships between Israelis and the People of Palestinian Susiya
Premiere of a Film Documenting Relationships between Israelis and the People of Palestinian Susiya October 13th, 2010 | by Assaf Oron | Add a Comment Tuesday, September 28th, brought us at the Villages Group great satisfaction. On that day, we and many of our friends in Susiya had the pleasure of attending the world premiere of the film “The Human Turbine” at the Haifa … [Read more...] about Premiere of a Film Documenting Relationships between Israelis and the People of Palestinian Susiya