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Apr 28th

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Apr 28th

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I promise to post mostly inane shit tomorrow if you will indulge me this stuff today.

Apr 27th

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“In 1984, we [the CONADEP] were taking testimony in San Rafaela, a small city...”

– Dr. Juan Carlos Adrover, head of the Santa Fe branch of the CONADEP, tells this story to Marguerite Feitlowitz.

Apr 27th

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writing an essay on argentina's dirty war,

and I am having a huge problem referring to it as such. states have immense power to change the space in which they operate - by controlling the perception of a situation a state can (to a degree) create justification or moral backing for the actions they take. the term “dirty war” is a direct translation of guerra sucia, what the military junta called its campaign of repression. its...

Apr 27th

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Apr 27th

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“Decree number 157 demanded the detention and trial of seven subversive terrorists for criminal acts during the Military Process … it was followed on the same day by decree 158, indicting the nine heads of the first three juntas for illegal homicide, detention and torture. Those who had lead the armed resistance were thus placed in the same category as those responsible for 30,000...

Apr 27th

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Apr 26th

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Apr 26th

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Apr 26th

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Apr 26th

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Apr 26th

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Apr 26th

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Apr 26th

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a list of things that are more important than the royal wedding: everything

Apr 26th

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Apr 24th

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Apr 24th

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Apr 23rd

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Apr 23rd

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Apr 20th

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You know it well, they’ll come for you, for me, for all of us. God will not even be saved here, they’ve murdered Him. It’s the written word. Your name is ready, trembling on a piece of paper… -blas de otero

Apr 19th

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“The quicker you succeed, the better.”

– Henry Kissinger speaking to leaders of Argentina’s late 70s/early 80s military dictatorship in relation to the Dirty War, where over 10,000 Argentinians civilians went missing. (via mexistentialist)

Apr 17th

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Apr 17th

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Apr 16th

Tahrir Documents →

thepoliticalnotebook: Tahrir Documents is a fabulous new website created to “archive, translate, and make available printed matter from the 2011 Egyptian Revolution and its aftermath.” This is an unbelievable website, and you should all check it out. There are an ever-growing number of scanned documents related to the Egyptian revolution with translations included, and tagged by category.

Apr 16th

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