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Chomsky book banned at Guantánamo

Source: Seattle Times
Guantánamo : Cuba | about 1 month ago  
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Cuba — Noam Chomsky may be among America's most enduring anti-war activists. But the leftist intellectual's anthology of post-Sept. 11 commentary is taboo at Guantánamo's prison library, which offers books and videos on Harry Potter, World Cup soccer and Islam.
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  • News Source: The Progressive | about 1 month ago
    A book by the leading leftwing intellectual in America is verboten in the prison library there. Though the library has 16,000 books, according to the Miami Herald , and though some of them deal with politics and current events, a book of Chomsky’s...
  • News Source: Seattle Times | about 1 month ago
    Cuba — Noam Chomsky may be among America's most enduring anti-war activists. But the leftist intellectual's anthology of post-Sept. 11 commentary is taboo at Guantánamo's prison library, which offers books and videos on Harry Potter, World Cup...
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    Chomsky Banned in Guantánamo. By Matthew Rothschild, October 13, 2009. That's right. A book by the leading leftwing intellectual in America is verboten in the prison library there. Though the library has 16000 books, according to the ...
  • Blog Source: www.mcclatchydc.com
    Professor Noam Chomsky may be among America's most enduring anti-war activists. But the leftist intellectual's anthology of post 9/11 commentary is taboo at Guantanamo's prison camp library, which offers books and videos on Harry Potter ...
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    Chomsky Book Banned From Guantanamo. Bookmark and Share. By Daphne Eviatar Washington Independent The donation of an anthology of post-9/11 commentary by Professor Noam Chomsky has been rejected from the library at the Guantanamo Bay ...
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  • Blog Source: washingtonindependent.com
    A defense department spokesman didn't say exactly why the book was rejected, but the slip accompanying the book's return listed among the categories of books banned from the Guantanamo Bay prison library anything promoting ...
  • Blog Source: badattitudes.com
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