hurt: notes on torture in a modern democracy

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Collection of articles and interviews on the history, psychology, and current state of torture in the American Empire

Introduction: A Question of Democracy -- Part One: Personal Reflections -- Confronting Horror: Writing About Tortue. -- Part Two: Media Silence and Public Opinion -- Interview by Gyozo Nehez: Amerikai Modszerek:Kinzas Es Az Vralom Logikaja. -- Against Self- Censorship: Countering CBS's Critics -- Keeping the State's Secrets: Media and Government in the United States -- Part Three: Torture, Democracy, and Inequality -- Interview by David Cunningham: Prisons, Torture, and Imperialism -- Hidden Torture, False Democracy -- Seconds Thoughts on Psychological Torture -- Part Four: Prison Abolition -- Interiew by Dave Mazza: Turn of the Imperialist Screw -- Caging Race and Gender: Are Prisons Obsolete? -- Critical Resistance at 10: Addressing Abolition, Violence, Race, and Gender -- Part Five: Conclusions and Synopses -- What Anarchism Contributes to Our Understanding of Torture -- Five Theses on Violence -- About the Author

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