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By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyIf the powers that be had realized the global implications of the Internet when it was invented, they probably would have found some way to kill it. Take a look at these early pages and the very first World Wide Web site. Then take a look at this CNN footage of the intrepid Ben Wedeman in Benghazi. In just two decades, the earth has shifted. I suspect the 1989 slaughter of unarmed protesters in Tiananmen Square could not happen today, or at least not without severe international repercussions. Same with Rwanda. One wonders how much sooner Hitler and Stalin might have been stopped if the ...
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By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyNeda Agha Soltan's path is not well trod, but it's clear. These days the names Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King are rolling off of everyone's tongues. MLK and Ghandi are indeed the stars of nonviolent resistance, but a more apt comparison might be Nazi Germany's Sophie Scholl. ...
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