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repression | repression

abe-f-march's picture
Nov.11.2009
An insular upbringing can be repressive. Many Fundamentalists churches sought to maintain the faith of their flock by discouraging higher education. Enlightenment was a catalyst to revolt. Blind Patriotism can be a detriment to truth. Being fed the party line and/or being influenced to believe...
brenda-webster's picture
Sep.07.2009
 Huang Xiang  condemned to death in China, has found asylum here. He is a slender man, always in motion, singing to himself, moving, full of kinetic energy which explodes as he reads his extraordinary poems. You would not imagine, seeing him that he had spent twelve years in prisons and labor camps...