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Lädt ... Derailing Democracy: The America the Media Don't Want You to Seevon David McGowan
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Is the U.S. a beacon of progress? That's how the mainstream media want you to see it. But in Derailing Democracy: The America the Media Don't Want You to See, David McGowan has compiled an index of disturbing facts that point to ominous trends. Did you know: -- We're number one: the United States has the highest number of death-row inmates of any country on Earth: 3,300.-- That the U.S. is one of only two countries to defy an International Court ruling (over Nicaragua 1986) -- the other one is Iran.-- That only a handful of countries opposed a 1998 UN Commission on Human Rights call for a moratorium on all executions -- Bangladesh, China, South Korea, Rwanda, and the United States.-- That 133 nations, including virtually all U.S. allies, have signed a treaty banning landmines -- but the U.S. insists on continued production.-- That in 1996 the list of the top ten richest people in the world contained two Americans who held 28% of the wealth on the list; by 1999 they numberedseven out of ten, with 84% of the wealth.-- Since the early 1990s, more than 60 people in the USA are reported to have died in police custody after being exposed to pepper spray.-- That the U.S. is selling surveillance equipment to countries with the worst human rights records -- so that they can track dissidents in an international tracking system for individuals 'of interest.'-- That the California prison population grew from 19,600 in 1977 to 159,000 in 1998.-- Stun belts used on prisoners have been widely condemned for the incapacitating pain they deliver. In instances where children are tried as adults, they are not exempted from wearing the belts.From mandatory minimumsentencing laws to new more liberal search-and-seizure rules, from Three Strikes You're Out Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Here are a few examples: the state of California, among others, does exactly the same thing that the US criticizes China for doing, that is, exporting prison-made goods. All countries in the world have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which bans juvenile executions, with two exceptions, Somalia, which has had no effective government for the last decade, and the United States. The assets of the three richest people in the world are greater than the combined GNP of the 48 least developed countries, comprising approximately 600 million people. The US has the highest death row population in the world, over 3,500 people. Between 1992 and 1993, major network evening news coverage of homicide rose 300%, while the actual homicide rate went down. During President Clinton’s first year in office, US arms sales more than doubled.
Here is a fascinating, and well documented look at an America that talks a lot about human rights elsewhere, but doesn’t deliver those same human rights here at home. It is very highly recommended. ( )