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Ben Armbruster from Think Progress is covering the hunger strike in Gitmo. What we do to others we soon do to ourselves. He writes…
The military said on Tuesday that 45 detainees at Guantanamo Bay who are on hunger strike are being tube-fed against their will, the most the military has reported since the latest hunger strike began back in February. The military also said that 106 detainees are refusing food, up from 104 last week.
via The U.S. Military Reports Highest Number Of Gitmo Detainees Being Force Tube-Fed | ThinkProgress.
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On Friday’s show Bryce Covert from Think Progress talked about the Bangladesh factory collapse where more than 1,000 workers died. Listen to the show, then check out this interesting article from The Guardian.
Bangladesh factory collapse leaves trail of shattered lives | World news | guardian.co.uk.
Alex Seitz-Wald
Alex Seitz-Wald covers politics for Salon and is the Assistant Editor of ThinkProgress.org at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Alex grew up in California and holds a B.A. in international relations from Brown University. Prior to joining ThinkProgress, Alex interned at the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS and at the National Journal’s Hotline, where he covered key senate and gubernatorial races. Alex also co-founded and edited the Olive & Arrow, a blog on foreign affairs for and by young progressives. At Brown, he contributed to several publications and served on student government.
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