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“Beautiful Souls,” today at 11:30 in WJH 105
For my Boston-based friends and colleagues, please join me for a discussion with author Eyal Press. His book explores the other side of Christopher Browning’s “ordinary men,” or Hannah Arendt’s “banality of evil.” Mr. Press speaks with those who did not just go along, but somehow managed to keep their moral compass while those around… Read more
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Commentary from the International Crisis Group regarding peace negotiations in Colombia
Homepage > Regions / Countries > Latin America & Caribbean > Andes > Colombia > Colombia: Peace at Last? From the International Crisis Group, 9/26/2012 Colombia: Peace at Last? Latin America Report N°45 25 Sep 2012 The executive summary is also available in Spanish. A full translation will be available shortly. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS… Read more
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For friends and colleagues in the Boston area
Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times A Conversation with the author, Eyal Press September 27th, 11:30-1:00, William James Hall 105 On the Swiss border with Austria in 1938, a police captain refuses to enforce a law barring Jewish refugees from entering his country. In the Balkans… Read more