AGORA: Dragged from her chariot by a mob of fanatical vigilante Christian monks, the revered astronomer was stripped naked, skinned to her bones with sharp oyster shells, stoned and burned alive as possibly the first executed witch in history. A kind of purge that was apparently big business back then.
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Valerie Plame Wilson Counts Down To Zero
Valerie Plame Wilson Exclusive: On life after being outed by Dick Cheney, and resurfacing in the doomsday doc, Countdown To Zero. And, is there such a thing as 'spy sexism'?
The CIA operative turned anti-nuke advocate tells all.
LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW HERE:
WFCC Countdown To Zero Commentary
Another chilling doc from Participant Productions warning us that we still live in the shadow of the nuclear arms race. Sobering & yet too focused on dangers we already know, while never offering any realistic analysis or hinting at viable actions. OK, we get it... now what..?
Jan Lisa Huttner
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