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Why the human rights movement needs to be reinvented - Gerald Knaus

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Today the human rights movement is on the defensive across Europe and the US. Looking at three fundamental human rights issues — refugee rights, torture, and political prisoners — Gerald Knaus examines the failure of many current strategies to protect rights, policy options for activists to mobilize democratic majorities in their defense, and make an impact.

How did the actions and policies of Earl Warren during World War II contrast with his later role in the civil rights movement?

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