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guardian.co.uk - 10/12/2009
War and peace prizes | Howard Zinn | Comment is free
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Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger Nobel peace prize winer Henry Kissinger (right) with Richard Nixon. Photograph: AP

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Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines:  A People’s History of Ironic Prizes

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A People’s History of Ironic Prizes
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — ... , did you see his devastating attack on the Nobel Committee for awarding President Obama the Peace Prize? Zinn says the committee “should retire, and turn over its huge funds to some international peace organization which is not awed by stardom and rhetoric, and which has some understanding of history.” Ouch.  —PS ...

Hamdan Azhar: In the Name of Hope: Perpetual War and the Nobel Peace Prize
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... , he also talked of lofty ideals, democracy, and values, with his characteristic charisma. He presented an unforgettable image of a young child standing amidst the ruins of the third world, looking up at an American helicopter. "The America I know is the last, best hope for that child," he said. "The relentless opponent of terror and tyranny, the light of hope to the world." As our President accepted his prize as a "call to action", many wondered nostalgically about what had happened to that elusive "light of hope." ...

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