NAT HENTOFF WRITES:

After a two-day strike on March 18 and 19—described by The New York Times as “the largest public protest against President Mugabe since he was re-elected last year in a contest that was marred by widespread allegations of fraud”—Mugabe’s enforcers cracked down on his opponents. There were the customary arrests and torturings, as reported in the same New York Times story, in which the dictator crowed about his people’s “happy lot.”

But there are no protests on the streets of America.

No American newspaper, as far as I know, has detailed the torture inflicted on members of the opposition. However, I have “A Report on Organized Violence and Torture in Zimbabwe From 20 to 24 March 2003” from the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition.

No act is too unspeakable to ignore, so long as it isn’t performed by an American, or perhaps an Israeli.