One of the "Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo" finds partial relief in the recent conviction of two policemen involved in Argentina's Dirty War, where thousands of dissidents "disappeared." In August 1976, her son was among 30 who were taken to Fatima and dynamited. The military government didn't launch an investigation into the incident because the massacre was part of a larger repressive apparatus. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.