In the wake of some releases of prisoners from Guantanamo ― all of them having been cleared to leave many years ago ― global protests to CLOSE the U.S. torture prison took place Saturday. 15 men still remain; 6 of them have never been charged with anything; the others are still awaiting trial or have attempted to plead guilty.
We’re sharing this from a supporter regarding our work on closing the prison at Guantanamo: “I find World Can’t Wait remains the only organization that wants to close Guantanamo for human rights reasons. Is there any other to better to suggest this torture camp be closed for good? Prisoners of mistaken rhetoric and those of conscience must be recognized as equally protected, and that’s best accomplished by closing Guantanamo immediately.”
New on WeAreNotYourSoldiers.org: We now have a Videos and Audios page up which lists and links to all the videos and audios of We Are Not Your Soldiers presenters. If you’ve ever wanted to see what goes on in a classroom or what a speaker is saying on a topic, here’s the place to go.
Three webinars Wednesday January 15:
Offense and Defense: How To Defeat Trump/MAGA Fascism & Defend Those Under Attack
On January 20, Trump will re-take the reins of power. We have to confront Trump/MAGA fascism 2.0 — now backed by all three branches of government, a united and far-reaching fascist movement, with the Republican Party purged of any dissent and a cabinet ready to go full of woman-haters, immigrant-bashers, war criminals, white supremacists, science deniers, climate destroyers, racists and shameless liars with no respect for the rule of law. Featuring:
Coco Das, member of the Refuse Fascism Editorial Board
Faisal Al-Jubari, Chief External Affairs Officer for RAICES (Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services)
Sunsara Taylor, host, RNL-Revolution, Nothing Less show
Hosted by Sam Goldman, host of the Refuse Fascism podcast
Wednesday, January 15, 2025, from 9:00 am ET – 11:00 am ET
The Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal will present its final report as well as the verdicts from all ten judges of the Tribunal. Evidence has been presented to the public and to the judges during the last three years containing interviews with retired military officials, international lawyers, award-winning journalists, doctors, and victims of war. The full press release is available here.
Can you join us? Click here for details and to RSVP.
Migrants and Muslims at Guantánamo: A History of Demonization, Social Control and Resistance
Wednesday, January 15 1:00 pm ET – 2:30 pm ET >> Register here.
This virtual panel will explore Guantánamo’s cruel and evolving history. Panelists:
- Mansoor Adayfi, Author, Advocate and Guantánamo survivor
- Erik Crew, Haitian Bridge Alliance
- Dr. Maha Hilal, Muslim Counterpublics Lab
- Jesse Franzblau, National Immigrant Justice Center
- Nadia Ben-Youssef, Center for Constitutional Rights (moderator)