From World Can’t Wait, Seattle On June 13 40 people protested War Criminal Robert Gates, Obama’s Secretary of Defense and the main speaker at the University of Washington Commencement Ceremony. The…
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Chicago Stands Against Tiller’s Murder, Stands Up For Women
By Lina Thorne I had gone to Wichita before… in the summer 2001 with pro-choice activists from around the country to defend Dr. Tiller’s clinic from the onslaught of raving, fanatical, Bible-waving…
Day of Defiance; Anti Torture Protest May 28
by the World Can’t Wait writers group Refusing to surrender to the passivity and moral relativism of the current political landscape, activists in New York City took a determined and inspired stand…
Taking the Grand Central Balcony to Protest Torture
Photo above by Bud Koritzer. Thursday, May 28, as protests in 16 cities demanded that the Obama administration release an estimated 2,000 photographs sought by the ACLU, charges re-surfaced that the suppressed…
From Coast to Coast and Beyond – Protesting War and Torture
Throughout May – especially on May 28th, when Barack Obama was supposed to release the images of 2,000 photos of U.S. torture – protests took place from New York to Honolulu. Initial…
Protests This Week Throughout U.S. Demand Release of Torture Photos by Obama Administration, Prosecution of Bush Era War Crimes
By Debra Sweet What: Highly Visual, Dramatic Protest Demonstrations/Photo Ops When: May 26-27-28 Where: 15 cities: New York City; Los Angeles; Chicago; San Francisco; Boston; Seattle; Atlanta; Houston; Cleveland; Philadelphia; Honolulu; Fresno;…
The Fight to Stop Torture Comes to a Chicago High School
From World Can’t Wait, Chicago On May 21, World Can’t Wait Chicago held torture workshops at the "We Are Everywhere" Youth Summit at the Multicultural Arts School in Little Village…
Chicago Anti-Torture Protest: This is About Humanity!
From the Chicago Chapter of World Can’t Wait On Saturday May 16th at 9am many came out in downtown Chicago to celebrate the opening of the Modern Wing at the Art…
Honolulu Protest: Prosecute Bybee!
From World Can’t Wait, Hawai’i On May 12 more than 50 people responded to a call made by World Can’t Wait-Hawai`i to demand the prosecution of Jay Bybee, the signatory to the…