By Debra Sweet When Barack Obama announced in early 2010 that he had put Anwar al-Awlaki on his hit list, I heard from people for whom the announcement was a breaking…
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Ten Years Later: Surveillance in the Homeland (a joint project of the ACLU of Massachusetts and Truthout)
The U.S. Assassination in Yemen: Unconstitutional … and Ominous
via Revolution On Friday, September 30, a U.S. drone strike killed Anwar al-Awlaki as he was traveling in northern Yemen, some 90 miles from the capital Sanaa. Al-Awlaki was a U.S. citizen…
The due-process-free assassination of U.S. citizens is now reality
When Obama first placed Awlaki on the "to-be-killed" list last year, World Can’t Wait placed the Crimes are Crimes statement in ads across the country. by Glenn Greenwald It was first reported in January…
They Murdered Troy, But We Must Never Forget Him!
By Carl Dix This system executed Troy Davis—no they murdered him. They delayed his execution a few hours while the Supreme Court considered and rejected a last-minute appeal from Troy’s lawyers. The…
Troy Davis and Our Pro-Life Government
by David Swanson Wednesday evening, when the news was mistakenly announced that Troy Davis would not be killed, the crowd that I was with erupted with joy and with the enthusiastic realization…
The ACLU on Obama and core liberties
The leading civil liberties group documents the dangerous continuity between this President and the last one. By Glenn Greenwald The ACLU decided to use the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attack to comprehensively…
Call in Day to Support Carlos Montes, August 29 – Honor the Chicano Moratorium!
We need to stop the persecution of political activists like Carlos, the 23 Midwest anti-war and international solidarity activists, and other activists in the movement. From the Committee to Stop FBI Repression On…
Chicago Forum on California Prison Hunger Strike & Torture in U.S. Prisons
…international law and UN treaties consider long-term solitary confinement and sensory deprivation to be forms of torture or "cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment." From Revolution newspaper Taking inspiration from the courageous actions…
Hellhole: Long-Term Solitary Confinement in US Prisons, and Why It Is Torture
By Andy Worthington With contested claims that the three-week long hunger strike in California’s prisons has come to an end (as I discussed in a recent article, The California Prison Hunger Strike…
Prisoners at Pelican Bay End Hunger Strike… The Struggle Against the Inhumanity of Solitary Confinement Continues
By Li Onesto On Thursday, July 21, prisoners in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) at Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) were about to enter the fourth week of their hunger strike, demanding…