By Debra Sweet I”m not sure what was worse; sitting in an auditorium for a speech by the head of CIA clandestine operations, or having most of the audience give a standing…
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Debra Sweet is the Director of World Can’t Wait, initiated in 2005 to “drive out the Bush regime” by repudiating its program, forcing it from office through a mass, independent movement and reversing the direction it had launched. Based in New York City, she leads World Can’t Wait in its continuing efforts to stop the crimes of our government, including the unjust occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan and the torture and detention codes, as well as reversing the fascist direction of U.S. society, from the surveillance state to the criminalization of abortion and immigrants. She has worked with abortion providers for twenty-five years, organizing community support and helping them withstand anti-abortion violence. Since the age of 19, when she confronted Richard Nixon during a face-to-face meeting and told him to stop the war in Vietnam, she has been a leader in the opposition to U.S. wars and invasions. Debra says, “Stop thinking like an American, and start thinking about humanity!”
She can be reached at debrasweet (at) worldcantwait.org. You can read her writings at debra.worldcantwait.net.
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Damn, We Need a “Morning After the Health Care Bill” Pill
by Debra Sweet Thanks to scientists who studied female reproduction, there are women in the world fortunate enough to have access to the birth control pill. Take a few of them after…
Scenes from the streets
Help Spread Resistance to the Crimes of our Government! What we need – what only we can do – is make a change in what people in this country will accept being…
Mikael Rudolph, Activist & Mime, RIP
By Debra Sweet Mikael Rudolph died at home in Minneapolis on Friday, after struggling with cancer for several years. He was a well-known mime, traveling nationally to perform. He was…
Marines & NATO: Spreading Death and Destruction in Afghanistan
By Debra Sweet From today’s Washington Post: “U.S. air strikes targeting a convoy of buses traveling in southern Afghanistan killed at least 25 civilians and wounded a dozen more in a…
U.S. Offensive in Afghanistan: A Brutal Occupation Intensifies
By Debra Sweet If you can find news of the largest U.S./NATO offensive of the past 8 years in Afghanistan last week, it’s likely to be profiles of the soldiers and…
Close Guantanamo, Celebrate Roe
By Debra Sweet I am hearing from around the world, and especially Pakistan, that our protest against U.S. drone bombings was much appreciated. We got as close to CIA headquarters as we…
Challenging Bush Torture Architect John Yoo
By Debra Sweet Last night, on both coasts, World Can’t Wait, Code Pink and other people of conscience demanded the prosecution of John Yoo, the principal legal architect of the…
8 Years of Torture – Shut Down Guantanamo, Now!
By Debra Sweet Eight years ago today the Bush regime opened their detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. It went on to become a notorious symbol of the torture and racism…
Guantanamo Turns 8 While More Lives Slip Away
By Debra Sweet Monday January 11 is the 8th anniversary of the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo. The emblematic symbol of the Bush regime’s “war on terror,” in which men…