By Debra Sweet Last week the New York Times finally reported the story of Sami al-Hajj, who was held for seven years in Guantanamo, and then suddenly released. He was a cameraman…
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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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Guantanamo on the Mississippi in Thomson, Illinois
By Debra Sweet On Tuesday, December 15th, after many months of deliberation and searching the Obama administration announced its plan to transfer under 100 detainees currently held at Guantanamo detention center in…
Support this Resistance Movement
By Debra Sweet The need to continue to support this resistance movement is urgent and great. With the help of many participants and donors, World Can’t Wait has carried out protests…
Saying NO to Obama’s War Moves in Afghanistan
Last week, thousands, — but not tens or hundreds of thousands, or the millions needed to stop this war — protested Obama’s war surge in Afghanistan. Across the country, groups of people…
Protest the Democrats’ Abortion Ban: Nothing Short of being in the Streets!
By Debra Sweet What You Can Do to Protest the Stupak Amendment: Why should anti-abortion fanatics in Congress be allowed to set the terms for women’s lives? One house…
No More War! Get into the Streets & Protest!
By Debra Sweet Afghanistan is now really Obama’s war. He’s in it to "win" and "finish the job." Is it your war? See VIDEO from Saturday in NYC: Elaine Brower, Mac…
Propelling the Resistance into 2010
By Debra Sweet Al Jazeera reported that conditions at Guantanamo Bay have deteriorated in the past year, under Obama’s watch: “Within days of Obama’s inauguration and subsequent announcement that he would…
Protest in the Streets the Day an Announcement is Made to Send More Troops to Afghanistan
By Debra Sweet President Obama will soon announce the plan to expand the occupation of Afghanistan. The immediate response – that same evening, across this country – must be STREET PROTESTS &…
Afghanistan, Obama’s War, and the Only Acceptable Choice
By Debra Sweet A recent New York Times article had an unusual angle this morning, at least for them: interviewing Afghanis on how they perceive more US troops. It was so novel,…
Surging on or Droning on?
By Debra Sweet ALERT: Street Protests & Die-Ins on the evening President Obama announces the plan to expand the occupation of Afghanistan. That’s the night the media will be looking for response…