By Debra Sweet There’s a moment here, this month, when more and more is coming out about the systematic, sanctioned use of torture by the US, approved at all levels,…
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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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Shut Down Guantanamo! D.C. Action, April 30
By Debra Sweet Thursday April 30, I was part of an action by Witness Against Torture dramatizing the demand to close Guantanamo. 61 of us had the names of detainees in detention…
Meeting, Web-Cast to Galvanize Opposition to War and Torture
What is the responsibility of the anti-war movement as the occupation of Iraq continues into a 7th year? And as the first wave of 30,000 additional troops is sent to Afghanistan?…
Continuing Occupations, “Good” Wars, and the Wartime President
By Debra Sweet Barack Obama said last Tuesday night to Congress, ” I will not allow terrorists to plot against the American people from safe havens halfway around the world. We…
Report From D.C.: Intense Engagement With Thousands
by Debra Sweet World Can’t Wait activists were on the streets of Washington Sunday through Thursday of this inaugural week, in a cold, somewhat exhausting, and intense engagement with thousands of people….
Are We Going to have an ANTI-War Movement in the US?
by Debra Sweet I was at the United for Peace & Justice National Assembly this weekend. I met some of you there who read this list; and others who were…
Stopping the Crimes of the Government: An Audacious Idea, a Challenge to Act
By Debra Sweet (This is the text of the speech given by National Director Debra Sweet at the opening session of the Chicago conference of World Can’t Wait, November 22.) Download…
The Way Forward in Resisting and Stopping the Crimes of the Government
The following is the speech given by Jill McLaughlin, national Steering Committee member, at the opening session of World Can’t Wait’s conference in Chicago; November 22 2008. We meet at a…
Going Forward in Stopping the Crimes of Your Government
By Debra Sweet I was on 125th Street in Harlem Tuesday night, and down through Manhattan until late, among people dancing in the streets, honking horns, blocking streets with joy at the…
This Election & Our Responsibility
by Debra Sweet All of us living in this country will confront change after tomorrow’s election, but not the change most people think they are getting. If Obama wins, he will preside…