By Andy Worthington This is the sixth part of a nine-part series telling the stories of all the prisoners currently held in Guantánamo (174 at the time of writing). See the introduction…
Category: Voices of Resistance
Andy Worthington Attends “Berkeley Says No to Torture” Week, October 10-16
By Andy Worthington Remember, John Yoo, the smug, shameless apologist for unfettered executive power who once claimed that, if he so desired, the President of the United States could crush a child’s testicles and…
Who Are the Remaining Prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Three: Captured Crossing from Afghanistan into Pakistan
By Andy Worthington This is the third part of an eight-part series telling the stories of all the prisoners currently held in Guantánamo (174 at the time of writing). See the introduction…
The Definitive List of the Remaining Prisoners in Guantánamo
By Andy Worthington Over the next month, in an attempt to focus attention more closely on Guantánamo, and on the remaining prisoners who are held there, I’ll be publishing an eight-part…
The Truth About Obama’s “Accomplishments” and the Need to Build a Mass Movement
Obama is scheduled to speak tomorrow night announcing the "end" of the war in Iraq, only one week after thousands of troops deployed from Ft. Hood to Iraq to continue the occupation. Re-branding…
Ramadan Force-Feeding and Renewed Secrecy: the Surreal World of Guantánamo
By Andy Worthington In a disturbing report in the Miami Herald, the ever-vigilant Carol Rosenberg reports that an unknown number of hunger strikers at Guantánamo are being force-fed between dusk and…
War Criminal Goes toYale
By Chris Floyd Yale University continues its modern tradition of hiring war criminals to instruct young minds in the ways of the world. First, it was Tony Blair, brought over to…
Protests Greet John Yoo on First Day of Classes
By Frances Dinkelspiel Cindy Sheehan addressing the crowd. Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war activist, and dozens of protestors from Code Pink, The World Can’t Wait, the Boalt Alliance to Abolish Torture and other…
Ray McGovern Speaks at Quantico Protest: Pfc. Manning and the Value of Truth
By Ray McGovern Note: Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern spoke at a rally on Sunday in support of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the young soldier who is alleged to have given classified material…
Made in USA: America’s Hidden Hiroshima in Iraq
by Chris Floyd Years ago, I wrote about the use of chemical weapons in the American assault on the Iraqi city of Fallujah in 2004. I was attacked at the time for…