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Actions January 8-15 Call for Immediate Guantanamo Closure

Press Advisory | January 6, 2015

On 13th Anniversary of Torture Camp
Actions January 8-15 Call for Immediate Guantanamo Closure

As the Senate's Torture Report has revealed torture in U.S. “black sites” and particularly in its off-shore prison in Guatanamo Bay, advocates for peoples' rights from the legal, religious, medical and campus communities are speaking out this month.

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Protesters To Meet Obama at SF Fundraiser

No More War on Iraq, Stop Bombing Syria
U.S. Out of the Middle East

Emergency Protest Demonstration
Friday October 10: 3:30 PM into evening
At Obama’s Speech at the Democratic Party Fundraiser
3rd Street at Mission (outside the W HOTEL, 3rd and Howard)
San Francisco

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Carl Dix Refutes Charges the Protesters in Ferguson are "Criminals"

For immediate release
August 19, 2014
Contact in Ferguson: Travis Morales (713) 240-3192

Carl Dix, Arrested in Ferguson, Called “Outside Criminal Element,” Says Systematic Police Brutality & Murder is Criminal, Not Peoples' Protest

There are no 'outsiders' in the struggle for justice and liberation,” said Carl Dix on his release from St. Louis County Jail this morning.

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May 28 Protests Against US Drone War Planned as President Obama Addresses West Point Graduates

Press Advisory | May 23, 2014

President Obama will speak at commencement for the US Military Academy at West Point on Wednesday May 28.

Anti-war protesters displaying model drones and photos of known victims of the US military and secret CIA targeted assignation program will greet family and friends of the graduates as they enter West Point gates at 7 am. The protest will extend to 9:30 am; graduation ceremonies begin at 10:00 am.

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“Spring Days” of Action Aim at Proliferation of Weaponized Drones and Surveillance; U.S. Targeted Killing Programs

PRESS ADVISORY
March 20, 2014

Contact: Nick Mottern
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(914) 806-6179

“SPRING DAYS OF DRONE ACTION - 2014”, a series of grassroots events organized internationally in April and May aimed not only at stopping current drone attacks but also the spread of weaponized drones and drone surveillance, will begin with:

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Close Guantanamo NOW Proponents Plan US Speaking Tour January 9-17

Press Advisory
January 2, 2014
worldcantwait.net

Guantanamo Bay Prison at 12 Years
Close Guantanamo NOW Proponents Plan US Speaking Tour January 9-17

What: Public lectures/panels by opponents of the US prison in Guantanamo Bay
When: January 9-17
Where:  Campus and community events in New York City; Washington, D.C; Palo Alto, Berkeley, San Francisco, Pomona, Los Angeles and Orange County, CA

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Orange Jumpsuits Follow Obama to his Hawaiian Vacation

Reuters | December 29, 2013

Protest at Obama's Hawaii residenceKAILUA, Hawaii -- Returning from an early Saturday morning gym visit at nearby Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Obama's motorcade passed a few dozen protesters holding signs with slogans including “Drones: Unethical and Illegal,” “U.S. Bases Out” and “Close Guantánamo Now.” Others expressed their opposition to genetically modified foods.

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Support Rallies in Response to 35 year Sentence for Whistle-Blower Bradley Manning

World Can't Wait | August 21, 2013

“On behalf of the millions affected by the illegitimate, unjust, immoral wars and torture carried by the Bush regime, and continued by the Obama administration, we are outraged at the 35 year prison sentence just put on Bradley Manning.

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Guantánamo sigue la alimentación forzosa en el Ramadán

This report by HispanTV aired on July 13, 2013.

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