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- [We Are Not Your Soldiers During Wartime](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/07/10/we-are-not-your-soldiers-during-wartime/) - The U.S. Navy's Fleet Week in NYC is normally in May. But this year, to mark the 250th anniversary of the U.S. war of independence, it was moved to this past weekend to make some kind of a point about military power. But, as with other "Freedom 250" events organized by the fascist regime, it was underwhelming.
- [Sudan's Stuggle June 9, 2026 - July 2, 2026](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/07/05/sudans-stuggle-june-9-2026-july-2-2026/) - July 2 FEARS OF NEW MASSACRE IN EL-OBEID: WHAT DO WE KNOW? UN Human Rights Council scheduled to hold urgent debate Friday about the crisis in el-Obeid, capital of N Kordofan. Intl groups fear it is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe as RSF tighten their siege. With attack drones raining down on civilian
- [Interesting: A U.S. veteran speaks with college psych students](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/07/02/interesting-a-u-s-veteran-speaks-with-college-psych-students/) - We are foregoing reporting the onslaught of news for this week, and sharing with you conversations from a college class. It's important for all of us to focus on how people think and respond to honest exchanges. When we bring out the history and focus on the criminal aspects of what the U.S. has done
- [We Are Not Your Soldiers doesn’t do lectures](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/06/19/we-are-not-your-soldiers-doesnt-do-lectures/) - We finished out the 2025-26 school year with two NYC visits: the first was via Zoom to a community college class while the second was in person to a school that ranged from middle school through high school. Chris “Henri” Henrikson spoke with students, including several veterans, in the college class. See Henri’s presentation in the video
- [Vets speak to student questions on history and nationalism](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/06/07/vets-speak-to-student-questions-on-history-and-nationalism/) - As we’re nearing the end of the school year, especially in the colleges, we went to a community college and a large high school, both in NYC. Will Griffin gave a wide-ranging presentation to the college students which you can watch above. It covered his personal story of growing up in a military family, failing to find
- [Sudan's Struggle May 17, 2026 - June 1, 2026](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/06/07/sudans-struggle-may-17-2026-june-1-2026/) - June 1 SPOILED INSULIN: WAR DISRUPTS DRUG SUPPLIES, FUELLING SMUGGLING. On a modest bed inside his war-battered home in Khartoum N, Murtada Mohieddin, diabetic patient in his early 50s, carefully counts his remaining doses of insulin. His search for medicine transformed into a harrowing battle not just to find treatment but to ensure the medicine
- [Speaking to students while U.S. war rages](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/05/22/speaking-to-students-while-u-s-war-rages/) - On an April Monday, Joy Damiani made presentations to four classes at a Manhattan transfer high school. We already sent you Joy’s reflections on that visit. But, if you missed that email, you can read it now here. You can also see some student comments about the visit from our evaluation form here. On another day, Joe Urgo did a presentation to a
- [Insight & news on urgent issues of now](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/05/15/insight-news-on-urgent-issues-of-now/) - This week, we are sharing articles on the burning issues of now that you may not see from other sources. The New York Times Insists on Support for War Crimes—When They Are “Our” War Crimes By Bob Avakian The New York Times has criticized the way Donald Trump has waged the war against Iran—while, at the same time, the “Times” insists
- [How students learn that military members are USG property](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/05/07/how-students-learn-that-military-members-are-usg-property/) - We Are Not Your Soldiers presenter Joy Damiani reflects here on a day spent visiting four classes in a NYC high school in April. That was the first school visit of four for that month. We'll soon be following this email up with a report on and videos of other visits last month. “How do veterans become homeless?” is a
- [Sudan's Struggle April 16, 2026 - April 26, 2026](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/05/01/sudans-struggle-april-16-2026-april-26-2026/) - TWO CRITICAL BILLS, S.935 & H.R.2059, WOULD HALT US WEAPONS SALES TO UAE until the President certifies UAE is no longer providing material support to the RSF. This is a simple, concrete step: No more weapons transfers until support for atrocities stops. But these bills will not move without public pressure. Will you take 1
- [If we don't demand, who will?](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/04/29/if-we-dont-demand-who-will/) - Today we're sharing important work to stop war and repression which models what we all need to be doing more and more. End the War on Iran Thank you to vets and military family members who demanded End the War last week in the Capitol. From Peace & Planet News: These are veterans, military families, and
- [The Guantánamo document that changed my life 20 years ago today](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/04/26/the-guantanamo-document-that-changed-my-life-20-years-ago-today/) - By Andy Worthington at andyworthington.co.uk The Pentagon’s reluctant, court-ordered release of the first ever prisoner list from Guantánamo on April 20, 2006, enabled me to refute the lies that the prison held “the worst of the worst.” Today, as I explain in my new article on my website, The Guantánamo Document That Changed My Life 20
- [Sudan's Struggle March 21, 2026 - April 15, 2026](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/04/19/sudans-struggle-march-21-2026-april-15-2026/) - April 15 SUDAN HAS BECOME UNRECOGNISABLE with 40,000 people killed, 14 million people – ¼ of the population – forced to flee their homes and civilian infrastructure across the country extensively damaged. “We are not just facing a crisis – we are witnessing the systematic erosion of a country’s future,” Luca Renda, UN Development Programme.
- [How Many People Have the United States and Israel Killed in Iran?](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/04/14/how-many-people-have-the-united-states-and-israel-killed-in-iran/) - By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, World BEYOND War, April 13, 2026 Reposted from worldbeyondwar.org After the breakdown of talks in Pakistan, the ceasefire between the US and Iran is more fragile than ever, and now seems likely to give way to a new phase of the war. The ceasefire and talks have
- [Can You Condemn Monstrous U.S.-Israeli War on Iran Yet Excuse Political Arrests and Executions by Iran’s Repressive Regime?](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/04/14/can-you-condemn-monstrous-u-s-israeli-war-on-iran-yet-excuse-political-arrests-and-executions-by-irans-repressive-regime/) - Originally posted on revcom.us Revcom.us editors’ note: We received the following from the International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran’s Political Prisoners Now (IEC). Translations from Farsi to English are mechanical translations edited by IEC volunteers. Introductory Note: This article was written on April 11, amid the start of shaky negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, marked
- [Do we stand with bombing Iran's bridges?](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/04/07/do-we-stand-with-bombing-irans-bridges/) - Today, U.S. and Israel's military began striking Kharg Island, part of Iran. Trump warns "a whole civilization will die tonight." In Iran, it's reported that artists and others are forming human chains along bridges and around power plants across Iran in response to President Trump’s threats to destroy infrastructure. In the western city of Kermanshah,
- [War Crimes Piling Up, Resistance Needed](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/03/26/war-crimes-piling-up-resistance-needed/) - We expect that readers of this message were already outraged at the U.S./Israeli war on Iran, even before Trump's threat to openly commit the war crime of destroying civilian infrastructure. Israel is bombing to destroy Lebanon as it did Gaza; the Trump fascist regime is threatening mainstream U.S. — and generally imperialist-supporting — media with loss
- [Sudan's Struggle February 19, 2026 - March 12, 2026](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/03/17/sudans-struggle-february-19-2026-march-12-2026/) - March 12 ARMY DRONE ATTACKED...BORDER CROSSING BETWEEN SUDAN AND CHAD, BURNING 2 DOZEN PEOPLE. The attack targeted fuel supplies in or near the market. Videos show thick black smoke and secondary explosions characteristic of burning diesel. Doctors Without Borders which supports a hospital in Adré said 4 people died and 23 injured civilians arrived at
- [Urgent Notice for Humanity](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/03/15/urgent-notice-for-humanity/) - Readers of this newsletter are, or should be, aware that the U.S. engineered the 1953 coup removing the elected president of Iran, Mohammad Mossadegh, because he rejected decades of British colonialism by nationalizing the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. A C.I.A. memo from the time said the mission was “to effect the fall of the Mosaddeqh government; and to replace it
- [Sudan's Struggle November 28, 2025 - December 29, 2025](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/12/30/sudans-struggle-november-28-2025-december-29-2025/) - December 29 STARVATION, GHOST TOWNS PLAGUE SUDAN AS AL-BURHAN DEMANDS RSF SURRENDER. The head of government-aligned SAF insisted the war...will only end with surrender of RSF. Al-Burhan’s maximalist stance against the rival paramilitary forces comes as the war-torn nation faces a collapsing humanitarian response, with starvation and displacement under fire and intensifying battles...turning villages into
- [Sudan's Struggle October 28, 2025 - November 28, 2025](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/11/30/sudans-struggle-october-28-2025-november-28-2025/) - Tell Congress: NO arms sales to a government complicit in potential war crimes. Pass the Stand Up for Sudan Act (H.R.2059, S.935) today. November 28 FORGOTTEN CONFLICT, FORGOTTEN NATION. WILL ANYONE LISTEN TO THE VICTIMS’ VOICES IN SUDAN? The ongoing conflict...has brought Sudan to its knees. Millions of people have been displaced, lost homes and
- [Sudan's Struggle, February 6, 2026 - February 21, 2026](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/02/22/sudans-struggle-february-6-2025-february-21-2025/) - February 21 3 AID WORKERS KILLED AND 4 WOUNDED AFTER DRONE STRIKE BY RSFHIT HUMANITARIAN CONVOY in S Kordofan, #Sudan Doctors Network says. The assault comes amid rising drone attacks and a UN report on RSF atrocities. FEDERATION OF INDUSTRIAL CHAMBERS REVEALED WIDESPREAD LOOT OF FACTORIES….in southern Khartoum industrial zone are still subjected to armed robbery in broad daylight….perpetrators
- [Trump & Board of 'Peace' Calls for War](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/03/01/trump-board-of-peace-calls-for-war/) - The Trump fascist regime has surged the largest U.S. military force to the Middle East since George W. Bush’s 2003 illegitimate invasion of Iraq which could launch a war of aggression against Iran at any moment. One cannot know the unintended, or intended, consequences of this threat though apparently some of Trump's favorite generals are warning him
- [We Are Not Your Soldiers spring semester gets underway despite the cold](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/03/01/we-are-not-your-soldiers-spring-semester-gets-underway-despite-the-cold/) - Thanks to those who donated this month. We're counting on supporters to fund We Are Not Your Soldiers programming for 2026. The total budget is only $15,000. Can you chip in? Although we say the Spring Semester, we did our January and February school visits in freezing New York City. Fortunately, all the schools were heated
- [Your support urgently needed.](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/02/24/your-support-urgently-needed/) - At this moment, as the fascist Trump administration brings waves of imperialist ambitions to heightening dangers hour by hour, it's all the more urgent to engage in critical conversations with young people who may otherwise not have that opportunity. With the imminent threat of a disastrous war on Iran, the starvation of the people of
- [Acts of Solidarity with Iran’s Rebels in the Streets & Prisons](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/02/06/acts-of-solidarity-with-irans-rebels-in-the-streets-and-prisons/) - Reposted from freeiranspoliticalprisonersnow.org On January 28, a Day of Grassroots Solidarity with Iran’s rebels on the streets and in prison was held amid an extraordinarily fraught situation. The date had been set to coincide with the culmination of two years of the “No to Execution Tuesday” weekly hunger strike among prisoners, now in 56 prisons
- [Has Trump Already Decided to Strike Iran?](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/02/06/has-trump-already-decided-to-strike-iran/) - All indications — most importantly, Trump bragging about sending "his" armada to surround Iran — are that the U.S. will likely attack Iran with days, or hours. Since late December, the strongest uprising of the Iranian people against the reactionary Islamic fundamentalist Khameini regime, has involved millions building upon the stunning Women, Lives, Freedom movement
- [Sudan's Struggle January 5, 2026 - January 28, 2026](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/02/01/sudans-struggle-january-5-2026-january-28-2026/) - January 28 KHARTOUM FACES WORLD’S LARGEST INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT, YET FRAGILE TREND OF RETURN EMERGING, despite shattered infrastructure. Sudan has moved to the forefront of the global humanitarian landscape, hosting the world’s largest internal displacement crisis. 14 million people have been forced from their homes within the country. Al Jazeera Arabic spoke with experts, officials and
- [Connect to Students Now](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/01/30/connect-to-students-now/) - Since 2008, our project, We Are Not Your Soldiers, has brought veterans into classrooms to share stories of why they enlisted, what they experienced in the U.S. military, the effects on their lives as well as the people of the countries where they were stationed. The speakers expose imperial wars to youth who remain unaware of the
- [Our sights are set on GLOBAL freedom & rights](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/01/24/our-sights-are-set-on-global-freedom-rights/) - Starting with what the Bush administration did in 2002, our friend Ann Wright recounts the outrageous history of the U.S. torture camp there: 24 years after 9/11, 15 Are Still Imprisoned in the U.S. Military Prison at the U.S. Naval Base, Guantánamo, Cuba. We post years-old photos of the 15 men still remaining, to bring in the humanity
- [We Are Not Your Soldiers - More than ever, needed in 2026](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/01/24/new-classroom-opportunities-for-we-are-not-your-soldiers/) - We hardly have time to recount the horrors occurring daily and the brave responses to them. However, we need to mobilize and activate even further our nonviolent opposition in order to bring these outrages to a halt. We Are Not Your Soldiers - More than ever, needed in 2026 As we move into the
- [24 years after 9/11, 15 Are Still Imprisoned in the U.S. Military Prison at the U.S. Naval Base, Guantánamo, Cuba](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/01/20/24-years-after-9-11-15-are-still-imprisoned-in-the-u-s-military-prison-at-the-u-s-naval-base-guantanamo-cuba/) - By Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright | originally posted on codepink.org On January 11, 2026, thousands of citizens of various countries held vigils for the 15 men still being held in the U.S. military prison at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantánamo, Cuba. As these citizens have done for over two decades, from London to Washington,
- [A Picture That Shows What’s Wrong With Military Bases](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/01/20/a-picture-that-shows-whats-wrong-with-military-bases/) - By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, January 19, 2026 Originally published at worldbeyondwar.org Of course it would take millions of images to convey the full story of the harm done by military bases, foreign and domestic, but a key point is, I think, conveyed by the map above. The countries colored blue or purple have
- [Earth's Greatest Enemy](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/01/16/earths-greatest-enemy/) - We're sharing a film review by Kim Baxter, philosophy professor at CUNY's John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a participating We Are Not Your Soldiers educator. The director's tour with the film, "Earth's Greatest Enemy," continues through March. We encourage you to see it. Also note that Mike Prysner, writer and co-director, was an early We Are Not Your
- [24 years of Guantánamo Sunday January 11](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/01/09/24-years-of-guantanamo-sunday-january-11/) - When the U.S. kidnapped President Maduro 5 days ago, we wondered if he would be taken to Guantanamo. As it turned out he was brought there but only on the way to be transferred to NYC where the government plans to try him and his wife in federal court. We note that none of the hundreds of
- [24 years of Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2026/01/08/24-years-of-guantanamo/) - Originally posted on closeguantanamo.org In our new article on our website, 24 Years of Guantánamo, our co-founder Andy Worthington promotes the global vigils taking place this weekend, on Saturday January 10 and Sunday January 11, marking the unforgivable 24th anniversary of the opening of the “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo Bay on January 11, where 15
- [Guantanamo + CECOT = Illegitimate for 24 years](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/12/25/guantanamo-cecot-illegitimate-for-24-years/) - No one following U.S. government actions over the last decades can fail to see the similarities between the U.S. torture camp at Guantanamo and the U.S.-sponsored CECOT camp in El Salvador. After 24 years of illegitimate imprisonment in Guantanamo, the Trump fascist regime has marshaled $170 billion to deport and imprison millions, sending more than
- [In December, in the schools](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/12/25/in-december-in-the-schools/) - We Are Not Your Soldiers started the winter and closed out 2025 with visits to two community colleges and one private middle school, all in various boroughs of New York City. Joe Urgo spoke to three college classes and included the screening of clips from the Winter Soldier hearings on Vietnam, of which he was one of the organizers.
- [Call for the immediate release of those arrested at Mashhad l از حق سوگواری تا خواست آزادی](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/12/25/call-for-the-immediate-release-of-those-arrested-at-mashhad-l-از-حق-سوگواری-تا-خواست-آزاد/) - We share this latest information on Iran. The International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran's Political Prisoners Now urges you to sign and circulate this petition which supports a recent joint statement in which more than 1,000 political, social, and cultural activists condemned the recent arrests and beatings in Iran. This is a rare sign of unity and
- [A very active autumn for We Are Not Your Soldiers](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/12/09/a-very-active-autumn-for-we-are-not-your-soldiers/) - This is an extraordinary time, an unusual era, where the living history and message We Are Not Your Soldiers brings to the classrooms has a special resonance with the students. We’re raising issues and thoughts that are making what are becoming obvious connections with their lives. They’re seeing in living color imperial criminality in Gaza, in the
- [A war criminal gone, but not forgiven](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/11/26/a-war-criminal-gone-but-not-forgiven/) - Speaking of war criminals, I appreciated Andy Worthington's piece on "Dick" Cheney, "gone - but not forgiven." While noting that Cheney did accurately identify Trump as dangerous, and oppose him, Andy writes: "As the primary architect of the post-9/11 'war on terror,' the unapologetic driver of the CIA’s repulsive 'black site' torture program, and the chief instigator of the
- [We oppose war criminals & the crimes they perpetrate](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/11/14/we-oppose-war-criminals-the-crimes-they-perpetrate/) - We shed no tears over the death of "Dick" Cheney, the U.S. Vice President who went gladly to the "dark side" of state-engineered torture in 2001, as the U.S. began a war of terror mostly aimed at the Middle East. We continue to mark the thousands of days the torture camp at Guantanamo Bay Cuba
- [No tears for Dick Cheney as global vigils mark 8,700 days of Guantánamo’s existence](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/11/09/no-tears-for-dick-cheney-as-global-vigils-mark-8700-days-of-guantanamos-existence/) - by Andy Worthington 15 torture victims still languish at Guantánamo, while Cheney, the architect of the “war on terror”, died having evaded all accountability. My new article on my website, Photos and Report: The 34th Monthly Global Close Guantánamo Vigils on Nov. 5, Also Marking 8,700 Days of the Prison’s Existence, features two dozen photos
- [Not only war crimes - completely law-less killing of boaters](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/10/30/not-only-war-crimes-completely-law-less-killing-of-boaters/) - Our friend L. Michael Hager, cofounder and former Director General, International Development Law Organization, Rome posted this in August, principally to speak to the degrading of the rule of law internationally, as the genocide in Gaza continued. We bring his insight and outrage to you now, as the fascist-in-chief and his Secretary of War have ordered
- [Requiem for the Rule of Law](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/10/27/requiem-for-the-rule-of-law/) - By L. Michael Hager, originally posted on counterpunch.org The phrase “Rule of Law” (ROL) is frequently referenced in the major media but seldom defined. Google calls it “a principle under which all persons, institutions and entities are accountable to laws that are: [P]publicly promulgated, [E]equally enforced [and] [I]independently adjudicated.” To me, the rule of law
- [Sudan's Struggle September 15, 2025 - October 16, 2025](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/10/23/sudans-struggle-september-15-2025-october-16-2025/) - October 16 CHOLERA OUTBREAK WORSENING AS FIGHTING CONTINUES. Fed Min of Health reported 120,496 cholera cases and 3,368 deaths nationwide. WHO warned that at 2.8%, the fatality rate is nearly 3 times the emergency threshold. Conflict, displacement and heavy rains continue to hamper efforts to prevent the rapid spread of the bacterial disease. But
- [Reckoning with where weaponized drones have got us](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/10/20/38821/) - Trump's six strikes so far this fall on boats in international waters, killing a reported 26 people, echo a pattern of identifying a "terrorist enemy" and employing means of aerial weapons to "take out" human beings so designated as military targets because he claims they are drug runners. Though Trump doesn't bother with the pretense
- [TYPES OF KILLER DRONES and AI TOOLS](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/10/10/types-of-killer-drones-and-ai-tools/) - by Nick Mottern This appendix discusses the primary categories of killer drones now in use; where some have been, or are in now, in use; and their manufacturers. These are representative types; many more models, by many more manufacturers, are in use by government and non-state actors in dozens of nations. KAMAKAZE DRONES –
- [ARGUMENTS FOR THE BANNING OF WEAPONIZED DRONES](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/10/10/arguments-for-the-banning-of-weaponized-drones/) - by Nick Mottern Introduction The chart below, provided by Drone Wars UK, shows which nations have large, reusable, weaponized drones. So-called “suicide” drones, that crash into their targets and explode, and relatively small, multi-rotor drones carryingarms and munitions, are even more numerous and more widely distributed around the world. (Appendix B lists the types
- [Memory + action for humanity: Sudan, Chile, Afghanistan](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/10/10/memory-action-for-humanity-sudan-chile-afghanistan/) - A thought from Stephanie Rugoff on the significance of dates: As 9/11 has come to mean in the average U.S. mind the attack on the Twin Towers and the beginning of the "war on terror," the other September 11 in 1973 when the U.S. aided the fascist coup which overthrew the progressive Allende government in Chile has been ignored
- [We’re set to visit your class](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/10/02/were-set-to-visit-your-class/) - We Are Not Your Soldiers is booking class visits now. In person, or virtual, students get the real story of what it means to sign up for the U.S. war machine. We will plan with you for a visit to your class or student organization either in-person or via remote technology. No fee is charged
- [Sudan's Struggle August 21, 2025 - September 15, 2025](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/09/20/sudans-struggle-august-21-2025-september-15-2025/) - September 15 STORIES OF TORTURE, RAPE AND DISAPPEARANCE OF FAMILY MEMBERS. These are the scenes recounted by displaced civilians in N Darfur, as the RSF tighten their siege on provincial capital El-Fasher. "We gave them money but the RSF took some women away who couldn't pay into a room. We don't know if they were
- [The disasters of the Trump regime grow by the day](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/09/20/the-disasters-of-the-trump-regime-grow-by-the-day/) - The disasters of the Trump regime grow by the day both within the borders of the United States and throughout the world. One of our readers responded last week to Debra's comments on the U.S. military attack in the Caribbean killing 11 people in the small boat, "The U.S. force might as well have been
- [Ignored & hidden history, on repeat, but escalated](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/09/19/ignored-hidden-history-on-repeat-but-escalated/) - With Trump sending active duty military and National Guard into U.S. cities, and the aptly named Department of War striking boats in international waters, the role of the U.S. military should be on everyone's minds. The veterans who speak to students for We Are Not Your Soldiers are uncovering history and speaking to critical questions,
- [Here in the U.S., opposition to the Trump's regime is growing with protests planned in September, October and November. Join these actions!](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/09/09/here-in-the-u-s-opposition-to-the-trumps-regime-is-growing-with-protests-planned-in-september-october-and-november-join-these-actions/) - Here in the U.S., opposition to the Trump's regime is growing with protests planned in September, October and November. Join these actions! On Saturday, September 20, all are invited to come to NYC to (march details as well as bus information here) to take part in an action demanding a livable climate for all, an end to billionaire polluters and
- [War Deparment name is not just symbolic](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/09/08/war-deparment-name-is-not-just-symbolic/) - Soon after developing and using nukes to kill and injure hundreds of thousands in Japan, the U.S. renamed the Department of War to the Department of Defense. That name was always a sham, using trickery and word-play to misinform. Now that the Trump fascist regime is calling it the "War Department," the name is more
- [Sudan's Struggle August 8, 2025 - August 23, 2025](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/08/26/sudans-struggle-august-8-2025-august-23-2025/) - August 23 RSF KIDNAPPED 6 DISPLACED WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN FROM ABOUT SHOUK CAMP….The paramilitary entered the camp, home to 190,000 internally displaced persons and committed abuses including killings and abductions,… The women, aged 18 to 55, were taken with their children….RSF abducted at least 40 displaced people from the same camp Aug 16. Their
- [Help meet the demand for speakers in schools](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/08/24/help-meet-the-demand-for-speakers-in-schools/) - The fall semester is about to begin — we already received requests from professors at two NYC metropolitan area colleges for We Are Not Your Soldiers speakers to address their classes. We are starting now to reach professors and student activists in the next days to schedule our visits, both remote and in-person. And next, high school
- [ Make Billionaires Pay March on September 20 ](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/08/24/make-billionaires-pay-march-on-september-20/) - World Can't Wait is a co-sponsor of the Make Billionaires Pay March on September 20 when world leaders will be gathering in NYC for the UN General Assembly and Climate Week. This is a critical moment to show the world we are revolting against Trump Fascism and the Billionaire Class. There is a call for people across
- [20 years of not waiting](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/08/13/20-years-of-not-waiting/) - What kind of ridiculous scenario is this? Trump and Putin — meeting up to determine the fate of Ukrainians who have been sacrificed to their proxy war 3.5 years — are both bloodthirsty open liars. A few examples. Putin importing Korean men into virtual slavery, locked into construction sites to work 18 hours a day,
- [Profound Alarm at Trump’s Deportation of Migrants to Third Countries Without Protections Against Torture or Even Death](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/08/11/profound-alarm-at-trumps-deportation-of-migrants-to-third-countries-without-protections-against-torture-or-even-death/) - Re-posted from www.andyworthington.co.uk Trump’s target, to follow the logic of his promise, were those amongst the eleven million undocumented migrants in the US, according to estimates published by the Office of Homeland Security Statistics in April 2024, who had been convicted of crimes, which was a fraction of the total (just 4%). According to Patrick J. Lechleitner,
- [Sudan's Struggle June 28, 2025 - August 9, 2025](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/08/10/sudans-struggle-june-28-2025-august-9-2025/) - August 9 AS THE WORLD MARKS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WORLD’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES,...in Sudan 13 million people have been displaced, 8.8 million internally and 4 million sought refuge in neighbouring countries. IOM confirmed 11.3 million internally displaced, 8.6 million uprooted by the conflict, 3.9 million fled. The aim of Intl Day of Indigenous Peoples to empower
- [Global Vigil to Close Guantanamo Now Wednesday August 6 + Stop Deporting People There or Any Other Torture Sites!](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/07/30/global-vigil-to-close-guantanamo-now-wednesday-august-6-stop-deporting-people-there-or-any-other-torture-sites/) - All these years that men have been locked away at the U.S. torture prison at Guantanamo, the myth was that it would get closed down. Until the fascist-in-chief came along and said he wanted to fill it up again. He didn't have the backing to do that in his first term, but the massive plan
- [Most pressing global moral challenge of our time](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/07/30/most-pressing-global-moral-challenge-of-our-time/) - We missed writing you last week. The level of threat to humanity and the planet has taken a leap as we work to focus on what is key to stop these maniacs of global power. And, as always, it is the actions of decent people. The seminal moral question of our time, internationally, is the
- [The MAGA fascists are fascinated with prisons](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/07/17/the-maga-fascists-are-fascinated-with-prisons/) - The horrific spectre of Guantanamo, the torture camp set up to allow the U.S. to avoid due process rights, and which we've been fighting most of this century, is spreading within the U.S. as the Trump fascist regime rounds up "immigrants," with threats against U.S. citizens and people they don't like. Guantanamo: Andy Worthington, who has
- [Go to War?](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/07/17/go-to-war/) - A poem by We Are Not Your Soldiers presenter Miguel Gabriel Vazquez. Read excerpts from his presentation to high school students, My Mexican Heart. Go To War? By Miguel Gabriel Vazquez We came home but a part of us will always be there. The Powers That Be were present but they, definitely, were not there. While we were
- [Do Not Despair — Listen to these students](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/07/08/do-not-despair-listen-to-these-students/) - The Big (Fascist) (Cruel) Budget Bill will be signed by the president today, passed this week in a process clearly laying waste to the idea the Democratic Party will do one single thing to stop the consolidation of fascism. Not that we are surprised; but friends, don't let your outrage cool off. This is not
- [We Are Not Your Soldiers Visits in May](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/06/27/we-are-not-your-soldiers-visits-in-may/) - The special match for We Are Not Your Soldiers is still on — as of today, contributions up to $400 will be doubled! Help us reach our goal (we only need $4000 more) so that we can go full steam ahead this fall, in this fraught time, reaching more students than ever with deep
- [Why are we accepting this?](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/06/27/why-are-we-accepting-this/) - The world's biggest nuclear power, and the most secretive nuclear power (the one that won't even sign the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty) used the world's largest bombs, ever, along with assassination of scientists, military officials and, in the process, killed hundreds of civilians to destroy what they claim is aimed at building nuclear weapons. That's enough
- [Torture Awareness Month and more...](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/06/27/torture-awareness-month-and-more/) - CLOSE Guantanamo NOW Global Vigils: Wednesday July 2 June is Torture Awareness Month; Support the Guantanamo Survivors' Fund
- [Sudan's Struggle May 28, 2025 - June 12, 2025](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/06/24/sudans-struggle-may-28-2025-june-12-2025/) - June 12 SUDAN’S PLASTIC CRISIS WORSENS…. Sudan continues to grapple with mounting plastic waste, weak enforcement of environmental laws and powerful industrial interests resisting reform. Despite previous attempts to curb the spread of plastic pollution, cities and countryside remain littered with bags clinging to trees, choking drains, scattering across roads and markets. Environmentalists warn plastic
- [Message received since Israel attacked Iran](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/06/20/message-received-since-israel-attacked-iran/) - At this terrible time, it's of crucial importance that each of us get out there and make our voices heard to stop/not get into this war on Iran — join protests, write letters to editors, speak up at public events, be heard. One of the many messages we have received since Israel attacked Iran six
- [With moral injuries, it’s different. Moral injuries stay with you.](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/06/20/with-moral-injuries-its-different-moral-injuries-stay-with-you/) - At this time of a shockingly immoral presidency bent on war and destruction along with horrific dehumanization and othering,We Are Not Your Soldiers is sharing with you some excerpts from the presentation made in late May by Miguel Gabriel Vazquez to four high school classes in New York City. They had recently read The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien.
- [Freedom from the Uniform](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/06/12/freedom-from-the-uniform-and-the-byline-is-kedeshia-cassanova/) - We have finished our spring semester We Are Not Your Soldiers visits and will soon be sending you a detailed report on the month of May, in particular. This spring We Are Not Your Soldiers is proud to have accomplished the following presentations: Various colleges in the NYC public system: 5 classes Various NYC public community colleges: 5
- [NYC June Close Guantanamo Vigil](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/06/12/nyc-june-close-guantanamo-vigil/) - As we here in NYC do every first Wednesday of every month, we met on June 4th, as part of the Global Vigil to Close Guantanamo Now, on the steps of the main public library on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. We were honored to have Brian Terrell join us. Linda Novenski made this video of the Raging
- [NO to Trump's military](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/06/12/no-to-trumps-military/) - What a week to be writing to you! This week is of crucial importance to be out massively in peaceful protest! Please join in whenever and wherever you can — especially this Saturday June 14 for No Kings Days protests while Trump throws himself a military parade (check to see what is nearest to you or head to Washington DC). Let's
- [Gaza Floatilla Ship Madleen Begins Voyage to Gaza](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/06/02/gaza-floatilla-ship-madleen-begins-voyage-to-gaza/) - By Ann Wright, re-posted from Peace & Planet News The Gaza Flotilla sailboat Madleen set off from Catania, Sicily, Italy on June 1, 2025 for a 7-day voyage to Gaza to break the 40-year illegal Israeli naval blockade of Gaza and now to stop the 600 day genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. The ship and her 12-person crew
- [Support We Are Not Your Soldiers, not military parades](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/06/01/support-we-are-not-your-soldiers-not-military-parades/) - We've almost finished We Are Not Your Soldiers class visits for the spring semester, just as the Commander-in-Chief of the military prepares an unprecedented military parade in the capitol on June 14. Some are joking about Trump's celebration of his own birthday; they may be missing his startling move to turn the military into a force loyal
- [Sudan's Struggle Feb. 6, 2025 - May 25, 2025](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/06/01/sudans-struggle-feb-6-2025-may-25-2025/) - May 25 KHARTOUM CHOLERA OUTBREAK DUE TO ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION. 600 confirmed cases of cholera per week during the past 4 weeks….Min for Health attributed the outbreak...to environmental degradation following the army recapture of areas and return of residents, particularly Jebel Awlia and Salha, with acute lack of clean drinking water and poor environmental conditions. The
- [We need more of these humans...](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/05/24/we-need-more-of-these-humans/) - As the existential danger for the population of Gaza grows to unbearable levels, a few governments — because their people are protesting — are pressing Israel not to occupy Gaza again, at least to allow food in as authorities warn 14,000 babies are in immediate danger of dying of starvation. And people in the U.S. are still
- [We Are Not Your Soldiers April Presentations](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/05/16/we-are-not-your-soldiers-april-presentations/) - The month of April started out for We Are Not Your Soldiers with kind of a double bill. Joe Urgo and Henri Henrikson presented together to give a historical chronological focus to an on-line class based at a NYC college studying the history of empires. The professor wrote to us, “It was incredibly moving and powerful listening to Joseph and Henri
- [How can you run, when you know?](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/05/07/how-can-you-run-when-you-know/) - Some of you on this list remember May 4 1970. I was a freshman in college in the Midwest, driving back east with some activists from a solidarity gathering on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. There was scratchy AM radio only, coming in and out, but we heard the news. Four students killed at
- [The bombing by drone of the ship "Conscience"](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/05/07/the-bombing-by-drone-of-the-ship-conscience/) - Terrible news came in when we learned of the bombing by drone of the ship "Conscience" in international waters off Malta. Part of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, it was carrying humanitarian aid and was about to pick up passengers, including our dear friend Ann Wright, in Malta to head to Gaza. In this report from Democracy Now, Ann and
- [Wednesday May 7: coordinated "First Wednesday" Monthly Vigils to Close Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/05/07/wednesday-may-7-coordinated-first-wednesday-monthly-vigils-to-close-guantanamo/) - Here, in New York City, we're ready to take up our places in front of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue at 5:00 pm. We will see Andy Worthington's reports of our sister vigils around the country and the world. It's as important as ever to get out there this month, not only
- [Dignity for survivors](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/04/14/dignity-for-survivors/) - Originally posted on gsfund.org The Guantanamo Survivors Fund (GSF) supports the Muslim men striving to rebuild their lives after being released from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The survivors face significant hurdles: After suffering years of torture and imprisonment without charge, many have been transferred to countries far from their families, where
- [3 very relevant short videos](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/04/24/3-very-relevant-short-videos/) - Last week I got to listen in as John Burns spoke via Zoom for the third time that day to college students in North Carolina, presenting for We Are Not Your Soldiers. Speaking to a classroom over Zoom isn't that easy; the students were spread about a room, backlit, so we couldn't see many
- [Sundan's Struggle March 23, 2025 - April 9, 2025](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/04/14/sundas-struggle-march-23-2025-april-9-2025/) - April 9 FOLLOWING US AID CUTS, 8 DIE IN SO SUDAN IN SEARCH OF MEDICAL HELP. 8 people with cholera...died following a 3-hour walk in search of medical help as US funding cuts take effect in Africa. The deaths...are among the first linked directly to funding reductions ordered by…Trump. "There should be global moral outrage
- [Sudan's Struggle Feb. 18, 2025 - Mar. 13, 2025](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/03/23/sudans-struggle-feb-18-2025-mar-13-2025/) - March 13 OCHA WARNS OF EXTREMELY DIRE HEALTH SITUATION IN N DARFUR. 200 health facilities...are not functioning, and there is severe shortage in medical staff, essential medicines and life-saving supplies. ...continued hostilities caused waves of displacement, overwhelming an already fragile healthcare system struggling to meet basic needs. Humanitarian partners have been trying to provide
- [Engaging with students this past March](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/04/05/engaging-with-students-this-past-march/) - Shaniyat Turani-Chowdhury speaking to NYC middle school students March provided We Are Not Your Soldiers a variety of different settings, different ages and different kinds of groupings. It is through your donations that these visits are possible. We provide small stipends to the veterans to help towards compensating them for time off from work and, when needed,
- [For the lives of people around the world, we must not be silent](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/03/28/for-the-lives-of-people-around-the-world-we-must-not-be-silent/) - From our friends at RefuseFascism.org: Just in the last 3 days: Rumeysa Oztark, a Tufts graduate student, was abducted by Trump’s thugs. ICE disappeared her, terminated her visa, and is holding her captive — one of at least nine pro-Palestine students abducted. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called them “lunatics” and brags about revoking 300 foreign
- [How we joined global street protests](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/03/18/how-we-joined-global-street-protests/) - World Can't Wait on the streets recently in NYC: We hosted a screening of "We Are Unarmed," a documentary on the historic, peaceful resistance at Standing Rock in North Dakota, when the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) encroached on treaty land in 2016. The parallels with Palestine are stark – a brutal, militarized response to the Indigenous struggle
- [Special screening of "We Are Unarmed" Tues. March 11](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/02/25/special-screening-of-we-are-unarmed-tues-march-11/) - Tuesday March 11 at 6:30 pm Asian American Writers Workshop, 112 West 27th Street, 6th floor World Can't Wait invites you to see WE ARE UNARMED WE ARE UNARMED bears witness to the historic, peaceful resistance at Standing Rock in North Dakota, when the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) encroached on treaty land in 2016.
- [Sudan's Struggle Feb. 4, 2025 - Feb. 20, 2025](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/03/08/sudans-struggle-feb-4-2025-feb-20-2025/) - February 20 SUDANESE COMMUNIST PARTY DECLARED OPPOSITION TO FORMATION OF 2 RIVAL GOVERNMENTS, asserting neither the army nor the RSF are qualified to govern the country. Salih Mahmoud, Communist Party foreign relations secy, met with Mohamed Ibn Chambas, head of AU’s High-Level Implementation Panel. Mahmoud presented Chambas with the party’s position, which rejects establishment of
- [Urgent global protest to close Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/03/01/urgent-global-protest-to-close-guantanamo/) - This Wednesday March 5 will be a busy day for NYC activists. 8:30 am Rally and March as the UN convenes the Third Meeting of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at the Isaiah Wall in front of the U.N., 1st Ave & 43rd Street Featured speakers include survivors of the atomic bombings
- [Meet Joe, Shaniyat and Andy, exposing US crimes](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/02/27/meet-joe-shaniyat-and-andy-exposing-us-crimes/) - We are pleased to share with you the February 23, 2025 interview by Bar Crawl Radio of We Are Not Your Soldiers presenters Shaniyat Turani-Chowdhury and Joe Urgo. From the podcast website: A conversation with two veterans of American wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan – about their work with“We Are Not Your Soldiers”– informing high school and college students about the morally unpleasant
- [Sudan's Struggle Jan. 11, 2025 - Jan. 30, 2025](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/02/17/sudans-struggle-jan-11-2025-jan-30-2025/) - January 30, 2025 SURGE IN RSF VIOLATIONS AGAINST WOMEN IN AL-JEZIRA ...by RSF including killing, injuring, rape and abduction. 50 women visited health centres last week complaining of abortion complications due to violence exerted on them…. dozens of women were held in al-Talbab subjected to gross violations and a woman doctor was kidnapped from Al-Kamleen
- [How do criminals identify criminality?](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/02/08/how-do-criminals-identify-criminality/) - A crime: The United States, regardless of which party was in the White House, never signed on to the International Criminal Court, set up by many nations to hold individuals accountable for the "gravest crimes of concern to the international community: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression." Another crime: A president convicted of multiple
- [Trump’s vile plan to hold 30,000 migrants at Guantánamo Bay](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/02/01/trumps-vile-plan-to-hold-30000-migrants-at-guantanamo-bay/) - Read the original article by Andy Worthington As vigils to close the “war on terror” prison resume, Donald Trump proposes to send 30,000 migrants to a massively expanded migrant detention facility that has existed since the 1990s. This coming Wednesday, the monthly coordinated global vigils for the closure of the prison at Guantánamo Bay — the “First
- [Trump's MAGA threats towards our sisters & brothers](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/01/31/trumps-maga-threats-towards-our-sisters-brothers/) - One of our subscribers wrote recently that he already gets enough news and so doesn't need to read what we have to say. Fair enough. We are all jolted by the barrage of dangerous lunacy coming out of the White House as Trump moves quickly to assert his dominance over U.S. and global institutions.
- [Bring We Are Not Your Soldiers to More Schools 2025](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/01/23/bring-we-are-not-your-soldiers-to-more-schools-2025/) - Greetings for 2025! We are scheduling visits by our panel of veterans to classes for this Spring semester — in person or via remote technology, in English or Spanish! Contact We Are Not Your Soldiers now to start planning the presentation to your students. Email us at wearenotyoursoldiers@worldcantwait.org, call us at 646-807-3259 or direct message us on Facebook
- [Sudan's Struggle Dec. 23, 2024 - Jan. 7, 2025](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/01/15/sudans-struggle-dec-23-2024-jan-7-2025/) - January 7 SUDAN LIFTED FORCE MAJEURE ON TRANSPORTATION OF CRUDE OIL FROM SO SUDAN to a port on the Red Sea after security conditions improved. Khartoum declared force majeure last year after the main pipeline carrying oil from So Sudan through Sudan for export suffered stoppages linked to problems spurred by the war….based on new security arrangements it reached with Juba and
- [Sudan's Struggle Oct. 10, 2024 - Oct. 22, 2024](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/10/23/sudans-struggle-oct-10-2024-oct-22-2024/) - October 22 LOCAL ACTIVISTS REPORTED 50 PEOPLE KILLED SINCES CLASHES ERUPTED IN AL-JAZIRA STATE AFTER PARAMILITARY COMMANDER DEFECTED.... In Wad Madani, a military air strike on a mosque killed 31 people. They accused the army of using barrel bombs,...over half of the dead remained unidentified as rescuers combed through the remains of “dozens of charred
- [Sudan's Struggle Dec. 3, 2024 - Dec. 27, 2024](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/12/29/sudans-struggle-dec-3-2024-dec-27-2024/) - December 27 RSF MASSACRE IN AL JAZIRA THREATENS REGIONAL STABILIZATION. The precise reasons for the flare up of violence...seems driven by retribution and revenge. Days after the defection of an ex-RSF leader, 370 villagers mainly from Shukria Tribe...were massacred. The horrific events followed jubilant scenes when RSF leader Abuagla Keikal, commander of Al-Jazira State, surrendered with his forces and joined
- [Launching into 2025 with humanity in our sights](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/01/15/launching-into-2025-with-humanity-in-our-sights/) - In the wake of some releases of prisoners from Guantanamo ― all of them having been cleared to leave many years ago ― global protests to CLOSE the U.S. torture prison took place Saturday. 15 men still remain; 6 of them have never been charged with anything; the others are still awaiting trial or have attempted to
- [MERCHANTS OF DEATH TRIBUNAL CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES PROSECUTION OF LEADING U.S. WEAPONS INDUSTRY CEOs.](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/01/13/merchants-of-death-tribunal-calls-for-international-war-crimes-prosecution-of-leading-u-s-weapons-industry-ceos/) - PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 13, 2025 The Merchants of Death Tribunal’s final report will be released on January 15, 2025, the actual birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., at a 9 a.m. international zoom video press conference that can be accessed by registering here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/press-conference-tribunal?clear_id=true Contacts:
- [More releases from Guantanamo, but it's still open](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/01/08/more-releases-from-guantanamo-but-its-still-open/) - Right after our post yesterday, we learned the US transfered 11 cleared Yemeni men from Guantanamo to Oman. We are happy for those men, and demand even louder CLOSE Guantanamo NOW. 15 men remain; 6 of them have never been charged with any crime. 3 men who have been cleared for transfer, 3 held indefinitely without
- [Protests to CLOSE Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2025/01/07/protests-to-close-guantanamo/) - Thu Jan 9 - Cleveland OH, 1:45 to 3 pm ET - Federal Building at E 9th & Lakeside - Vigil outside, walking meditation and JD Vance visit inside Sat Jan 11 - Los Angeles, CA, noon to 1:30 pm PT - Close Guantanamo Rally: 23 years of torture in our name - New location: Wilshire/Westwood Federal Bldg, 11000 Wilshire
- [How we interrupt military recruitment](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/12/24/how-we-interrupt-military-recruitment/) - A thought from Debra Sweet: In the fall of 1969, I crammed into a room with other students to hear an anti-war journalist speak about Vietnam. I had already protested to stop that war, and I "knew" it was bad. But hearing someone who had been in Vietnam covering the Tet Offensive was decisive in
- [Sudan's Struggle Dec. 7, 2024 - Dec. 18, 2024](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/12/23/sudans-struggle-dec-7-2024-dec-18-2024/) - December 18 2.7 MILLION WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE DISPLACED IN SUDAN according to UN Population Fund, including 272,000 pregnant women of whom 91,000 will give birth in 3 months. Sudan was already enduring years of humanitarian crisis, but the war unleashed an intensified humanitarian catastrophe of immense scale, particularly for women and children…. Every day, 20,000 people are newly displaced and
- [Determination to stand up for humanity & planet](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/12/19/determination-to-stand-up-for-humanity-planet/) - We’re sending a big hug to you at this tremendously fraught time in this country, and — largely because of U.S. actions — a horribly dangerous time for the globe. Whether you support our project regularly, or have not done so for years, we reach out to you with outrage, plans and determination to stand up for humanity
- [Refusing Trump’s Orders: Military Resistance to Mass Deportation](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/12/14/refusing-trumps-orders-military-resistance-to-mass-deportation/) - Thank you Sam Goldman for interviewing Brittany Ramos DeBarros on the Refuse Fascism weekly podcast. Brittany is Organizing Director at About Face, the anti-war veterans organization formerly called Iraq Veterans Against the War. Brittany is also a speaker for We Are Not Your Soldiers. At this moment, when Trump and his "deportation czar" Homan say they will carry out deportations without family
- [Head-Spinning Changes are Swirling](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/12/14/head-spinning-changes-are-swirling/) - Head-spinning changes are swirling, not always under the control of the imperialist powers. Last week, the president of South Korea declared martial law, to ban free speech and protests. Armed troops began surrounding the National Assembly, while civilian staff prepared to stop them with fire extinguishers. But ― surprise! ― people began massing, chanting "Strike down dictatorship!" The
- [Sudan's Struggle  Nov. 9, 2024 - Dec. 3, 2024](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/12/08/sudans-struggle-nov-9-2024-dec-3-2024/) - December 3 55 MUSICIANS KILLED SINCE ERUPTION OF WAR. Among the victims were popular singer and pro-peace activist Shaden Hussein, keyboardist Ibrahim Miko...a pillar in iconic Muhmoud Aziz’s band and melodist Bashir Abdul Majeed. The 3 sustained injuries then died when they didn’t receive medical care as most health facilities have knocked down under the war. Percussionist Kamil Hussein died
- [Sudan's Struggle Oct. 26, 2024 - Nov. 14, 2024](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/11/17/sundans-struggle-oct-26-2024-nov-14-2024/) - November 14 WAR DEATH TOLL MUCH HIGHER THAN PREVIOUSLY RECORDED.…60,000 deaths in Khartoum State, far higher than other assessments. Released by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine’s Sudan Research Group, the study found 26,000 people died as a direct result of violence, and that starvation and disease are increasingly becoming the leading causes of
- [On this day of global giving: war & resistance](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/12/03/on-this-day-of-global-giving-war-resistance/) - For people who care about humanity, #GivingTuesday has become a day to focus on making others' lives better. In particular, on this global day of giving, we've also got to reckon with what the U.S. government is giving: almost unlimited 5000# bombs, long- and medium-range missiles, anti-personnel mines, drones and technology to a government bent on
- [What will decent people in the military do?](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/11/27/what-will-decent-people-in-the-military-do/) - We're having more discussion on what the U.S. government will do in coming months as: Biden unleashed a flurry of aggression which allowed/encouraged Ukraine to fire ATACMS long-range missiles into Russia allowed/encouraged Ukraine to place land mines, a long-term danger to civilians once again, directed another U.S. veto of a ceasefire resolution for Gaza Trump, the incoming
- [Join us Wed. December 4, 2024 as we demand the closure of Guantánamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/11/25/join-us-wed-december-4-2024-as-we-demand-the-closure-of-guantanamo/) - Join us Wed. December 4, 2024 as we demand the closure of Guantánamo, and, most urgently, for the release of the 16 men approved for release but still not freed -- 30 men still remain incarcerated in the U.S. torture camp which will have been in operation for 22 years come January 2024. See
- [Trump's proposed nomination of Pete Hegseth says much about how Trump will pursue U.S. domination of the world](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/11/17/trumps-proposed-nomination-of-pete-hegseth-says-much-about-how-trump-will-pursue-u-s-domination-of-the-world/) - Too many "anti-war" activists seem to have been taken in by Trump's mutterings that he doesn't like war. They should know better. This is the commander in chief who ordered use of the largest bomb ever dropped — the 21,000 pound "mother of all bombs" — on Afghanistan in 2017. This is the monster who "joked" and
- [The Hell of Guantanamo Now](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/11/17/the-hell-of-guantanamo-now/) - Biden took office pledging to close Guantanamo, as did Obama. As we've reported, a deal was set up with Oman last year to take the 16 prisoners "cleared" for release years ago. Then Biden cancelled it. A deal was made this year for the three prisoners accused of 9/11 crimes to plead guilty and
- [Veterans Day](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/11/17/veterans-day/) - Shout out to Joy Damiani, a speaker for We Are Not Your Soldiers, who posted this on "Veterans" Day: ...Last year around this time I put this sign up in my window and my HOA fined me for it - that's what happens in a nation that turned Armistice Day into Veterans Day. Here, wealthy civilians thank us
- [Free the Guantánamo 16: A Message To President Biden As His Time Runs Out](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/11/14/free-the-guantanamo-16-a-message-to-president-biden-as-his-time-runs-out/) - Read the original post on closeguantanamo.com As Guantánamo campaigners reel from the election victory of Donald Trump, who will undoubtedly seal Guantánamo shut for four years, as he did during his first four years in office, our co-founder Andy Worthington calls on President Biden to take urgent action to free the 16 men still
- [Brittany Ramos DeBarros at First Fall We Are Not Your Soldiers Visit](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/11/02/brittany-ramos-debarros-at-first-fall-we-are-not-your-soldiers-visit/) - We Are Not Your Soldiers made our first visit of the 2024/25 academic year to speak to three classes at a college in the NY metropolitan area. Brittany Ramos DeBarros, who had been an officer in Afghanistan, presented to the students and engaged in discussion with them. Watch here. See a student comment we received following the presentation. You
- [Deeply unsettling questions for U.S. military](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/11/02/deeply-unsettling-questions-for-u-s-military/) - Since 2008, when we began sending anti-war veterans into class rooms, their presentations have largely focused, very importantly, on their experience in wars across the world, from Vietnam to Iraq, when those running this country and its military were united in war on the world. But those "normal imperialist" times are gone. Both former Trump
- [Stop the world to stop a genocide...](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/10/27/stop-the-world-to-stop-a-genocide/) - Sometimes, we send analysis, action alerts and challenges. Today, we focus on first-person messages concerning the disasters in the Middle East caused by imperialism and suffered by humans. Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh is a Palestinian scientist, author and professor known for his extensive work in biodiversity and environmental sustainability. He is the founder and director of the
- [Expanding war & expanding resistance?](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/10/19/expanding-war-expanding-resistance/) - The U.S. and Israel have escalated war in the region destroying Gaza, large parts of the West Bank and Lebanon, with new strikes on Yemen. The news continues to shock the conscience. Doctors who wrote in The New York Times reported from their own observations while treating casualties in Gaza, "Israel Is Routinely Shooting Children in the
- [Sudan's Struggle Sept. 9, 2024 - Oct. 8, 2024](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/10/18/sudans-struggle-september-9-2024-october-8-2024/) - October 8 UNICEF STRESSED NEED TO STOP CONTINUED VIOLENCE AND DISREGARD FOR CHILDREN’S SAFETY in Sudan, indicating killing of at least 13 children in airstrikes on N Darfur’s al-Kuma. The children were between ages 6 and 17. “These attacks on children are unacceptable. Children have no role to play in wars or civil conflict,
- [QUESTION: what will WE do to stop this?](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/10/08/question-what-will-we-do-to-stop-this/) - Today, within the U.S., we will see renewed protest against the genocide of Palestinians which, according to plans made over the summer by university administrators, will be met with highly increased repression. The NYPD has a high level alert to be on the lookout for protests. Please send photos and reports on what happens where
- [View from Guantanamo: A Conversation with Andy Worthington](https://worldcantwait.org/2009/08/11/view-from-guantanamo-conversationl-with-andy-worthington/) - On August 9, World Can't Wait activists across the country were privileged to be in on an hour long conversation with Andy Worthington, author of the Guantanamo Files and numerous articles exposing the abuse and torture of those the U.S. has designated "enemy combatants" and beyond the reach of any law. The conversation ranged from
- [Endorsements by those who Tortured and brought you the Iraq War are being Celebrated](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/09/28/endorsements-by-those-who-tortured-and-brought-you-the-iraq-war-are-being-celebrated/) - Surely no readers of this newsletter are celebrating the endorsement of Harris by "Dick" Cheney and Alberto Gonzales, the torture memo guy. Shayana Kadidal, attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights, who has defended multiple men imprisoned unjustly in Guantanamo, in a Nation article, Torturers for Harris, writes that one suspects that the Cheney types—the crew who brought you
- [Inside the U.S. military, there is rot](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/09/28/inside-the-u-s-military-there-is-rot/) - The presidential candidates distinguish their respective plans to maintain U.S. military dominance over the globe with different language. The Harris program is to "ensure America always has the strongest, most lethal fighting force in the world” and to tell prospective immigrants from Central America "don't come." The MAGA program is less coherent but no less
- [Weaponizing Antisemitism 101: A Back-to-School Special](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/09/23/weaponizing-antisemitism-101-a-back-to-school-special/) - By Roy Eidelson Read the original post at royeidelson.com It is irony at its most bitter. Not so very long ago, hundreds of white supremacists marched in Charlottesville, Virginia. With tiki-torches held high, they chanted "Jews will not replace us!" And yet here we are, seven years later, and apparently these fanatical card-carrying antisemites have indeed been
- [Sudan's Struggle Sept 6, 2024 - Sept 14, 2024](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/09/20/sudans-struggle-sept-6-2024-sept-14-2024/) - September 14 URGENT HUMANITARIAN APPEAL FOR RESCUING BAHRI’S RESIDENTS. Sudanese activists launched an urgent humanitarian appeal to the Armed Forces and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces to facilitate delivery of badly needed food and medical assistance to Bahri. Bahri residents have been immensely suffering since the outbreak of conflict where civilians became a target for the
- [Celebrating The Coordinated Monthly Global Vigils For The Closure Of Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/09/18/celebrating-the-coordinated-monthly-global-vigils-for-the-closure-of-guantanamo/) - By Andy Worthington, Read the original post on closeguantanamo.org For the last 19 months, dedicated campaigners across the U.S. and around the world have been taking part, on the first Wednesday of every month, in coordinated vigils calling for the closure of the prison at Guantánamo Bay, the last dispiritingly unacceptable bastion of the Bush
- [U.S. war on the world, which is part of the legacy of the 9/11 attacks](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/09/12/u-s-war-on-the-world-which-is-part-of-the-legacy-of-the-9-11-attacks/) - Here in NYC the physical scars of the attacks on 9/11, killing over 3000 people, have been covered over with concrete and marble. But the global scars from the imperialist revenge inflicted on millions across the Middle East are innumerable and unjustified. Black sites, the torture camp at Guantanamo, new forms of torture. 65 million
- [We Are Not Your Soldiers Goes Back to School](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/09/12/we-are-not-your-soldiers-goes-back-to-school/) - We are in the midst of scheduling visits for this fall semester in schools around the country. Watch one of our presenters Rosa del Duca speak, this past April, via Zoom with college students in NYC explaining how she joined the National Guard in Montana in order to to pay for college. She was under the impression that
- [Sudan's Struggle August 11, 2024 - September 1, 2024](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/09/07/sudans-struggle-august-11-2024-september-1-2024/) - September 1 PEOPLE OF OMDURMAN FACING DIRE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. Hunger, disease and environmental degradation are taking a heavy toll on the population, while the international community struggles to bring an end to the conflict. The fear of death from starvation or disease is compounded by the deteriorating environmental situation. Bombing, the presence of unburied bodies
- [Schedule Veterans to Speak With Students](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/09/04/schedule-veterans-to-speak-with-students/) - We Are Not Your Soldiers has been scheduling anti-war veterans into classroom visits since 2006 via World Can’t Wait and formally, as a World Can’t Wait project, since 2008. Critical thinking is encouraged and demonstrated with the students. We aim, through this deep engagement, to clarify for some students why they should not join up,
- [GTMO in the news — join in September 4](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/09/01/gtmo-in-the-news-join-in-september-4/) - Though we have concentrated on carefully following the continuing outrage of the U.S. torture prison in Guantanamo, we were surprised this week to find we had missed key news in 2022. The Secret Pentagon Photos of the First Prisoners at Guantánamo Bay were taken by military photographers beginning in 2002 to report to Donald Rumsfeld and other
- [Welcome the brave resistance of Iran's women political prisoners](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/09/01/welcome-the-brave-resistance-of-irans-women-political-prisoners/) - >> View the webinar. On August 25, 2024, the International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran's Political Prisoners and "Global Conversations" of the Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco held a teach-in/webinar with a live audience at UUSF and online attendance from around the world .
- [Biden's nuclear strategy is in effect](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/08/23/bidens-nuclear-strategy-is-in-effect/) - We learned this week that President Biden approved in March a highly classified nuclear strategic plan for the United States that, for the first time, reorients the U.S deterrent strategy to focus on China’s rapid expansion in its nuclear arsenal. As we noted last week, the U.S. and most other members of the UN Security
- [Join The International Emergency Campaign (IEC)-Initiated Webinar](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/08/18/join-the-international-emergency-campaign-iec-initiated-webinar/) - Read the original post on freeiranspoliticalprisonersnow.org Join The International Emergency Campaign (IEC)-Initiated Webinar Co-Hosted by “Global Conversations” of the Unitarian Universalist Society Of San Francisco Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/91631626879?pwd=ajem5BtDvWSXVry4Bnwiii0gfB7BJP.1 ‍In-person viewing at UUSF TSK Room Speakers: Prof. Stephen Zunes, Lili Babayi, Gavrilah Wells, Dolly VealeAlso: cultural presentations and statements of solidarity with the political prisoners in Iran Speakers
- [We refuse to accept...](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/08/16/we-refuse-to-accept/) - To those paying attention, the last two weeks have very sharply posed the danger the U.S. is putting the globe in. Coinciding with the U.S. government's "empathy" for the suffering of Palestinians, its full military and diplomatic support for the continuing assault on Gaza and the West Bank encouraged Netanyahu to assassinate a leader of
- [On the Watch for War Criminals](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/08/16/on-the-watch-for-war-criminals/) - In varied roles in the U.S. government, Antony Blinkenorganized acts of aggression against Yugoslavia, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Palestine as well as blocking peace negotiations by Ukraine. If you didn't know the whole story, now you'll know key parts of it. Just this week, the State Department’s latest approval of another $20 billion in weapons sales
- [Next Global Vigil to Close Guantanamo Now: Wednesday September](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/08/16/next-global-vigil-to-close-guantanamo-now-wednesday-september/) - Next Global Vigil to Close Guantanamo Now: Wednesday September 4 There is no good news coming out of Guantanamo and none expected. We continue to follow the prisoners who are still held — yet who have been "cleared" for release — and those who have been released but live in what's called Guantanamo 2.0: Ex-Guantánamo
- [Evin Women Prisoners Assaulted During Protest in Face of Alarming Rise of Mass Executions in Iran](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/08/16/evin-women-prisoners-assaulted-during-protest-in-face-of-alarming-rise-of-mass-executions-in-iran/) - August 12, 2024: In an ominous development, at least 29 prisoners were executed by Iran’s theocratic regime on a single day (August 7). Yet in this fraught and dangerous current situation in the Middle East, the conclusion of the Emergency Appeal of the International Emergency Campaign shines a light of clarity. The governments of the U.S. and
- [Photos and Report: The Ten Coordinated Global Monthly Vigils for the Closure of Guantánamo on August 7, 2024](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/08/12/photos-and-report-the-ten-coordinated-global-monthly-vigils-for-the-closure-of-guantanamo-on-august-7-2024/) - Read the original post by Andy Worthington On Wednesday (August 7) campaigners for the closure of the prison at Guantánamo Bay marked 18 months of monthly coordinated global vigils for the prison’s closure at seven locations across the US — Washington, D.C., New York, San Francisco, Detroit, Minneapolis, Cobleskill, NY and Los Angeles — and
- [Could the U.S. make Guantanamo any worse?](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/08/09/could-the-u-s-make-guantanamo-any-worse/) - On July 31, the U.S. Defense Department announced a plea agreement likely to bring life in prison for three men held in Guantanamo; Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin 'Attash and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, three of the co-accused in the 9/11 case. The prisoners' attorneys had worked for many years despite the
- [9/11 plea deals cynically revoked after just 48 hours](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/08/04/9-11-plea-deals-cynically-revoked-after-just-48-hours/) - Andy Worthington, closeguantanamo.org In our latest article, Lloyd Austin Cynically Revokes 9/11 Plea Deals, Which Correctly Concluded That the Use of Torture Is Incompatible With the Pursuit of Justice, our co-founder Andy Worthington examines and condemns the cowardly and vindictive decision by the defense secretary Lloyd Austin to revoke plea deals for three
- [Sundan's Struggle July 11 - August 1, 2024](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/08/04/sundans-struggle-july-11-august-1-2024/) - August 1 GLOBAL HUNGER MONITOR DECLARES FAMINE IN CAMP IN N DARFUR. The war and restrictions on aid deliveries have caused famine in at least 1 camp for displaced people in N Darfur, according to a report by the global authority on food security. Famine Review Comm found famine ongoing in the Zamzam Camp for
- [Join Global CLOSE Guantanamo NOW Vigils Wednesday August 7](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/08/02/join-global-close-guantanamo-now-vigils-wednesday-august-7/) - This week, three of the men detained at Guantanamo agreed to life in prison, in relation to the 9/11 attacks. After decades of their imprisonment — and documented torture at the hands of the U.S. — it proved impossible for the government to ever conduct a trial under the charade of the "military commission" process concocted
- [Past time to end U.S. support of Israeli actions](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/08/02/past-time-to-end-u-s-support-of-israeli-actions/) - Last week, Netanyahu, the prime war-maker of Israel, was feted by the U.S. Congress, treated as an honored head of state, receiving many standing ovations. Mike Johnson and other Christian fascists fell all over themselves with praise. (Yes, there were impressive and important protests in the Capitol and outside which included people whose family members
- [This killing system's unexpected victims](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/08/02/this-killing-systems-unexpected-victims/) - Last week, the writer and war reporter Nick Turse shared remarkable statistics of the effects on those used to fight the U.S. imperialist wars in Suicide Squad: U.S. Troops Are Losing a War with Their Deadliest Enemy . A recent Pentagon study found suicide to be the leading cause of death among active-duty U.S. Army
- [Sudan's Strugle June 22 - July 17, 2024](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/07/21/sudans-strugle-june-22-july-17-2024/) - July 17 UN SAYS THE NUMBER OF DISPLACED SUDANESE HAS REACHED NEARLY 13 MILLION at risk of hunger, diseases, and epidemics, with over 10 million dispersed within Sudan and more seeking shelter in neighboring countries, where they continue to face severe constraints in accessing humanitarian aid, including healthcare. "It is difficult to see this level
- [Reckoning with the real numbers](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/07/18/reckoning-with-the-real-numbers/) - We recall the event World Can't Wait sponsored in 2006 when Lancet published its October report of an estimated 654,965 excess deaths related to the U.S. war on Iraq, or 2.5% of the Iraqi population, through the end of June 2006. Lancet has just published a new report of the deaths in Gaza ― see this small section
- [Dramatic Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/07/17/dramatic-humanitarian-crisis-in-sudan/) - Largely because U.S. imperialism's role in Africa is not as obvious as it is in supporting its key allies like Israel, there has been much less notice and protest about the horrific war and its devastating human toll in Sudan. Given Sudan's strategic location and resources, and the history of neo-colonialism, it's certain that the U.S.
- [A history of immunity for war criminals](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/07/11/a-history-of-immunity-for-war-criminals/) - More on the implications of U.S. presidential immunity from prosecution after the truly fascist SCOTUS decision of July 1, was brought to us by Curt Wechsler who edits FireJohnYoo.net, a project of World Can't Wait which grew out of our mission to stop the illegitimate U.S. "war of terror." When he worked for the Bush White House, lawyer John
- [Ann Wright on the Danger of RIMPAC 2024 to Hawai'i and the Planet](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/07/11/ann-wright-on-the-danger-of-rimpac-2024-to-hawaii-and-the-planet/) - Our friend Ann Wright, with whom we have worked and sought her advice for some two decades, addressed a gathering in Honolulu last week, hosted by World Can't Wait Hawai'i, leading into protests of RIMPAC 2024, the giant war games led by the U.S. Ann wrote recently, "As the United States increases its military confrontation with China through
- [So much for the rule of law](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/07/03/so-much-for-the-rule-of-law/) - After yesterday's momentous SCOTUS decision, as long as this government holds together, someone elected president can do whatever they wish without fear of criminal charges. The prospect of either "King Donald," who attributes every problem caused by capitalism to immigrants, or Genocide Joe, who only came to life in Thursday's "debate" when he praised the
- [Wednesday July 3 & August 7 -- Global Vigil to Close Guantanamo Now](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/07/03/wednesday-july-3-august-7-global-vigil-to-close-guantanamo-now/) - Wednesday July 3 & August 7 Visit the Facebook event for information about the NYC vigil. See other locations and times, as well as NYC, in this chart: These are the men held for many years, though "cleared" to leave, and charged with nothing:
- [Opposing U.S. war preparations in the Pacific](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/06/27/opposing-u-s-war-preparations-in-the-pacific/) - While the U.S. is determined to keep Israel as both its watch dog and attack dog in the Middle East, (see Gaza Update: “[This is] one of the most barbaric moments in human history” - The “Humanitarian Pause”), there are very serious developments in U.S. war preparations in the East. Thursday June 27 the RIMPAC (Rim of the
- [Death Sentence of Toomaj Salehi Overturned!](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/06/27/death-sentence-of-toomaj-salehi-overturned/) - The death sentence of Iranian rebel rapper Toomaj Salehi has been vacated (overturned) by Iran’s Supreme Court, which ordered a retrial of his case. This is a victory for all of those who have fought fiercely for Toomaj. Just a couple of days before the verdict, Toomaj sent this poetic message from Isfahan Prison to
- [June is Torture Awareness Month](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/06/27/june-is-torture-awareness-month/) - June 26 is the UN International Day to Support Victims of Torture Our colleagues at the Guantanamo Survivors Fund remember the Muslim survivors of U.S. torture at Guantanamo Bay Prison and in black sites around the world. With your help, they have assisted 39 survivors. Please send a message to them by making a
- [Julian Assange is out of Prison!](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/06/27/julian-assange-is-out-of-prison/) - Julian Assange is out of prison, due to mass international opposition to the charges the U.S. brought against him under Obama, Trump and Biden, and the recognition that Wikileaks provided information on U.S. wars on Iraq, Afghanistan; Guantanamo's injustices; and the U.S. government's domination of other nations. Let's celebrate this! We are grateful for
- [Potluck & talk by Ann Wright "The Global Context for RIMPAC 2024"](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/06/26/potluck-talk-by-ann-wright-the-global-context-for-rimpac-2024/) - Wednesday, June 26, 6 - 8:30pmChurch of the Crossroads Join us for a conversation with Ann Wright, a former Army Colonel and State Departmentdiplomat who resigned in opposition to the Iraq war and has been an influential spokesperson for the international anti-war movement on Wednesday evening, June 26, at Church of the Crossroads. Ann
- [Sundan's Struggle June 7, 2024 - June 20, 2024](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/06/23/sundans-struggle-june-7-2024-june-20-2024/) - June 20 A REPORT BY ZEINA BADAWI FOR SUDANESE TRANSPARENCY & POLICY TRACKER BROUGHT TO LIGHT THE PROFOUND AND MULTIFACETED IMPACT OF SUDAN’S CONFLICT ON WOMEN. ‘A Feminist Perspective on the Armed Conflict in Sudan’ delves into the socio-economic, political and humanitarian dimensions of the crisis, highlighting the resilience and challenges faced by Sudanese women amidst
- [Sudan's Struggle May 24, 2024 - June 15, 2024](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/06/16/sudans-struggle-may-24-2024-june-15-2024/) - June 15 ARMY REPELS MAJOR ATTACK ON EL FASHER. RSF launched a major attack on el-Fasher a day after the UN Sec Council demanded the militia halt its weeks-long siege of the city. Sudan’s Armed Forces aborted the attack and inflicted huge losses with hundreds of dead and wounded in the failed RSF assault. The UN and
- [Learn from looking at U.S. wars](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/06/14/learn-from-looking-at-u-s-wars/) - Our We Are Not Your Soldiers school visits ended for the spring semester with a presentation by West Point graduate and Army veteran Dean Feinman to two classes at a NYC community college. See this commentary by some NY students at another college he spoke at a couple of weeks prior. "...the conversation with Dean from We are not
- [Update on Closing Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/06/14/update-on-closing-guantanamo/) - Global Vigils to Close Guantanamo NOW in 10 cities June 5 Since last month’s vigils, we’ve learned, via four Biden administration officials who spoke anonymously to NBC News, that eleven of the 16 men long approved for release — all Yemenis — were supposed to have been resettled in Oman in October, but that President
- [Sudan's Struggle May 15, 2024 - June 6, 2024](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/06/07/sudans-struggle-may-15-2024-june-6-2024/) - June 6 MULTIPLE SOURCES REPORTED THE RSF COMMITTED A MASSACRE IN WAD EL NOURA, EL GEZIRA, KILLING MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE. A resident told Radio Dabanga the death toll reached 107 people. Resistance Comms of Wad Madani confirmed this on their Facebook page,… they have yet to count all the bodies. A video shared by
- [Momentous escalation: Where is OUR red line?](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/06/06/momentous-escalation-where-is-our-red-line/) - There's all kind of talk about "red lines" when it comes to military aggression. But any "red lines" the US government has waved in front of Israel are moot as Biden continues the huge shipments of bombs, enabling the killing of 36,000 people, and likely many more whose bodies are buried in rubble. The
- [Wednesday June 5: Global Vigils to Close Guantanamo NOW](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/06/05/wednesday-june-5-global-vigils-to-close-guantanamo-now/) - Cobleskill NY 4:00 - 5:00 pm 514 West Main Street Detroit 4:00 - 4:30 pm McNamara Federal Bldg 477 Michigan Avenue London UK 1:00 - 3:00 GMT Parliament Square opposite House of Parliament SW1 Los Angeles 12:00 - 1:00 pm Federal Building 300 N. Los Angeles Minneapolis 5:00 - 6:00 pm Irene Hixon Whitney
- [Sudan's Struggle May 9 - May 20, 2024](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/05/26/sudans-struggle-may-9-may-20-2024/) - May 20 African Centre for Justice & Peace Studies reported that victims of gender-based violence in Darfur have endured unwanted pregnancies due to inadequate access to medical attention. Harrowing testimonies by survivors shed a new light on the realities of GBV at the hands of the RSF. ACJPS previously documented incidents where 14 women and
- [YES ― Institutions Splitting Over Genocide](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/05/23/yes-―-institutions-splitting-over-genocide/) - Institutions need to, and are, splitting apart over U.S. support of Israel's war on Gaza and the occupied territories of Palestine as we see more examples of individuals working in them stepping up and taking stands based on their morality. Tuesday, Democracy Now interviewed Lily Greenberg Call, First Jewish Biden Appointee to Publicly Resign
- [Breaking News on Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/05/23/breaking-news-on-guantanamo/) - Breaking news: The U.S. had arranged for 11 men to leave Guantanamo for Oman last fall, but the deal was called off because of pressure from Congressional Democrats after October 7: Andy Worthington, on CloseGuantanamo.org, reports Thanks to NBC News, and the four anonymous U.S. government officials who spoke to them, for exposing the
- [Sudan's Struggle April 2024 - May 2024](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/05/12/sundas-struggle-april-2024-may-2024/) - May 7 Salima Ishaq To combat the ongoing violence against women and girls in shelters, the Min of Social Development’s Unit for Combating Violence Against Children & Women is launching a training initiative for shelter staff. A report from UN Women highlighted that women and girls represent 53% of 6.7 million displaced individuals. Salima Ishaq,
- [Speaking With Students In April](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/05/15/speaking-with-students-in-april/) - We “traveled” remotely to college classrooms in April — we went to North Carolina and out to Long Island in NY. We also visited in NYC both in-person and remotely. Both NYC visits were to philosophy classes at a public university. Rosa del Duca explained how she had joined the National Guard in Montana thinking
- [NYC Close Guantanamo Now Vigil](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/05/09/nyc-close-guantanamo-now-vigil/) - Sharing with you a photo from our NYC vigil, part of the global vigils taking place the first Wednesday of each month, on May Day in front of the main public library on Fifth Avenue. Close Guantanamo now! Here's Debra with representatives of two of the co-sponsoring organizations: Ruth Benn of the NYC War Resisters League and
- [Never again is NOW](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/05/12/never-again-is-now/) - A note from Stephanie Rugoff: I am a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), a branch of the State University of New York (SUNY) located in Manhattan in NYC. I have also, over the years, including this semester, continued to take classes there as I enjoy the creative atmosphere at the place. Here's an email
- [Mistrial in Abu Ghraib Torture Trial](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/05/12/mistrial-in-abu-ghraib-torture-trial/) - The Center for Constitutional Rights announced May 2: "Today, after eight days of deliberations following a six-day trial, the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict in the case against a Virginia-based company for its well-documented role in the torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of three Iraqi men held in 2003-2004 at the infamous Abu
- [Our Peace Group Entered Israel, "The Democracy Of The Middle East" At The Allenby Bridge, On The River Jordan](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/05/08/our-peace-group-entered-israel-the-democracy-of-the-middle-east-at-the-allenby-bridge-on-the-river-jordan/) - By Mark Lee. Originally published in 1988.
- [Sudan's Struggle June 1, 2022 - July 30, 2022](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/07/30/sudans-struggle-june-1-2022-july-30-2022/) - July 30, 2022 136 people died as a result of inter-tribal attacks in W Darfur, S Kordofan and Abyei in June, NY-based human rights organization African Center for Justice & Peace Studies said. Conflicts over land led to displacement of 5,000 people: The conflicts are often related to border demarcation, gold mining areas, agricultural land,
- [Simply, we act to SAVE lives](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/05/03/simply-we-act-to-save-lives/) - Is the current problem on U.S. campuses that: students are taking time from studying to protest Israel's war on Gaza? that university authorities are calling in police and state troopers — and threatening the National Guard — to break up the protests and encampments violently? the U.S. is sending $billions to Israel — and 2000#
- [Act Now: Defend the Life of Rebel Rapper Toomaj Salehi!](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/05/03/act-now-defend-the-life-of-rebel-rapper-toomaj-salehi/) - From the International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran’s Political Prisoners Now (IEC): Act Now: Defend the Life of Rebel Rapper Toomaj Salehi! On April 24, Toomaj, Iranian rapper and songwriter, was sentenced to death by Iran’s theocrats for his rebel music, for standing up against injustice and for inspiring people worldwide with his courage. His
- [The "Abu Ghraib" Trial: U.S. corporation being sued by victims of torture at Abu Ghraib](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/05/03/the-abu-ghraib-trial-u-s-corporation-being-sued-by-victims-of-torture-at-abu-ghraib/) - From the Center on Constitutional Rights: For more on the ongoing trial, see Maha Halal's piece, Carceral Imperialism: Torture, Abu Ghraib, and the Legacy of the U.S. War on Iraq. 'To this day I feel humiliation for what was done to me… The time I spent in Abu Ghraib -- it ended my life. I'm only
- [Report on Wednesday May 1: Global Vigils to Close Guantanamo Now](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/05/03/report-on-wednesday-may-1-global-vigils-to-close-guantanamo-now/) - In London, Mexico City, Washington DC, NYC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit, Minneapolis We continue to highlight the 16 men still held in Guantanamo even though they have been "cleared" for release years ago. Andy Worthington on Sanad Al-Kazimi: Held for 900 Days Since Being Approved for Release from Guantánamo: Sanad Al-Kazimi, a Yemeni Torture Victim
- [Sudan’s Struggle April 10, 2024 - April 28 2024](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/04/28/sudans-struggle-april-10-2024-april-28-2024/) - April 28 Sudan requested an emergency UN Sec Council meeting on UAE aggression. For months the regular army accused the UAEof supporting the RSF...our permanent rep submitted a request for an urgent session of the Council to discuss the UAE's aggression. The Council expressed deep concern overescalating fighting in N Darfur and warned against the possibility
- [Sudan's Struggle  August 1, 2022 - September 30, 2022](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/09/30/sudans-struggle-august-1-september-30-2022/) - 2September 30, 2022 Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Khartoum, Wad Madani, Nyala, Dongola and Atbara yesterday in response to calls of Resistance Committees to demand overthrow of the coup and retribution for martyrs. Marches in Khartoum moved from El Deyoum El Shargiya towards the Republican Palace and participants carried banners. The regular
- [Columbia/Gaza](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/04/21/columbia-gaza/) - Thursday, we saw the most significant arrests of student protesters since 1968. Columbia University, whose president testified in Congress Monday, promising to crack down on pro-Palestinian voices, called in the NYC police to arrest 108 students camped out on the lawn as a protest of the genocide in Gaza. A student told The New York Times, “The police
- [U.S. torture regime - finally a trial](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/04/21/u-s-torture-regime-finally-a-trial/) - The United States of Torture Remember this image from the U.S. prison in Abu Ghraib, Iraq circa 2004? 20 years ago this week, news and photos revealed that U.S. soldiers and CIA agents were routinely torturing prisoners at Abu Ghraib, a U.S. Army detention center outside Baghdad
- [Sudan's Struggle October 2022 -  November 2022](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/11/05/sudans-struggle-october-2022-november-2022/) - Edited by Carol Dudek from news reports November 5, 2022 A year of Resistance and repression in one Sudanese town. Protesters are still regularly taking to the streets of Gedarif in defiance of the military. But the response has been brutal. Sudan's revolutionary project was unravelling, pulled apart by military forces
- [Sudan's Struggle March 8, 2024 - April 13, 2024](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/04/13/sudans-struggle-march-8-2024-april-13-2024/) - Edited by Carol Dudek from news reports April 13 Sudan’s Liberation Forces Alliance led by Hajar announced withdrawal from the Joint Force of Darfur Armed Movements because the latter decided to end its neutral position and join the Armed Forces in its war with the RSF. After eruption of the senseless war, the Armed Movements
- [Danger of wider war looms, but almost no comment](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/04/12/danger-of-wider-war-looms-but-almost-no-comment/) - While most of humanity has, rightly, been outraged at the growing system-caused famine in Gaza and as protests in the wake of IDF killing of the World Central Kitchen humanitarians apparently forced Israel to allow more aid trucks into Gaza, there are huge and alarming moves towards wider war that mostly get left in the
- [Al-Bashir is in prison but his officials are sweeping back into power.](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/04/11/al-bashir-is-in-prison-but-his-officials-are-sweeping-back-into-power/) - 3 years after the autocrat's removal, members of his government are again in prominent positions. Sara Abdelgalil, Sudanese Professionals Assoc, the first-ever woman to hold the role, got a call telling her al-Bashir was no longer president: It should have been a moment of great catharsis. The man whose intelligence and security services tortured and
- [A protester was shot in Khartoum by security services](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/31/a-protester-was-shot-in-khartoum-by-security-services/) - A protester was shot in Khartoum by security services, despite US sanctions against systematic and widespread use of extreme violence. Central Comm of Sudan Doctors: Assem Hasab Al-Rasoul, in his second decade of life, died after being shot in the chest. The coup authority is still using deadly violence against peaceful protesters who are still
- [1 dead, 78 injured in anniversary commemorating protests that heralded the overthrow of 30-year Al Bashir dictatorship.](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/04/07/1-dead-78-injured-in-anniversary-commemorating-protests-that-heralded-the-overthrow-of-30-year-al-bashir-dictatorship/) - 1 dead, 78 injured in anniversary commemorating protests that heralded the overthrow of 30-year Al Bashir dictatorship. According to Central Comm of Sudanese Doctors, Al Tayeb Abdelwahab,19, died after a bullet damaged his femoral artery when he was shot in the thigh; 22 protestors were injured by shotgun fire as cartridges exploded with shot pellets.
- [A protester was shot dead during the first nationwide anti-coup protests during the fasting month of Ramadan](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/04/06/a-protester-was-shot-dead-during-the-first-nationwide-anti-coup-protests-during-the-fasting-month-of-ramadan/) - A protester was shot dead during the first nationwide anti-coup protests during the fasting month of Ramadan in spite of regional and international calls to end violent repression. Sudanese carried out massive protests across the country to commemorate the 3rd anniversary of the collapse of the al-Bashir regime and rejection of military-led government. Security Forces
- [Attacks purportedly carried out by Russian armed grou](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/04/05/attacks-purportedly-carried-out-by-russian-armed-grou/) - Attacks purportedly carried out by Russian armed groups in gold-mining area of Central African Rep left hundreds dead and sent thousands into Sudan. The violence, attributed by eyewitnesses to Wagner Group mercenaries, whose chief is a close ally of Putin, is further evidence of geostrategic manoeuvring and gold rush in this part of Africa, with
- [The government sent more Central Reserve Forces to Darfur.](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/04/04/the-government-sent-more-central-reserve-forces-to-darfur/) - Last year El-Geneina witnessed unprecedented violent conflict, causing displacement of tens of thousands. Dir of Police: Forces arrived in the state will strike with an iron fist anyone who seeks to destabilize security. US placed Central Reserve Forces on its blacklist due to violations against peaceful protesters; US Treas imposed sanctions due to serious human
- [Al-Burhan and Perthes met to discuss the row triggered by recent briefing to the Security Council.](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/04/03/al-burhan-and-perthes-met-to-discuss-the-row-triggered-by-recent-briefing-to-the-security-council/) - Al-Burhan: We saw him talking and lying publicly. Perthes: The country has been without a government since the coup, continued anti-coup protests and violent repression against demonstrators, negative impact of the military coup on economic, security and humanitarian situations. Al-Burhan says he is ready to hand over power to an elected government or transitional cabinet
- [Israeli security officials met Sudanese military officials during a secret visit to Khartoum this week](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/04/02/israeli-security-officials-met-sudanese-military-officials-during-a-secret-visit-to-khartoum-this-week/) - Israeli security officials met Sudanese military officials during a secret visit to Khartoum this week…no further details. Israeli delegations visited several times since al-Burhan seized power. Last month, ousted Sudanese Amb to US, Sati, was axed after speaking out, he accused Jerusalem of backing the coup: Israel and others need to understand there will be
- [Millions more are set to go hungry this year](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/04/01/millions-more-are-set-to-go-hungry-this-year/) - Millions more are set to go hungry this year as economic turmoil and erratic rains drive up prices and reduce harvests, with a halt to foreign assistance and war in Ukraine putting food supplies at further risk. The rising levels of hunger forecast by UN threaten to further destabilise a country that faces growing conflict
- [More than 70 demonstrators injured during March of the Millions in Khartoum](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/30/more-than-70-demonstrators-injured-during-march-of-the-millions-in-khartoum/) - More than 70 demonstrators injured during March of the Millions in Khartoum, part of the peaceful revolutionary escalation to resist the coup announced for the last week of March. Central Comm of Sudan Doctors: 1 protestor will need eye surgery, 5 demonstrators were injured by stun grenades, 1 lost most of his hand, another 5
- [UNITAMS Head Perthes briefed UN Sec Council on deteriorating economic, humanitarian, security...](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/29/unitams-head-perthes-briefed-un-sec-council-on-deteriorating-economic-humanitarian-security/) - UNITAMS Head Perthes briefed UN Sec Council on deteriorating economic, humanitarian, security...outlined a joint effort to support Sudan through the next phase to restore constitutional order, cabinet and PM, date and conditions needed for an election: The situation has not improved. Time is not on Sudan’s side. I speak with urgency about the stability and
- [Khartoum saw mass protests again](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/28/khartoum-saw-mass-protests-again/) - Khartoum saw mass protests again Sat and Sun as part of the peaceful revolutionary escalation announced by Resistance Comm for the last week of March. Khartoum, Bahri and Omdurman government forces reacted violently with ammunition and tear gas, which left 1 protestor dead, 24 wounded, 5 with gunshot wounds. Sudanese Doctors Comm: 3 demonstrators were
- [Security Svcs suspended a Nyala theatre play about the revolution that overthrew al-Bashir](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/25/security-svcs-suspended-a-nyala-theatre-play-about-the-revolution-that-overthrew-al-bashir/) - Security Svcs suspended a Nyala theatre play about the revolution that overthrew al-Bashir. Interactive Theater Group of Bishish Cultural Center planned presentation of In the Days of Fear within Nyala Theater Festival. A security force summoned the dir. and asked him to moderate the contents, banned the play when refused. GIS personnel discussed content with
- [A protester was shot dead and dozens wounded](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/24/a-protester-was-shot-dead-and-dozens-wounded/) - A protester was shot dead and dozens wounded in fresh protests rejecting the coup that aggravated the economic crisis. Following a 2-day blockade of capital streets, thousands gathered before heading to the palace chanting pro-democracy slogans. Security Forces used excessive force to prevent them from reaching hqs…arrested several protesters and took them to an unknown
- [Another teenager killed.](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/22/another-teenager-killed/) - Joint security forces killed Babiker El Rasheed, 17, shooting him in the chest during Marches in Omdurman. The Marches were called to protest the military coup and restore teachers dignity' after weeks of teacher & student strikes. Joint forces heavily used tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets to repress peaceful demonstrations, which resulted in
- [187 protesters wounded when police used live rounds and tear gas to disperse demonstrations](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/17/187-protesters-wounded-when-police-used-live-rounds-and-tear-gas-to-disperse-demonstrations-against-deteriorating-economic-conditions-70-injured-by-scattered-gunshots-likely-from-a-cartridge-weapon/) - 187 protesters wounded when police used live rounds and tear gas to disperse demonstrations against deteriorating economic conditions; 70 injured by scattered gunshots, likely from a cartridge weapon. Protesters chanted slogans to hand over power to civilians. 3 unstable cases in intensive care, Central Comm of Sudanese Doctors… figures do not include wounded protesters treated
- [Khartoum Sudanese Doctors announced the death of Ahmed Abdelhadi, 13](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/21/khartoum-sudanese-doctors-announced-the-death-of-ahmed-abdelhadi-13/) - Khartoum Sudanese Doctors announced the death of Ahmed Abdelhadi, 13, as a result of a gunshot wound to the head by coup forces during processions March 17. The Comm condemned the excessive violence…without any concern for the safety of protestors; demonstrators are guaranteed their right to nonviolent resistance. Of 88 demonstrators who died since the
- [Pt Sudan demonstrations against visit of Hemeti Dagalo](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/20/pt-sudan-demonstrations-against-visit-of-hemeti-dagalo/) - Protestors blocked streets with stones and tyres...police fired tear gas, used excessive violence inside and outside univ campus, which led to a fire in one of the buildings. Workers at seaports in Red Sea State expressed concerns about privatisation of the port following an agreement between El Burhan and UAE. Seaports workers leader: UAE ports
- [Khartoum and the States are witnessing a steady increase in lawlessness](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/18/khartoum-and-the-states-are-witnessing-a-steady-increase-in-lawlessness/) - Khartoum and the States are witnessing a steady increase in lawlessness, killings during armed robberies, robbing on streets at gunpoint, theft at medical institutions, shops, homes. People reported most perpetrators wear military uniforms; lawlessness of forces is attributed to defective training and low salaries. Intelligence and security forces including RSF, Armed Forces, Gen Intelligence Svc,
- [54 people with injuries admitted to El Jawda Hosp after army, Police and paramilitary Central Reserve Forces used tear gas, rubber bullets, stun grenades, automatic weapons against peaceful demonstrations.](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/09/54-people-with-injuries-admitted-to-el-jawda-hosp-after-army-police-and-paramilitary-central-reserve-forces-used-tear-gas-rubber-bullets-stun-grenades-automatic-weapons-against-peaceful-demonstrat/) - Marches organised by Khartoum Resistance Comm moved to the palace; processions to coincide with Intl Women’s Day moved to east and west Khartoum expressing solidarity with women and political detainees; demonstrations held in 11 more cities and towns. Military Hosp Khartoum was stormed, protesters being treated were detained after a stun grenade was thrown into
- [The young woman was gang-raped by security forces](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/16/the-young-woman-was-gang-raped-by-security-forces/) - The young woman was gang-raped by security forces, confirmed the head of Combating Violence against Women Unit, Selima Khalifa Ishaq. Ishaq said survivors need medical care & psychological support in the first stage and legal support after that. The student did not participate in the anti-coup protests, was in a minibus returning home when security
- [104 injured during March 14 processions in Khartoum](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/07/104-injured-during-march-14-processions-in-khartoum/) - 104 injured during March 14 processions in Khartoum, Omdurman. Tear gas, automatic rifles, stun grenades the primary source of injury. 3 protesters run over by vehicles. Sudanese Socialist Doctors Assoc said hospitals received dozens of injuries by bullets and airgun ammunition in head and chest, required intensive care and urgent surgical intervention. Many demonstrators managed
- [Security forces raped a girl they arrested after her participation in anti-coup protests in what has become a weapon to dissuade women from taking to the streets.](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/14/security-forces-raped-a-girl-they-arrested-after-her-participation-in-anti-coup-protests-in-what-has-become-a-weapon-to-dissuade-women-from-taking-to-the-streets/) - Government forces massively deployed to disperse protests used tear gas, stun grenades and water cannons in Khartoum. Forces fired tear gas inside a bus, forcing passengers to flee, arrested and raped a univ student while her female colleague succeeded to escape. Combating Violence Against Women Unit confirmed a girl was subjected to sexual violence during
- [Crown Prince, Abu Dhabi, pledged support of Sudanese economy](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/11/crown-prince-abu-dhabi-pledged-support-of-sudanese-economy/) - Crown Prince, Abu Dhabi, pledged support of Sudanese economy, announced large deposits in Sudanese banks and development projects. Al-Burhan visiting UAE; meeting attended by GIS, discussed bilateral relations; Sovereign Council reaffirmed support for all national initiatives aimed at stabilizing Sudan. Sudan Tribune
- [2 more protesters were murdered yesterday.](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/10/2-more-protesters-were-murdered-yesterday/) - At least 87 protesters killed since the coup. 11-year-old boy shot in the chest in Omdurman, Socialist Doctors Assoc reported, at least 20 injured. Khartoum’s demonstrations, sit-ins, vigils, road closures faced excessive violence and repression. Resistance Comm members burned tires and barricaded several streets. Bullets were fired at demonstrators, which led to the death of
- [Authorities announced a ban on demonstrations](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/07/authorities-announced-a-ban-on-demonstrations/) - Authorities announced a ban on demonstrations in Central Khartoum from the railway to army Command to Nile St. Canada, Norway, Spain, France, Japan, Sweden, Germany, Ireland, UK, Rep of Korea, US, Netherlands, EU laments the coup reversed the progress made following the 2018 uprising:...Sudan took important steps in improving human rights protection; we call on
- [Amnesty Intl demands release of Mohamed Adam, 17, and Mohamed El Fateh, 18](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/03/amnesty-intl-demands-release-of-mohamed-adam-17-and-mohamed-el-fateh-18/) - Amnesty Intl demands release of Mohamed Adam, 17, and Mohamed El Fateh, 18, detained since Jan 14 on suspicion of killing police officer and subjected to severe torture: there are credible concerns the youths were abducted and held without charge and subjected to torture. Adam, nicknamed Tubak, and El Fateh have been held without charges
- [FFC accused Russia of backing the coup.](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/03/ffc-accused-russia-of-backing-the-coup/) - During a visit to Russia, Dagalo discussed political and economic issues and cooperation in national security. The Declaration accused Russia of stealing resources of the country and using lands in geopolitical regional and international conflicts. Russia hailed the coup. Sudan is possibly the most important source of African gold for Russia, smuggled hundreds of tonnes
- [Slain protestors buried in Omdurman and Bahri yesterday. 200 protesters in Khartoum and El Gezira were injured.](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/02/slain-protestors-buried-in-omdurman-and-bahri-yesterday-200-protesters-in-khartoum-and-el-gezira-were-injured/) - 130 injuries total: Bahri 44, Omdurman 15, Wad Madani 9, by canisters, rubber bullets, stun grenades, machine guns, brutal beatings. Unified Doctors Office condemned storming of El Arbaeen Hosp where forces threw stones, smashing windows and doors, firing tear gas canisters into the operating room; army stormed Khartoum Ear, Nose & Throat Hosp chasing demonstrators.
- [Demonstrators were able to reach the palace despite repression and tear gas](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/01/demonstrators-were-able-to-reach-the-palace-despite-repression-and-tear-gas/) - Khartoum Resistance Comm called protesters to withdraw from the vicinity after 2 hours due to the excessive violence against them. army and Police chased demonstrators using ammunition and tear gas. Huge crowds flocked to the palace, blocked roads using barricades before withdrawing. A large number came out in El Gezira, N Kordofan, El Gedaref, Kassala,
- [Forces killed 2 protesters as they dispersed demonstrators](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/02/28/forces-killed-2-protesters-as-they-dispersed-demonstrators/) - Forces killed 2 protesters as they dispersed demonstrators who managed to reach the palace. An unidentified person had been killed by live bullets in the head, the other shot in the abdomen and chest. Similar protests in Khartoum north and Omdurman. Security Forces fired on protesters and attacked hospitals, hunted protesters when they started withdrawal
- [Dep Head Sovereign Counci Gen Dagalo Hemetti continued meeting with Russian officials](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/02/26/dep-head-sovereign-counci-gen-dagalo-hemetti-continued-meeting-with-russian-officials/) - Dep Head Sovereign Counci Gen Dagalo Hemetti continued meeting with Russian officials in Moscow, unconcerned by invasion of Ukraine and international condemnation. Sudan Tribune
- [Death toll from suppression of pro-democracy protests has risen to 83](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/02/27/death-toll-from-suppression-of-pro-democracy-protests-has-risen-to-83/) - Sudan Doctors: Death toll from suppression of pro-democracy protests has risen to 83. A man hit by live ammunition in the pelvis Feb 14 succumbed to his wounds. The coup authority continues to kill our peaceful and defenceless people with various types of weapons and continues violations against humanity with excessive violence & bloody repression
- [Visiting Classrooms in March](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/04/06/visiting-classrooms-in-march/) - March saw We Are Not Your Soldiers visiting a lot of schools, one in Philadelphia and the rest in various boroughs of New York City. Lyle Rubin spoke remotely with four Philly high school classes that have been researching different career paths whose teacher wanted them to have more information about the military than they
- [Authorities used heavy violence and tear gas at yesterday’s Marches of Millions...](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/02/25/authorities-used-heavy-violence-and-tear-gas-at-yesterdays-marches-of-millions/) - Authorities used heavy violence and tear gas at yesterday’s Marches of Millions, in which people headed to the palace. Marches in Bahri and Omdurman were subjected to excessive violence. The surprise marches were announced only a day before to demand an end to the military coup and full civilian rule. A number were injured as
- [Authorities arrested prominent FFC leaders and charged them with breach of trust.](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/02/19/authorities-arrested-prominent-ffc-leaders-and-charged-them-with-breach-of-trust/) - Comm for Defence of People Affected by Unlawful Detention & Mass Killing Martyrs condemned detention of the lawyer saying he enjoys advocates’ immunity. Sudanese Professionals Assoc condemned the arrest saying it was part of the arbitrary arrests campaign targeting Resistance Committees, anti-coup political and civil society groups. Detainees held in a section of Soba Prison
- [The ongoing campaign of detentions does not even spare children.](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/02/21/the-ongoing-campaign-of-detentions-does-not-even-spare-children/) - Authorities detained a 14-year-old girl during marches in Omdurman. 200 injured in Break the Chains Marches subjected to excessive violence, heavy firing of ammunition and tear gas. Large crowds demonstrated in Khartoum and other states to demand release of detainees. Forces fired tear gas at hundreds who tried to rally outside the palace where the
- [Security Forces detained 38 activists and took them to unknown destinations.](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/02/18/security-forces-detained-38-activists-and-took-them-to-unknown-destinations/) - 100 detainees in Soba Prison continued a hunger strike for the 4th day. 17 artists held while painting murals near Tahrir Stadium, Khartoum. Neighborhood committees threatened to close the capital and paralyze traffic permanently if detainees are not released. This is not the first time artists are detained. 2020, members of FEED Arts group, and
- [Al-Burhan dismissed western threats of sanctions tied to protests](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/02/13/al-burhan-dismissed-western-threats-of-sanctions-tied-to-protests/) - Al-Burhan dismissed western threats of sanctions tied to protests, and discussed meetings between Sudanese and Israeli officials he said were for security cooperation, not politics. He lauded ties with Israel, saying intelligence-sharing between the former adversaries helped arrest suspected fighters in his country. Sudan and Israel normalized relations as part of US-brokered deals between Israel
- [Authorities arrested former Cab Affairs Min Youssef and 2 members of Empowerment Removal Committee](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/02/09/authorities-arrested-former-cab-affairs-min-youssef-and-2-members-of-empowerment-removal-committee/) - Authorities arrested former Cab Affairs Min Youssef and 2 members of Empowerment Removal Committee…prominent FFC member Salih, outspoken opponent of coup. Youssef and Salih are part of FFC delegation that met with UNITAMS to end the crisis. SCoP expected more arrests to take place in coming days:...It is the only weapon the authority possesses...called for
- [In a meeting with UNITAMS, FFC called for new transitional constitution](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/02/08/in-a-meeting-with-unitams-ffc-called-for-new-transitional-constitution/) - In a meeting with UNITAMS, FFC called for new transitional constitution that establishes civilian government without the military and prepare for elections…position paper on how to resolve the political crisis...form a transitional government that would lead the country for 2 years. Former Cab Affairs Min and FFC Leading Member: UN initiative pledged to deal with
- [Security Forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters where thousands took to the streets.](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/02/07/security-forces-fired-tear-gas-to-disperse-protesters-where-thousands-took-to-the-streets/) - Mass demonstrations in response to calls of Resistance Committees took place in Khartoum and numerous cities east, north and central regions, demanding overthrow of coup authorities and full civilian rule. March of Millions proceeded to the republican palace. 4 protesters wounded in Omdurman by ammunition. Socialist Doctors Assoc reported authorities confronted processions with excessive violence,
- [Perthes met with al-Burhan to stress the need to stop violence against protesters](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/02/04/perthes-met-with-al-burhan-to-stress-the-need-to-stop-violence-against-protesters/) - Perthes met with al-Burhan to stress the need to stop violence against protesters and create a conducive environment to ensure success of political process to end crisis. Sudan Tribune
- [In another sign of growing anger and rejection of military rule](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/01/30/in-another-sign-of-growing-anger-and-rejection-of-military-rule/) - In another sign of growing anger and rejection of military rule, north Sudan states are blocking highways to prevent exportation of goods to Egypt, accused of supporting coup leaders. Sudan Tribune
- [Social dimension of Resistance Committees:](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/01/26/social-dimension-of-resistance-committees/) - Social dimension of Resistance Committees: They organise support for families of killed, wounded, missing and detained protesters. They use smart approaches to ward off cunning attempts to drag them into violent behaviour...formed a peaceful human wall in Omdurman to receive a demonstration from Khartoum N earlier this month. Security Forces used tear gas canisters horizontally
- [Resistance Committees demands: they want part of the revenues...](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/01/21/resistance-committees-demands-they-want-part-of-the-revenues/) - Resistance Committees demands: they want part of the revenues of gold mining and resources in North State to be used for benefit of people in the state. Most profit from state resources that flow to Khartoum. Dabanga
- [As part of the civil disobedience campaign...](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/01/19/as-part-of-the-civil-disobedience-campaign/) - As part of the civil disobedience campaign, judicial workers including prosecutors and judges said they would not work for a state committing crimes against humanity. Univ profs, corporations, doctors joined the movement. UNITAMS announced UN-facilitated process as a way out of the crisis, and the military confirmed decision to accept. US, EU, Norway, UK called
- [7 demonstrators were shot dead during March of Millions bound for the palace.](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/01/18/7-demonstrators-were-shot-dead-during-march-of-millions-bound-for-the-palace/) - These deaths sparked a call from FFC to launch a comprehensive 2-day campaign of civil disobedience condemning the massacre. Central Comm of Sudan Doctors reported forces fired live ammunition, tear gas canisters and stun grenades to disperse demonstrators in Khartoum, Bahri, Omdurman. Forensic Doctors Assoc said 70 injured in El Jawda Hosp including 6 serious
- [Min of Info & Culture withdrew the license of Al Jazeera Live and closed its office.](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/01/16/min-of-info-culture-withdrew-the-license-of-al-jazeera-live-and-closed-its-office/) - Preparatory Committee for Restoration of Sudanese Journalists Syndicate described the closure an extension of practices of the authorities toward journalists. 64 demonstrators have been shot dead, fatally wounded by tear gas canisters or excessive blows. The journalists' committee denounced growing hostility toward journalists covering demonstrations in the past couple of weeks. It pointed to forces
- [Protester killed as forces violently crackdown on protests.](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/01/12/protester-killed-as-forces-violently-crackdown-on-protests/) - A young protester died after he was shot in the abdomen by Security Forces during yesterday’s Marches of Millions, Central Comm of Sudanese Doctors reported.
- [Crew members of press attacked with tear gas canisters while filming protests.](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/01/12/crew-members-of-press-attacked-with-tear-gas-canisters-while-filming-protests/) - Joint security forces stormed Al Arabiya and Al Hadath satellite TV, assaulted journalists, destroyed equipment, stole belongings. Staff of Asharq News and Sky News Arabia were threatened. During Marches of Millions Dec 19, journalists and media professionals in the capital were beaten and detained. Authorities cut off internet services, phone networks, closed bridges and main
- [The outrage of continuing war crimes](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/03/30/the-outrage-of-continuing-war-crimes/) - You'll be forgiven if you think this is an image of Gaza. It's Mozul, Iraq, a decade ago. The Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal just released this video. The bloody destruction of Mosul by U.S. led coalition forces is examined in detail with particular emphasis on the complicity of U.S. weapons manufacturers. War Crimes and
- [Wednesday April 3 Global Vigils to Close Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/03/30/wednesday-april-3-global-vigils-to-close-guantanamo/) - Join us in NYC, Washington DC, San Francisco, Detroit, LA, Minneapolis, Cobleskill NY and London and Mexico City. Note: NYC vigil is 5:00-6:00 pm ET. Held for 900 Days Since Being Approved for Release from Guantánamo: Sanad Al-Kazimi, a Yemeni Torture Victim, by Andy Worthington: The ninth article in my ongoing series about the 16 men
- [FFC Natl Charter, which supports the military, postponed signing a joint declaration](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/01/08/ffc-natl-charter-which-supports-the-military-postponed-signing-a-joint-declaration/) - FFC Natl Charter, which supports the military, postponed signing a joint declaration…. includes SLM-Minawi, JEM-Ibrahim, NUP, small groups who brought PM Hamdok to sign the agreement with coup leaders. NUP issued a statement rejecting the deal, re-called adherence to the joint stance of FFC. Groups disposed to sign: JEM, SLM-MM Republican Party, Haq Movement, United
- [Al-Burhan has given Gen Intelligence Svc authority to arrest civilians](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/12/27/al-burhan-has-given-gen-intelligence-svc-authority-to-arrest-civilians/) - Al-Burhan has given Gen Intelligence Svc authority to arrest civilians during the State of Emergency - the right to arrest people, search, monitor property and objects, seize funds, prohibit or regulate movement of people - clearly breaches the Constitutional Declaration governing the transitional period. Sudan Tribune Demonstrators wounded in chest and legs by tear gas
- [The rape of female protestors by Security Forces after arrests in Khartoum was confirmed by Combating Violence Against Women Unit.](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/12/25/the-rape-of-female-protestors-by-security-forces-after-arrests-in-khartoum-was-confirmed-by-combating-violence-against-women-unit/) - UN Human Rights Office received allegations that 13 women and girls were victims of rape or gang rape. Darfur Bar Assoc received 30 complaints of sexual harassment, including 16 complaints of rape by Security Forces. Hundreds of women have taken to the streets to protest against sexual violence and harassment to show they were not
- [The transitional government’s reform represented threats to entrenched financial interests of the business empires the security sector continued to control.](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/12/23/the-transitional-governments-reform-represented-threats-to-entrenched-financial-interests-of-the-business-empires-the-security-sector-continued-to-control/) - The transitional government’s reform represented threats to entrenched financial interests of the business empires the security sector continued to control. Sudan Tribune
- [Use of anti-aircraft weapons and armour-piercing bullets by Security Forces and Rapid Support Forces.](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/12/14/use-of-anti-aircraft-weapons-and-armour-piercing-bullets-by-security-forces-and-rapid-support-forces/) - Activists were able to document use of heavy weapons. The footage shows demonstrators were confronted with weapons prohibited from being used against civilians.
- [During a peaceful rally in Omdurman participants launched balloons with names of revolution martyrs. Security Forces dispersed protesters using tear gas and batons.](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/12/13/during-a-peaceful-rally-in-omdurman-participants-launched-balloons-with-names-of-revolution-martyrs-security-forces-dispersed-protesters-using-tear-gas-and-batons/) - During a peaceful rally in Omdurman participants launched balloons with names of revolution martyrs. Security Forces dispersed protesters using tear gas and batons. 6 people wounded, including 3 suffocated. Sudan Tribune
- [Activists called on global community to starve the military of aid:](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/12/11/activists-called-on-global-community-to-starve-the-military-of-aid/) - In the interest of the people and protesters, the global community must not support this government in any way. Resistance Comm, Khartoum: Any aid that comes will just support the coup. It won’t benefit the people. Protesters are urging world powers not to resume development aid to their government for fear of legitimising the coup
- [Resistance Committees rejected calls by UN Secy-Gen to support Hamdok-al Burhan agreement; groups protested outside UNITAMS.](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/12/05/resistance-committees-rejected-calls-by-un-secy-gen-to-support-hamdok-al-burhan-agreement-groups-protested-outside-unitams/) - Calls by Guterres to accept are generating reactions among groups who rejected the deal that recognizes and legalizes the coup. Resistance groups handed a memo to the Special Rep, stressing the agreement does not pave the way for a democratic transition, denounced statements in support of the agreement as biased to the fascist government at
- [Security Forces intensified lethal force to quell protests, carrying out dozens of unlawful killings, leaving 50 people with gunshot wounds.](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/11/24/security-forces-intensified-lethal-force-to-quell-protests-carrying-out-dozens-of-unlawful-killings-leaving-50-people-with-gunshot-wounds/) - Sudanese Doctors’ Comm reports 40 people killed mostly by ammunition since State of Emergency. Others suffocated from widespread use of tear gas. 9 protesters killed Nov 13 & 17 from gunshots, sniper fire. Police, RSF and elements belonging to armed groups of Juba Peace Agreement used ammunition to disperse protesters. Washington Post
- [Many are angry at a brazen, self-serving act by the military's top brass.](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/11/19/many-are-angry-at-a-brazen-self-serving-act-by-the-militarys-top-brass/) - While there had been tensions between military and civilian leaders sharing power, the timing was daring, seen as an insult. In Omdurman, young volunteers run local service committees that ensure essentials such as bread, sugar and cooking gas. They have become the pro-democracy organisers mobilising residents. They arrange mass demonstrations, neighbourhood rallies, vigils and erect
- [Constitutional Declaration speaks about conducting transitional justice and accountability for crimes against humanity and war crimes.](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/11/18/constitutional-declaration-speaks-about-conducting-transitional-justice-and-accountability-for-crimes-against-humanity-and-war-crimes/) - Constitutional Declaration speaks about conducting transitional justice and accountability for crimes against humanity and war crimes. Sudan Tribune
- [Sudanese Professionals Assoc, prominent pro-democracy group at the forefront since 2018, instrumental in protests that toppled al Bashir.](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/11/08/sudanese-professionals-assoc-prominent-pro-democracy-group-at-the-forefront-since-2018-instrumental-in-protests-that-toppled-al-bashir/) - Its trade union confederation is hoping for full civilian government: This fragile partnership collapsed and it is time to move to full civilian government. You cannot hold a political dialogue with a defence institution holding a gun. FFC, main civilian body spearheaded 2019 protests. Al Jazeera
- [A defence lawyer said 4 government ministers are among 100 officials and political leaders arrested.](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/11/05/a-defence-lawyer-said-4-government-ministers-are-among-100-officials-and-political-leaders-arrested/) - A defence lawyer said 4 government ministers are among 100 officials and political leaders arrested. Al Jazeera
- [Al-Burhan’s power grab was an attempt to preserve the military’s power and economic privileges.](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/11/04/al-burhans-power-grab-was-an-attempt-to-preserve-the-militarys-power-and-economic-privileges/) - Senior military officials benefit from military-industrial complex, dominated by a network of companies controlled by the army in key industries gold, rubber, meat exports, flour, sesame. CNBC
- [Some political observers believe the coup was a crude attempt by old guard to retake power.](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/10/31/some-political-observers-believe-the-coup-was-a-crude-attempt-by-old-guard-to-retake-power/) - Sudan reached this point due to a post-revolution political dilemma and stalling by army, remnants of Bashir regime and Muslim Brotherhood figures, RSF, regional actors. The Transitional Govt’s reforms and anti-corruption measures threatened the generals’ vast economic holdings, their traditional privileges might evaporate, and they feared prosecution for crimes of the al Bashir era. Their
- [6 men were shot dead in cold blood and hundreds injured simply for exercising their right to peaceful assembly.](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/10/25/6-men-were-shot-dead-in-cold-blood-and-hundreds-injured-simply-for-exercising-their-right-to-peaceful-assembly/) - This is unconscionable and must not be allowed to happen again. Sudan’s military led by al Burhan must make no mistake about it. The world is watching and will not tolerate further bloodshed. They must order effective & independent investigations into killings and ensure that anyone suspected of responsibility for arbitrary or abusive force is
- [Biden's idea: Haitian refugees to GITMO](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/03/17/bidens-idea-haitian-refugees-to-gitmo/) - Genocide Joe Biden was the VP of the president who was going to close Guantanamo, Day 1. Twelve years later, as President, he mumbled something about closing it some day. How's that going? Thirty men still imprisoned there, most without charges. Sixteen of those "cleared" for release years ago, still there. Now, Democracy Now reports,
- [How could Israel be more destructive than the US in Iraq?](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/03/10/how-could-israel-be-more-destructive-than-the-us-in-iraq/) - 21 years now since "Shock & Awe," the all-out bombing assault which took the already decade-long U.S. war on the people of Iraq to its most lethal level, and people of the region – indeed humanity everywhere – are less safe. Those opposing U.S. imperialist domination are called terrorists and confronted by bombs and drones
- [Let's make a leap](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/03/02/lets-make-a-leap/) - People – we really need to leap ahead this leap year in stopping the crimes of our government. Please use this extra day to speak out, educate others, take action. This Saturday there are world-wide actions for Palestine including demonstrations around the U.S. Find one near you and participate. Our last message asked whether it was "over the top" to show UN
- [Wednesday March 6: Global Vigils to Close Guantanamo Now](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/03/02/wednesday-march-6-global-vigils-to-close-guantanamo-now/) - Sponsored by World Can't Wait, Amnesty International and many partner organizations. More info here. Join us at these Rally Locations or organize where you are: Cobleskill, NY 5-6 PM ET 514 West Main Street Detroit, MI 4-4:30 PM McNamara Federal Building, 477 Michigan Avenue London, UK 1-3 PM GMT Parliament
- [Humanity asks: What is over the top?](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/02/23/humanity-asks-what-is-over-the-top/) - This week the U.S. distinguished itself from every other nation on the UN Security Council by vetoing – for third time – a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Headlines, reporters and, most of all, people in Gaza are credibly screaming that the death, injury and starvation of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians
- [Legitimacy of the U.S. Torture Prison at Guantanamo Questioned](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/02/23/legitimacy-of-the-u-s-torture-prison-at-guantanamo-questioned/) - The New York Times reported from the Guantanamo courtroom last week: February 12 – A defense lawyer asked a military judge to dismiss the Sept. 11 conspiracy charges against a Saudi prisoner who was tortured in C.I.A. custody, describing the secret overseas prison network where the man was held as part of a “vast criminal international enterprise”
- [An Even Greater Crime Looms](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/02/14/an-even-greater-crime-looms/) - It's almost unbearable to witness the suffering of the Palestinians in Gaza. And now we anticipate Israel spreading its military invasion further into Rafah, the city in southern Gaza where Palestinians had been told by the Israel Defense Forces to take refuge to avoid being killed. Here in the United States many people may not
- [Oppose moral injury caused by your government](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/02/14/oppose-moral-injury-caused-by-your-government/) - You feel it when we say "stop the crimes of your government." You agree "humanity and the planet come first." Friends – join in the mission of World Can't Wait and its We Are Not Your Soldiers project. 🌍 Become a monthly sustainer. Some sustainers give $2.00 – and many donate more – a month. More sustainers are needed to expand
- [Close Guantanamo NOW Global Monthly Vigils: Wednesdays February 7 & March 6](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/02/06/close-guantanamo-now-global-monthly-vigils-wednesdays-february-7-march-6/) - We'll be out Wednesday in front of the NYC Public Library 4:00 - 5:00 pm and elsewhere around the globe. Torture and detention without due process continue, even as the majority of prisoners there have been "cleared for release," while still not allowed to leave.
- [Why is the U.S. military in Jordan, anyway?](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/02/05/why-is-the-u-s-military-in-jordan-anyway/) - Until three U.S. soldiers were killed by a drone strike on a remote base in Jordan last month, most people living in the U.S. had no idea there are 45,000 U.S. troops in the Middle East, spread around Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The U.S. naval armada in the region
- [Anti-war veterans ready to visit classes](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/01/24/anti-war-veterans-ready-to-visit-classes/) - No fee charged to the school: We Are Not Your Soldiers is set to come to your school this semester with an anti-war veteran who will dialogue with your students and be ready to answer any of their questions. Depending on your location our visit will either be in person or via remote technology. Educators and students: please
- [Yemen Attack: Whose Interests are served?](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/01/17/yemen-attack-whose-interests-are-served/) - Last week and today, the US (and the UK and a few other countries reminiscent of Bush's "coalition" attack on Iraq) sent missiles into more than 60 targets in Yemen - one of the world poorest countries. The justification they give is to stop Houthi rebels from firing missiles and drones at commercial ships in
- [Photos and Report: The Global Vigils for the Closure of Guantánamo on the 22nd Anniversary of the Prison’s Opening](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/01/15/photos-and-report-the-global-vigils-for-the-closure-of-guantanamo-on-the-22nd-anniversary-of-the-prisons-opening/) - Click here to read the orginal post on andyworthington.co.uk. For those of us who care about quaint notions like the rule of law, due process, habeas corpus, the Geneva Conventions, the prohibition on the use of torture, the right to a fair trial, and the right not to be indefinitely imprisoned without charge or trial,
- [Guantanamo – Let's SHUT IT DOWN](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/01/10/guantanamo-lets-shut-it-down/) - Why we won’t shut up about closing the U.S. torture camp at Guantanamo: on the basis of morality, holding people outside the law is utterly immoral. on the grounds of the rights of human beings, the prison gets a score of zero. Guantanamo has set a precedent that the most powerful state and military can
- [Next week, Join protests to Close Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/01/06/next-week-join-protests-to-close-guantanamo/) - Thursday January 11: 22 years since the Bush/Cheney regime set up the U.S. torture camp on Guantanamo, to imprison people outside the law. We demand it be closed now! Join us in cities across the U.S. Join Vigils and Rallies Across the U.S. January 10, 11, 12 and 13 Sponsors: World Can’t Wait, Amnesty International US, Center for Constitutional Rights,
- [December 28 Actions For Palestine](https://worldcantwait.org/2024/01/06/december-28-actions-for-palestine/) - From Jewish Elders: Thousands of New Yorkers marched silently through the streets of Manhattan. The procession was led and organized by Jewish Elders. The marchers carried hundreds of effigies of children wrapped for burial, symbolizing the more than 10,000 children killed since October seventh. Amidst the rage and grief, the mourners demand ceasefire, an end
- [NYC rally to CLOSE Guantanamo Now](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/12/29/nyc-rally-to-close-guantanamo-now/) - Thursday January 11, 22nd anniversary of the U.S. Torture Camp 4:00 - 5:30 pm NY Public Library steps, Fifth Avenue @41st Street Please share Facebook event. Among the speakers: Imam Saffet Catovic, National Religious Campaign Against Torture Board, Muslim Chaplain at Drew University Martha Rayner, Professor of Law, Fordham University, who represents a Yemeni prisoner Co-sponsors:
- [Let us do all we can to stop war crimes](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/12/29/let-us-do-all-we-can-to-stop-war-crimes/) - I expect everyone reading this cherishes being together with loved ones, friends and communities while also feeling the deep contrast with how much of humanity is struggling to survive — or not surviving — as we celebrate the holidays. Peoples' genuine wishes for peace and justice are real. But the belligerent governments on all sides of the major global conflicts are criminally
- [Toomaj Salehi](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/12/27/toomaj-salehi/) - Larray Felson | December 27, 2023 This is a message from The International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran’s Political Prisoners Now! (IEC) regarding Iranian political prisoner rapper Toomaj Salehi, calling for a flowering of cultural events that celebrate Toomaj’s inspiring music and example. Toomaj took part in protests last year upholding the Women Life Freedom movement after
- [Marine Veteran, Miles Megaciph, Explains To Students His Urgency To Speak Out](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/12/23/miles-megaciph-speaking-with-students/) - We want to share with you this three-minute excerpt of comments made by Miles Megaciph while speaking with students during a November We Are Not Your Soldiers presentation in Ohio. Make a donation onlineSend checks or money orders, payable to "World Can't Wait"To make a tax-deductible donation of $100 or more in
- [Help Deliver This Message To Students](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/12/23/help-deliver-this-message-to-students/) - Dear friend, Honestly, our message is late this year because… how does one start? World Can’t Wait runs on the commitment that “Humanity and the Planet Come First.” As do you, we acutely feel the challenge to stop the current unnecessary suffering of humanity and we see that the danger to our planet is truly
- [Next Evidentiary Episode: The Kunduz Hospital Bombing](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/12/19/next-evidentiary-episode-the-kunduz-hospital-bombing/) - From Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal: This new video evidentiary episode of the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal continues our examination of the U.S. war against Afghanistan by focusing on the horrific and relentless bombing of the Kunduz Hospital by U.S. attack planes. This brutal attack on the Doctors Without Borders Hospital stunned
- [Please Support WeAreNotYourSoldiers for 2024](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/12/16/please-support-wearenotyoursoldiers-for-2024/) - Formed in 2008, We Are Not Your Soldiers continues to bring veterans into classrooms to share their experiences in the U.S. military while engaging in dialogue with students, exposing imperial wars to a generation – actually, a society – largely unaware of the crimes being carried out throughout the world in their names. In 2023 our ground-breaking We
- [8000 days](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/12/02/wednesday-december-6-8000-days-almost-21-years-close-guantanamo-now/) - Wednesday December 6: 8000 days & almost 21 years Close Guantanamo NOW Global Vigils Wednesday December 6, the 8000th day of this torture prison. If you can’t make it to a vigil, you can still get involved in calling for Guantánamo’s closure, because we’re marking 8,000 days of Guantánamo’s existence — as we do every 100
- [Calling for a Permanent Ceasefire](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/12/02/calling-for-a-permanent-ceasefire/) - A note from Stephanie Rugoff: This past Sunday November 26, at the end of the long Thanksgiving weekend, I was one of 1500 people brought together at the entrance/exit of the beautiful architecture of the Manhattan Bridge by Jewish Voice for Peace. I was joined by my husband, my son and many friends. Based on
- [Henry Kissinger finally died at 100](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/12/02/henry-kissinger-finally-died-at-100/) - Central to the U.S. project to become the uncontested ruler of the world after WW II, his involvement and promotion of war crimes was spectacular. Rest in ignominy. World Can't Wait organized protest for years every time he appeared in NYC. Our project WarCriminalsWatch.org has gathered the history of those crimes, from Vietnam to Chile. Anthony Bourdain,
- [News flash – 90% of U.S. "aid" to Ukraine goes to weapons manufacturers. ](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/12/02/news-flash-90-of-u-s-aid-to-ukraine-goes-to-weapons-manufacturers/) - Marc Theissen, the Washington Post opinion writer, former W Bush scriptwriter and Fox commentator (in other words, not someone whose opinion should be esteemed), told some truth today that we should note: Ukraine aid’s best-kept secret: Most of the money stays in the U.S.A. "Here is the best-kept secret about U.S. military aid to Ukraine: Most
- [So much to be said + we listen](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/11/18/so-much-to-be-said-we-listen/) - The ravaging of humanity itself by imperialist governments is ramping up so intensely – in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan – that it's provoking righteous global protest, even here in the belly of the beast. I'm finding the controversy is opening people such as my neighbors, who are first, second and third generation immigrants, to learn more
- [The Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/11/18/the-merchants-of-death-war-crimes-tribunal/) - > Watch full opening session here. Included, above, a special report by Christian Sorensen on U.S. arms sales to Israel. Tribunal organizers today sent this call: Due to the horrific events in Gaza, we call on all United States citizens to engage in nonviolent action to blockade weapons manufacturers violating the Leahy Law(Section 362 of
- [Films of the GI Antiwar Resistance (panel)](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/11/18/films-of-the-gi-antiwar-resistance-panel/) - Wednesday, November 29 • 8 PM EST A panel of filmmakers discussing their role in producing films speak on the scale and impact of the GI movement, the role of artists in supporting antiwar soldiers, and honoring helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson who tried to halt the killing and rescue civilians in the midst of the
- [Close Guantanamo Global Protests, Wednesday December 6: 8000 Days of Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/11/18/close-guantanamo-global-protests-wednesday-december-6-8000-days-of-guantanamo/) - Put it on your calendar and stay tuned for locations. From Andy Worthington: Our coordinated global efforts will coincide with a grim anniversary – 8,000 days of Guantánamo’s existence – and we’re preparing to make it as big an event as possible. If you’re involved in the vigils, please print off the 8,000 days poster from the Close Guantánamo campaign’s Gitmo
- [U.S. Weapons Makers To Be Tried By War Crimes Tribunal Beginning November 12, 2023](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/11/07/u-s-weapons-makers-to-be-tried-by-war-crimes-tribunal-beginning-november-12-2023/) - Opening Session: Sunday, November 12, 8:00 p.m. (EST) for the live-streamed Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal holding U.S. weapons manufacturers accountable for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Once the opening session concludes, the entire Tribunal will be streamed via video links over consecutive weeks examining war crimes in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Gaza, and Yemen as well as
- [The whole world IS watching](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/11/07/the-whole-world-is-watching/) - Today from Jewish Voice for Peace: 500 Jewish New Yorkers and allies just held an emergency sit-in at the Statue of Liberty to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. We took over the island. We stopped business as usual. We were joined by rabbis, electeds, celebrities, descendants of Holocaust survivors, and children. (Joined again by Stephanie
- [Back into NYC Classrooms in October](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/11/07/back-into-nyc-classrooms-in-october/) - New from WeAreNotYourSoldiers.org In October, for the first time since the Covid lockdown in March 2019, we were back doing in-person We Are Not Your Soldiers school visits. Our visits began in the New York metropolitan area. John Burns, accompanied by his service dog Zero, spoke to students at four varied schools. Some classes viewed either a clip or all
- [This Wednesday, November 1 is the date of the monthly Global Vigil to Close Guantanamo.](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/11/01/this-wednesday-november-1-is-the-date-of-the-monthly-global-vigil-to-close-guantanamo/) - There are different layers to the answer of why we won’t shut up about closing the U.S. torture camp at Guantanamo: on the basis of morality, holding people outside the law is utterly immoral. on the grounds of the rights of human beings, the prison gets a score of zero. Guantanamo has set a precedent
- [All our people are in danger](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/11/01/all-our-people-are-in-danger/) - From Stephanie Rugoff: In the midst of the dreadful and continually worsening situation in Israel/Palestine, especially Gaza, there was a beautiful demonstration organized and led by Jewish Voice for Peace in New York City's Grand Central Station on Friday night, October 27. Note: over 3,000 children have been killed in Gaza in just the past
- [Close Guantanamo Global Vigil](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/10/29/close-guantanamo-global-vigil/) - Wednesday November 1 5:00 - 6:00 pm NY Public Library steps 5 Avenue & 41st Street >> Share this Facebook event October 4 2023 vigil at the NYC Public Library There are different layers to the answer of why we won’t shut up about closing the U.S. torture camp at Guantanamo. on the basis of morality,
- [Modi, BJP, RSS, and the Rise Of Fascism In India](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/10/17/modi-bjp-rss-and-the-rise-of-fascism-in-india/) - , BJP, RSS, and Debra Sweet | October 17, 2023 We have been invited to co-sponsor this forum organized by Brooklyn for Peace. It's on Zoom and so can be attended by others outside NYC. India is one of the growing number of countries around the world moving towards fascism.
- [Do not weaponize grief in service of genocide](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/10/17/do-not-weaponize-grief-in-service-of-genocide/) - Debra Sweet, October 17, 2023 With many of you, we join in demanding that governments – most importantly the U.S. which funds Israel's weapons – stop the siege and impending genocide of the people of Gaza. 🌎 Jewish Voices for Peace – and everyone is invited – will be outside the White House tomorrow, Wednesday,
- [We're #1 as merchants of death](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/10/24/were-1-as-merchants-of-death/) - Debra Sweet | October 23, 2023 Of course I don't actually mean "we" are #1 in global arms production and sales. I mean the ruling class of the United States, through its government and associated arms producers which send arms to Israel, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE – and, of course, to NATO
- [War Crimes and Selective Outrage in the U.S.](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/10/13/war-crimes-and-selective-outrage-in-the-u-s/) - Debra Sweet | October 13, 2023 We are in the midst of madness. While Hamas has seized 150 Israelis and is holding them hostage, attacked noncombatant civilians and killed them or threatened to kill them -- criminal acts by the fundamentally reactionary Hamas, mass media news reports, including expressions of indignation by the rulers of
- [Close Guantanamo!](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/10/13/close-guantanamo-2/) - Debra Sweet | October 13, 2023 Andy Worthington: The Incredibly Powerful “Close Guantánamo!” Event in the EU Parliament October 4 NYC Global Vigil to Close Guantanamo NOW See Andy's extensive report on “Close Guantánamo!,” an astonishing and deeply moving three-hour event in the EU Parliament featuring nine speakers. "Three of the speakers were former prisoners,
- [Will & Joe on why the U.S. military is dangerous](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/10/07/will-joe-on-why-the-u-s-military-is-dangerous/) - Debra Sweet | October 7, 2023 Joe and Will, speakers for We Are Not Your Soldiers were interviewed on the Free Thought Project podcast this week. We thought you'd like to hear the discussion: October 2, 2023 LISTEN: Podcast — We Are Not Your Soldiers — Dismantling the Military Industrial Complex by Dismantling Their Military
- [Why do we keep talking about Guantanamo?](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/09/29/why-do-we-keep-talking-about-guantanamo/) - Debra Sweet | September 29, 2023 There are different layers to the answer of why we won't shut up about closing the U.S. torture camp at Guantanamo. 🌍 on the basis of morality, holding people outside the law is utterly immoral. 🌏 on the grounds of the rights of human beings, the prison gets a
- [Debra Sweet Speaks at Two Actions](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/09/29/debra-sweet-speaks-at-two-actions/) - Debra Speaks at No More War! Debra Speaks at Close Guantanamo Global Protests
- [Fascists in the U.S. Military](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/09/25/fascists-in-the-u-s-military/) - Debra Sweet | September 25, 2023 To all of you who support our project We Are Not Your Soldiers bringing veterans into classrooms - please share this podcast wherever you can. Not enough people are paying attention to the spreading white supremacy in the U.S. military. Episode 170 of the Refuse Fascism podcast: Fascists In
- [Humanity and the Planet Come First](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/09/25/humanity-and-the-planet-come-first-2/) - Debra Sweet | September 25, 2023 From Stephanie Rugoff: World Can’t Wait participated in the planning meetings for the Anti-Militarism Hub for the massive End Fossil Fuels March. Debra Sweet noted, "With a military that burns more fossil fuel than any other institution and a global empire that produces more petroleum than any other country,
- [Sunday's March to End Fossil Fuels](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/09/12/sundays-march-to-end-fossil-fuels/) - Debra Sweet | September 11, 2023 It's a Climate EMERGENCY! Join us this coming Sunday, September 17 at the mass (multiple thousands are expected) March to End Fossil Fuels.We, with the Anti-Militarism contingent, will be gathering in front of Serafina Italian Restaurant at 210 West 55th Street. We'll be there from 12:00 on. The march begins at
- [9/11. Many Living In The U.S. Think Of This Disaster Only In Terms Of American Lives](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/09/12/9-11-many-living-in-the-u-s-think-of-this-disaster-only-in-terms-of-american-lives/) - Debra Sweet | September 11, 2023 9/11. Many living in the U.S. think of this disaster only in terms of American lives. But the Bush/Cheney regime used it to launch the global "war of terror" that led to the deaths of 4.5M people in the Middle East with at least another 65M people displaced. This
- [Scheduling Fall Class Visits by Anti-War Veterans](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/09/08/scheduling-fall-class-visits-by-anti-war-veterans/) - Debra Sweet | Thursday September 7, 2023 Stephanie Rugoff, Coordinator, WeAreNotYourSoldiers.org As the autumn semester begins, We Are Not Your Soldiers is ready to set up a time with teachers and professors to visit classes and engage in dialog with students during this 2023-24 school year. Our speakers, all veterans of the U.S. armed
- [Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied Guantanamo Prisoners](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/07/28/justice-delayed-is-justice-denied-guantanamo-prisoners/) - Curt Wechsler | Thursday July 27, 2023 Illegal detention is torture for its victims; compounded by delayed judgment, it can be deadly. The history of neglect and passivity ascribed to treatment of prisoners in the US Naval Base in Cuba is insidious; the facility Amnesty International called the "Gulag of our times” was designed to circumvent protections of
- [Photos and Report: Global Vigils for the Closure of Guantánamo on August 2, 2023](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/08/08/photos-and-report-global-vigils-for-the-closure-of-guantanamo-on-august-2-2023/) - Andy Worthington | August 8, 2023 On Wednesday (August 2), the latest monthly coordinated vigils for the closure of Guantánamo took place in seven locations worldwide — London, Washington, D.C., New York City, Mexico City, Detroit, Cobleskill, NY and Los Angeles — with former prisoner Mansoor Adayfi joining us in a one-man vigil in his
- [March to End Fossil Fuels](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/08/19/march-to-end-fossil-fuels/) - Debra Sweet | August 19, 2023 Heads up! Save the date! On Sunday, September 17, World Can't Wait will take part in and has endorsed the mass March to End Fossil Fuels, timed for the opening of UN General Assembly. This mass mobilization is crucial. Will you join in? If you're not in NYC, try
- [Guantanamo Prison Gets Historic Landmark Status](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/08/25/guantanamo-prison-gets-historic-landmark-status/) - Debra Sweet | August 25, 2023 You may have missed this news, reported August 17 in The Onion*: GUANTANAMO, CUBA— In recognition of the pivotal role the structure has played in America’s legacy, sources confirmed Friday that Guantanamo Bay Detention Center would remain open indefinitely after earning national historic landmark status. “We want to honor
- [Comments from August World Can’t Wait conversation: The film Oppenheimer and Lessons for NOW](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/08/17/comments-from-august-world-cant-wait-conversation-the-film-oppenheimer-and-lessons-for-now/) - Debra Sweet | August 17, 2023 Debra: I think it's been all of our experience both people that go out to speak very publicly on the streets and also to students that the past and potential future use of nuclear weapons is not front of mind. What happened 78 years ago and the danger of
- [Things we learned from Hiroshima](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/08/19/things-we-learned-from-hiroshima/) - Debra Sweet | August, 2023 Last week, dozens of people joined, virtually, our discussion of "The film Oppenheimer & Lessons for NOW." Some of the thoughtful contributions are here and below are some of my thoughts. It's been all of our experience – people who go out to speak on the streets and others –
- [We Are Not Your Soldiers on Talk World Radio with David Swanson](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/08/25/we-are-not-your-soldiers-on-talk-world-radio-with-david-swanson/) - Debra Sweet | August 25, 2023 Debra Sweet and Miles Megaciph spoke with David on August 14: This week on Talk World Radio we’re talking about counter-recruitment, or discouraging people from joining a military. We have two guests. Debra Sweet is Director of World Can’t Wait (parent organization for We Are Not Your Soldiers) who
- [U.S. leads small club of cluster bombers](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/07/10/u-s-leads-small-club-of-cluster-bombers/) - Debra Sweet | July 10, 2023 Search the term "cluster bombs" and you'll find condemnation of their use from many directions, which resulted in over 100 countries signing on to a righteous international ban of their use. But the U.S., Russia and Ukraine never signed on to the ban. Russia has used cluster bombs in
- [Report on April 5th Guantanamo Vigils](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/04/17/report-on-april-5th-guantanamo-vigils/) - Debra Sweet | April 17, 2023 We received this report on the global Guantanamo vigils held on April 5 from Andy Worthington and want to share with all of you. See and read about what took place in Washington DC, NYC, Mexico City, London and other locations around the world calling for the closure of the Guantanamo
- [Shooter Nation: Reading a Pathological Memoir 20 Years After the Invasion of Iraq](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/03/19/shooter-nation-reading-a-pathological-memoir-20-years-after-the-invasion-of-iraq/) - Paul Street | March 19, 2023 Dear readers: a Sunday instead of Monday piece this week because I want this to go up on March 19, the exact 20-year anniversay of the criminal US invasion and occupation of Iraq. Sweet child in timeYou'll see the lineThe line that's drawn betweenGood and badSee the blind manShooting
- [Ordinance banning nuclear weapons](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/03/06/ordinance-banning-nuclear-weapons/) - Tom Charles | March 5, 2023 My name is Tom Charles and I am a member of Veterans For Peace, Chapter #35, here in Spokane, WA. On Nov. 7, 2022, our City Council passed an Ordinance that made our city nuclear-free and prevented our city from doing business with the nuclear weapons industry. That Ordinance
- [Where is all this going?](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/02/25/where-is-all-this-going/) - Debra Sweet | Feburary 24, 2023 Yesterday I was listening to Brian Lehrer's politics show on WNYC, the NPR station, on the year anniversay of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The guest was Ishaan Tharoor, a foreign affairs columnist for The Washington Post. I didn't hear much from him that didn't assume as true all the
- [Home of the “Hell Hounds,”  Whiteman AFB drone squadron ‘most lethal’ in US](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/10/03/home-of-the-hell-hounds-whiteman-afb-drone-squadron-most-lethal-in-us/) - Brian Terrell | October 3, 2022 Note: Brian Terrell delivered this talk at the Oct. 1 peace witness sponsored by PeaceWorksKC, at Whiteman AFB, near Knob Noster, MO. Leading up to this protest there was discussion among organizers about the nature of drone operations here at Whiteman Air Force Base. Is this a training facility, or
- [Bringing anti-war veterans to speak with your students: Fall 2022](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/09/21/bringing-anti-war-veterans-to-speak-with-your-students-fall-2022/) - Debra Sweet | September 21, 2022 No fee charged to your school: We Are Not Your Soldiers is set to come to your class this semester, still remotely as the term starts, with an anti-war veteran who will dialogue with your students and is ready to answer any of their questions. Educators and students: please contact us now to
- [Memorial Day Thoughts](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/05/28/memorial-day-thoughts/) - Debra Sweet | May 29, 2022 Even when I was very young I felt strangely about Memorial Day. We would drive to relatives' graves and put flowers, out of respect, as my older family members called it "Decoration Day." My father did not like the holiday at all. He was drafted into World War II
- [COVID-19 is Deadly, but the Trump/Pence Regime is Making it Deadlier](https://worldcantwait.org/2020/04/13/covid-19-is-deadly-but-the-trump-pence-regime-is-making-it-deadlier/) - Curt Wechsler | April 12, 2020 Trump's Response to COVID-19 Is KILLING People, Threatening Millions! A 'pandemic' contempt for medical advice characterizes the Trump/Pence regime's response to COVID-19. Many White House cheerleaders share in the Christian Right's denial of science; suppressing truth and accountability. When asked about his own culpability for delayed action in addressing the crisis, placing
- [Obama said he’d close Guantánamo — these activists are pushing Biden to finish the job](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/03/18/obama-said-he-d-close-guantanamo-these-activists-are-pushing-biden-to-finish-the-job/) - Jeremy Varon | March 17, 2021 {jathumbnailoff} This article was originally published by Waging Nonviolence. What should have been an end to the Guantánamo saga in 2012, was only the beginning of more grueling work for this anti-torture coalition. I remember, as if in a distant dream, repeating through sobs of joy and exhaustion, “It’s
- [We will never forget ... what?](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/09/15/we-will-never-forget-what/) - Debra Sweet | September 14, 2021 The tsunami of U.S. coverage of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, almost completely through the lens of people killed in the U.S. or in fighting "for" the U.S., needs to be answered with the force of our understanding and commitment. Buried beneath the rubble of America-first jingoism, historians, thinkers
- [After 20 years, occupation has failed Afghanistan – but our struggle for freedom continues](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/10/17/after-20-years-occupation-has-failed-afghanistan-but-our-struggle-for-freedom-continues/) - Malalai Joya | October 11, 2021 Twenty years after the U.S. launched their invasion and war, the people of my long-suffering country are right back where we started. After trillions of dollars spent, and hundreds of thousands killed and displaced, the Taliban flag is once again flying over Afghanistan. As the youngest woman elected to
- [Join the Guantanamo conference next weekend - and write to your lawmakers about the NDAA](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/11/09/join-the-guantanamo-conference-next-weekend-and-write-to-your-lawmakers-about-the-ndaa/) - Close Guantanamo | November 8, 2021 We’re delighted to invite you to take part in an international conference about Guantánamo — "Guantánamo: 20 Years After" — taking place on Friday Nov. 12 and Saturday Nov. 13. The conference is hosted by the University of Brighton in the U.K., and our co-founder Andy Worthington has been
- [From Outer Space, Three Guideposts for the Resistance](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/06/29/from-outer-space-three-guideposts-for-the-resistance/) - Roy Eidelson | June 27, 2017 Later this summer, millions of Americans — from Oregon to South Carolina — will be looking skyward to witness a rare total solar eclipse as the moon briefly blots out the sun. Yet for so many in the United States, dark days aren’t really anything new. And they’re becoming
- ['Enhanced Interrogation' Tactics Were No Mistake](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/11/15/enhanced-interrogation-tactics-were-no-mistake/) - World Can't Wait | November 15, 2017 The approval of torture on detainees must be labeled an intentional, calculated decision that resulted from post-9/11 hyper-patriotism justifying the unethical treatment and dehumanization of detainees, who at times held no relevant knowledge regarding terrorism or were completely innocent," writes Claire Oh for International Policy Digest. President Trump's
- [A Seminal Moment for the International Criminal Court (ICC)](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/11/18/a-seminal-moment-for-the-international-criminal-court-icc/) - World Cant Wait | November 17, 2017 Attorney Marjorie Cohn reminds us that despite the American Service-Members Protection Act, U.S. officials are not immune from investigation for war crimes in Afghanistan: The doctrine of universal jurisdiction permits any country to try foreign nationals for the most egregious crimes, even without any direct relationship to the prosecuting country. That means
- [Take the Korea Pop Quiz: What do you REALLY know about Korea? Answers and Sources](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/12/06/take-the-korea-pop-quiz-what-do-you-really-know-about-korea-answers-and-sources/) - Revolution Newspaper | December 4, 2017 1. How many Koreans, and how many American troops, were killed in the Korean War, 1950-1953? e) About 60,000 U.S. troops, and over 3 million Koreans 2. True. U.S. warplanes dropped more bomb and napalm tonnage during the Korean War than they had during the entire Pacific campaign of
- [Human Rights Activists to Protest Trump’s Order to Keep Guantanamo Open](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/02/01/human-rights-activists-to-protest-trump-s-order-to-keep-guantanamo-open/) - For immediate release: Human Rights Activists to Protest Trump’s Order to Keep Guantanamo Open in Grand Central Station, Thursday 2/1 @ NoonWhat: Demonstration/vigil to Protest Trump’s Guantanamo PolicyWhere:Main Terminal, Grand Central TerminalWhen: Noon, Thursday, February 1 Human rights activists from Witness Against Torture, the Justice for Muslims Collective, World Can’t Wait, the Center for Constitutional Rights and other
- [Comparison of ICE Raids to Nazi-era Roundups Is Hard to Avoid](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/03/14/comparison-of-ice-raids-to-nazi-era-roundups-is-hard-to-avoid/) - Curt Wechsler | March 14, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} The French term for targeted arrest of wartime Jews was rafle; in Denmark and the Netherlands, the practice was called razzia. The Polish lapanka can be translated as "to catch." By any name, the German tactic of enforced deportation was illegal and immoral, condemned as a war crime under international law. The Holocaust did not
- [The Invasion Of Iraq Wasn't a 'Blunder,' Or Even a 'Colossal Mistake.' It's a Crime We Won't Forget.](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/03/29/the-invasion-of-iraq-wasn-t-a-blunder-or-even-a-colossal-mistake-it-s-a-crime-we-won-t-forget/) - Curt Wechsler | March 29, 2018 Those who perpetrated the Iraq War are still at large, we are reminded by Attytood blogger Will Bunch. "The good people who made a few tiny mistakes back in those crazy post-9/11 times [haven't] turned over a new leaf." How did America get to this state of amnesia? CIA Director nominee Gina Haspel allies
- [Cancel the Rapture](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/04/28/cancel-the-rapture/) - Curt Wechsler | April 28, 2018 “It would be a mistake to be dismissive of End Times believers,” says humanist David Niose, “because their influence in American policymaking is far from marginal.” Apocalypse cheerleaders might seem silly, even inconsequential, but there’s no denying the danger they pose to humanity and a planet facing environmental collapse. The unrelenting plunder
- [NO BAN, NO WALL IV](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/05/02/no-ban-no-wall-iv/) - Cecile Pineda | May 1, 2018 One of my readers recently remarked that, by addressing themes of immigration, and immigrant detention and deportation, this newsletter seemed to be wandering off topic. I hereby remind readers that the issue continues and will always be personal to me: much of my childhood misery originates from my Mexican
- ['This Is Not America. This Is Not Who We Are.' Except It Is.](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/05/03/this-is-not-america-this-is-not-who-we-are-except-it-is/) - Curt wechsler | May 3, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} The U.S. "War on Terror" has always been about persecuting Muslims, torture being the modus operandi of a cruel system of institutionalized Islamophobia. The nomination of Gina Haspel to head the Central Intelligence Agency confirmed what we already knew: political impunity thrives in an authoritarian environment. And blaming the subjects of abuse endears you to white supremacists.
- [Amnesty International Finds Child Detention Policy ‘Nothing Short of Torture’](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/06/19/amnesty-international-finds-child-detention-policy-nothing-short-of-torture/) - Curt Wechsler | June 19, 2018 Photo of first thing children see entering Casa Padre The rapidly growing number of children forcibly separated from their migrant families under U.S. "zero tolerance" border crossing policy includes 1,469 children imprisoned in an old Walmart outside of Brownsville, Texas. The Trump/Pence administration has begun moving them to a tent city in the desert outside
- ["The President of the United States Is a White Nationalist, Is a White Supremacist," Concludes Mychal Denzel Smith. "That Is Who He Is."](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/08/11/the-president-of-the-united-states-is-a-white-nationalist-is-a-white-supremacist-concludes-mychal-denzel-smith-that-is-who-he-is/) - Curt Wechsler | August 11, 2018 He's hardly the only one rejecting 'civil' discussion of Trump's legitimacy. "We've known he's a racist since at least 1989, when he tried to get the Central Park Five killed -- executed for a crime they did not commit," Smith says. "And maybe before that, when he wouldn't rent any of his
- [NO BAN, NO WALL IV](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/08/13/no-ban-no-wall-iv-d85/) - Cecile Pineda | August 13, 2018 One of my readers recently remarked that, by addressing themes of immigration, and immigrant detention and deportation, this newsletter seemed to be wandering off topic. I hereby remind readers that the issue continues and will always be personal to me: much of my childhood misery originates from my
- [Prison Abuse? Administrators Call It 'Close Management'](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/08/30/prison-abuse-administrators-call-it-close-management/) - Curt Wechsler | August 29, 2018 The Florida legal term is akin to solitary confinement, employed as retaliation against prisoners participating in the latest prison strike against a system of mass incarceration that effectively perpetuates the racial caste system of twentieth century Jim Crow law. Inmate resistance to the "modern slavery" of a prison labor system that forces them to
- [Fascists In the White House: It's Up to Us to Drive Them Out](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/10/16/fascists-in-the-white-house-it-s-up-to-us-to-drive-them-out/) - Curt Wechsler | October 16, 2018 No matter who wins the midterm elections, Trump and Pence retain power. That is an unacceptable reality for millions of disenfranchised Americans and exploited subjects around the world. In the Name of Humanity, the Trump/Pence Regime Must Go! "Even with a 'best-case' scenario of Democratic wins, where do you truly expect us to be
- [Honduras Exodus: A Crisis for Trump's 'Manifest Destiny'](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/10/22/honduras-exodus-a-crisis-for-trump-s-manifest-destiny/) - Curt Wechsler | October 22, 2018 This caravan is not "seeking the American dream" but "fleeing the Honduras nightmare," says Jari Dixon, an opposition politician in Honduras. Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" is a 21st century fascist program of Manifest Destiny - "America First" - wrapped in the flag and Mike Pence's Bible taken literally, with
- [What Will It Take to Save the Children of Yemen?](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/12/05/what-will-it-take-to-save-the-children-of-yemen/) - Jeremy Varon | November 29, 2018 I sifted through the children’s backpacks laid at the Isaiah Wall, across from the United Nations, looking for one labeled with the name of an 11 year-old boy. That’s the age of my son, and carrying it would help me feel closer to the lives we were mourning. I found
- [Changing Students' Lives To Resist War](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/12/21/changing-students-lives-to-resist-war/) - World Can't Wait | December 20, 2018 Beginning on Monday November 26, we had another very full and meaningful week of We Are Not Your Soldiers visits to NYC high schools and colleges – this time with Marine veteran Lyle Rubin who had been stationed in Afghanistan. Lyle told the story of an important part of his life –
- [Wars and Wars and Wars   ](https://worldcantwait.org/2019/05/28/wars-and-wars-and-wars/) - Richard Greve | May 26, 2019 What’s the matter with us that we allow Endless wars, new wars Wars, wars and more wars? Where is the blame to be put In our history In our schools In our movies In our arenas In our temples Or is it the profit motive? Is it the the
- [Kings Bay Plowshares Case Shifts to U.S. District Court for August 7 Hearing](https://worldcantwait.org/2019/06/14/kings-bay-plowshares-case-shifts-to-u-s-district-court-for-august-7-hearing/) - Kingsbayplowshares7 | June 13, 2019 The seven members of the Kings Bay Plowshares received a notice of hearing June 4 answering their request for an oral argument before District Court Judge Lisa Wood. The seven are ordered to be in Brunswick, GA in U.S. District Court on August 7 at 10 a.m. This will be the
- [On the Eve of Global Climate Strikes and Summit, Celebrities, Advocates and Grassroots Groups Call on UN to Endorse Worldwide Fracking Ban](https://worldcantwait.org/2019/09/19/on-the-eve-of-global-climate-strikes-and-summit-celebrities-advocates-and-grassroots-groups-call-on-un-to-endorse-worldwide-fracking-ban/) - Food & Water Watch and Food & Water Action | September 19, 2019 For immediate release: Prominent activists, hundreds of groups urge U.N. to champion a global ban, call fracking a climate and human rights disaster New York, NY – On the eve of international youth-led climate strikes and next week’s United Nations Climate Change Summit, nearly 500 grassroots groups, faith
- [Torture 'Works' to Get Prisoners to Say What You Want to Hear](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/01/28/torture-works-to-get-prisoners-to-say-what-you-want-to-hear/) - World Can't Wait | January 28, 2017 {jathumbnailoff} The use of coercion, including the inflicting of pain and extreme discomfort, to extract information has been attractive to those charged with protecting the public - as well as to criminals, psychopaths, warlords, dictators and sadists, for as long as any have existed," writes Jason Burke at The
- [Trump’s Yemen raid killed newborn baby and scores of civilians ](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/02/06/trump-s-yemen-raid-killed-newborn-baby-and-scores-of-civilians/) - Reprieve | February 2, 2017 An attack on a village in Yemen ordered by President Trump on Sunday caused the death of a newborn baby, alongside as many as 23 civilians, human rights organization Reprieve has discovered. The Trump Administration oversaw a series of drone strikes and a ground raid on the village of Yakla,
- [It Takes Millions of Protesters In the Streets to Drive Out a Fascist State -- We've Demonstrated the Ability to Do Just That](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/02/11/it-takes-millions-of-protesters-in-the-streets-to-drive-out-a-fascist-state-we-ve-demonstrated-the-ability-to-do-just-that/) - World Can't Wait | February 11, 2017 {jathumbnailoff} Donald Trump is considering a 'brand new' immigration order after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld suspension of his travel ban Thursday. "You'll see something next week," said the President. His January 27 executive order barred people from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering for 90
- [It's up to us, people living in the United States, to hasten Trumpland's demise.](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/02/18/it-s-up-to-us-people-living-in-the-united-states-to-hasten-trumpland-s-demise/) - World Can't Wait | February 17, 2017 It's up to us, people living in the United States, to hasten Trumpland's demise. "This administration is less than a month old and is steeped in scandal, incompetence, conflict of interest and internal disarray," tweeted Saturday Night Live Trump double Alec Baldwin. Continuing questions about Russian influence in Washington added to
- [UC Berkeley Sponsors Muslim Basher, Thursday March 9](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/03/08/uc-berkeley-sponsors-muslim-basher-thursday-march-9/) - World Can't Wait | March 8, 2017 Torture advocate John Yoo and his handlers at Boalt Hall think Donald Trump's "new" Muslim ban is A-OK. Despite a decade of community protest against the corruption of young legal minds by a resident war criminal with a dangerous philosophy of exceptionalism - that American lives are worth more than
- [Torture Facilitator Seeking White House Position](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/04/01/torture-facilitator-seeking-white-house-position/) - World Can't Wait | March 31, 2017 Former acting head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel Steven G. Bradbury was spotted outside the Office of Presidential Personnel last week reports Ryan J. Reilly to The Huffington Post, ostensibly peddling his expertise in abusive treatment of political prisoners to the Trump administration. Bradbury coauthored (with his pals
- [Navy SEAL Raid in Yemen: “Securing Our Nation” by Slaughtering Children ](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/04/03/navy-seal-raid-in-yemen-securing-our-nation-by-slaughtering-children/) - Revolution Newspaper | March 20, 2017 In the dusty highlands of Yemen sits the tiny village of al Ghayil. On January 29, with a fleet of drones and helicopters swarming above, about 30 U.S. Navy SEALs descended from the sky to attack two houses in al Ghayil. People were used to the sound of U.S.
- [Yemen Is Starving: Peace activists, protesting the mounting humanitarian crisis in Yemen, to begin week-long fast and vigil at the UN](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/04/07/yemen-is-starving-peace-activists-protesting-the-mounting-humanitarian-crisis-in-yemen-to-begin-week-long-fast-and-vigil-at-the-un/) - Martha Hennessy | April 6, 2017 New York, NY -- On April 10, 2017, approximately 20 peace activists will begin a week long vigil and fast in front of the United Nations. They are calling for peace and justice in Yemen, and standing in solidarity with its civilian population. They will also be demanding an
- [Intrepid Museum Shields Trump's Drone Slaughter From Public Scrutiny](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/05/06/intrepid-museum-shields-trump-s-drone-slaughter-from-public-scrutiny/) - Knowdrones.com & Drones Quilt Project | May 5, 2017 A protest rally and press conference are scheduled for 6:00pm, Tuesday May 9, 2017 at the entrance of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum Complex, Pier 86, W. 46 St. and 12 Ave., NY, NY 10036, to address the museum's solicitation and then rejection for
- [These Men Stood Up to Muslim Bashing - The Least We Can Do Is Commend Their Righteous Action - Get Out In the Streets!](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/06/03/these-men-stood-up-to-muslim-bashing-the-least-we-can-do-is-commend-their-righteous-action-get-out-in-the-streets/) - World Can't Wait | June 2, 2017 No More Fascist Killings! "On Friday May 26, three people were stabbed, two fatally, on a Portland, Oregon commuter train, after defending two young women, one wearing a hijab, who were being harassed and verbally attacked by a white man, who shouted obscene racist and anti-Muslim slurs," reported refusefascism.org.
- [Flier: No More Endless War In Our Name](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/09/10/flier-no-more-endless-war-in-our-name/) - World Can't Wait | September 10, 2016 Download Front Download Back
- [Chelsea Manning Ends Hunger Strike as Army Promises Gender Reassignment Surgery](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/09/19/chelsea-manning-ends-hunger-strike-as-army-promises-gender-reassignment-surgery/) - Debra Sweet | September 16, 2016 Chelsea said Tuesday, “I am unendingly relieved that the military is finally doing the right thing. I applaud them for that. This is all that I wanted — for them to let me be me... But it is hard not to wonder why it has taken so long. Also,
- [End The Endless War on Afghanistan!](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/10/01/end-the-endless-war-on-afghanistan/) - World Can't Wait | September 2016 The Change We Need Is Not On The Ballot October 7th 2001: the U.S. swept into Afghanistan. October 7th 2016: continued war on Afghanistan (with the U.S pledging to remain there until at least 2024). As we approach 15 years of this government’s war on the poorest country of
- [Support & Spread the Athletes' Protests Against Police Murder & War!](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/10/02/support-spread-the-athletes-protests-against-police-murder-war/) - Emma Kaplan | October 2, 2016 On August 26, NFL 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick put a lot on the line when he refused to stand for the national anthem. He explained, "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.
- [What Happens Wednesday?](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/11/07/what-happens-wednesday/) - Steering Committee, World Can't Wait | November 6, 2016 Anyone who has been watching the election circus knows that this has been the most openly vicious election in recent US history. Trump has repeatedly called for locking up his opponent, Hillary Clinton, and has implied that she should be assassinated. He has said that he
- [We Don't Have the Luxury to Despair](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/12/22/we-don-t-have-the-luxury-to-despair/) - Curt Wechsler | December 22, 2016 People living in the United States have a responsibility to halt the ascent of fascism under pretense of public approbation. Donald Trump must be blocked and his program repudiated. The buck stops here. Subscribers to an illegitimate system of capitalist democracy that rests on a foundation of 'lesser evilism' assume unwitting
- [No More Guantanamo No Torture Presidency No Indefinite Detention](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/01/04/no-more-guantanamo-no-torture-presidency-no-indefinite-detention/) - World Can't Wait | January 4, 2017 President Obama has failed in his pledge of eight years ago to close the US detention camp at Guantanamo. Congressional obstacles, media lies, and the president’s own lack of will are all responsible for this policy disaster. Guantanamo remains a living symbol of US torture and human rights
- [ More Than 1,200 Law School Professors Say NO! to a Rascist, Misogynist Attorney General ](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/01/05/more-than-1-200-law-school-professors-say-no-to-a-rascist-misogynist-attorney-general/) - Curt Wechsler | January 5, 2017 A letter to Congress, signed by professors from 170 law schools in 48 states, urges the Senate to reject nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general reports Washington Post writer Sari Horwitz. The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold confirmation hearings for Sessions on January 10-11. "We are
- [Pianist/composer and organizer Arturo O'Farrill's opening remarks from the Musicians Against Fascism Benefit for RefuseFascism.org](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/01/20/pianist-composer-and-organizer-arturo-o-farrill-s-opening-remarks-from-the-musicians-against-fascism-benefit-for-refusefascism-org/) - Arturo O'Farrill | January 19, 2017 Tomorrow a very bad man will take the nation's highest office. His biographer called him a sociopath. His behavior towards women is lamentable. His racism is legendary, He has lied repeatedly. He has questionable ethics and the conflict of interest between his ill-gotten office and his business dealings is
- [Home](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/12/10/home/) - Warsan Shire | December 10, 2015 no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you only run for the border when you see the whole city running as well your neighbors running faster than you breath bloody in their throats the boy you went to school with who kissed you dizzy
- [Call To Action To Declare The Real State Of The Union January 12, 2015](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/12/23/call-to-action-to-declare-the-real-state-of-the-union-january-12-2015/) - National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance | December 22, 2015 Guided by conscience, reason, and deeply held convictions, the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance calls upon all people of good will to come to Washington, DC on Tuesday January 12, 2016 to actively participate in a witness of nonviolent civil resistance, challenging President Barack Obama and
- [CALL TO ACTION TO DECLARE THE REAL STATE OF THE UNION – JAN. 12, 2016](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/12/23/call-to-action-to-declare-the-real-state-of-the-union-jan-12-2016/) - Guided by conscience, reason, and deeply held convictions, the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance calls upon all people of good will to come to Washington, DC on Tuesday January 12, 2016 to actively participate in a witness of nonviolent civil resistance, challenging President Barack Obama and the United States Congress to address the real state of the union, to
- [Hancock Drone Resister Grandma Goes to Jail](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/01/25/hancock-drone-resister-grandma-goes-to-jail/) - Upstate Drone Action | January 19, 2016 DeWitt, NY, Jan 19 Following a 1/2 hour press conference, Mary Anne Grady Flores, a mother, grandmother and daughter, proprietor of a small Latino catering business, was sentenced to 6 months in jail, then handcuffed and taken from the courtroom to Jamesville Correctional Facility in East Syracuse. In
- [Waiting for Godot? Guantanamo Prisoners Don’t Have the Luxury](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/02/11/waiting-for-godot-guantanamo-prisoners-don-t-have-the-luxury/) - Curt Wechsler | February 10, 2016 “Time. We can’t get it back. When it’s gone, it’s gone,” notes Frida Berrigan, WagingNonviolence.org, on the return of Connecticut National Guard soldiers from Guantanamo. “I am always happy when families are reunited, but the words of another father reuniting with his children rang through my head.” (Repatriated prisoner
- [Changing the Zip Code is Not Closing Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/02/26/changing-the-zip-code-is-not-closing-guantanamo/) - Debra Sweet | February 25, 2016 It was never about keeping people in the U.S. "safe." It's about, as Rubio, Trump & Cruz have been freely saying, having a place where people can be locked up forever without rights, merely on the order of a president. Obama's plan preserves indefinite detention within the U.S. World
- [Goodbye to Michael Ratner, 1943-2016](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/05/20/goodbye-to-michael-ratner-1943-2016/) - Debra Sweet | May 19, 2016 Michael Ratner, who died of cancer last week, had distinct responsibility for calling for, doing legal work to bring about, and organizing, the team of more than 600 attorneys who defended the prisoners at Guantanamo. No one else was doing that — and the government certainly did not expect
- [What happened when Obama came to the East-West Center?](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/09/03/what-happened-when-obama-came-to-the-east-west-center/) - World Can't Wait - Hawai'i | September 1, 2016 Last night more than 200 people stood near the entrance of the East-West Center to "greet" President Obama. About 100 held signs: "U.S. Military Destroys the Planet," "No TPP," "No More Ko`oholawe's", "Navy Sonar Kills Whales," "Military Occupation is Not Conservation, "No DOI Rule Over Kanaka
- [Raising $1,000 from Friends at a House Party for Rise Up October](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/09/28/raising-1-000-from-friends-at-a-house-party-for-rise-up-october/) - A Chicago Activist | September 27, 2015 If you DON'T get involved in the National Mobilization in New York City on October 24, 2015, you have, by default, chosen a side. I realize that you may not be able to pick up and get to New York, but there is something you CAN do. I
- [Interview with a Sustainer: Why Does Persistent Anti-War Activism Matter?](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/04/06/interview-with-a-sustainer-why-does-persistent-anti-war-activism-matter/) - Claudia Chaufan | April 6, 2015 As an internationally-travelled and internationally-minded person who has seen the U.S. from the viewpoint from outside its borders — why do YOU think it matters if a movement like World Can't Wait raises its message and is persistent? As an immigrant to the US who has also traveled the
- [Cornel West and Carl Dix on Ending Police Murder](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/04/10/cornel-west-and-carl-dix-on-ending-police-murder/) - {vimeo}124425491{/vimeo} {vimeo}124427874{/vimeo}
- [Chicagoans Protest to Say Hands Off Yemen - No More Wars For Empire!](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/04/26/chicagoans-protest-to-say-hands-off-yemen-no-more-wars-for-empire/) - World Can't Wait Chicago | April 26, 2015 World Can’t Wait Chicago joined a coalition of other organizations and concerned individuals on April 25 to condemn the U.S.-backed Saudi Arabian war on Yemen now underway. Called on short notice, it was good to see 50-75 people with banners and signs saying “Hands Off Yemen” and
- [Blackwater’s Nisour Square Massacre, a Glimpse of U.S. Mass Murder in Iraq](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/04/27/blackwater-s-nisour-square-massacre-a-glimpse-of-u-s-mass-murder-in-iraq/) - Larry Everest | April 27, 2015 These contractors were not “rogue” operatives; they are a key part of how the U.S. wages war Monday, April 13, four Blackwater contract killers were sentenced to long prison terms for the 2007 massacre of 17 unarmed civilians in Nisour Square in Baghdad during the height of the Iraq
- [Drone Pilot With PTSD Confined Without Charges by the Air Force](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/04/29/drone-pilot-with-ptsd-confined-without-charges-by-the-air-force/) - Nick Mottern | April 28, 2015 As the Obama government attempts to justify its drone program, Staff Sergeant Shane R. Owens, a drone sensor operator suffering from PTSD from having been involved with drone killing, assigned to the 11th Reconnaissance Squadron at Creech AFB, has been confined by the Air Force without charges since March
- [Veterans Group Calls for the Immediate Withdrawal of the Maryland National Guard from Baltimore](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/04/29/veterans-group-calls-for-the-immediate-withdrawal-of-the-maryland-national-guard-from-baltimore/) - Veterans for Peace | April 28, 2015 St. Louis, MO. Veterans For Peace would like to extend our condolences to the family of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old Black man who died in police custody from a fatal spinal cord injury. The loss of a child under any circumstance is tragic. However, losing a child to
- [Obama & U.S. Imperialism: Pushing Yemen Deeper into Hell](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/05/06/obama-u-s-imperialism-pushing-yemen-deeper-into-hell/) - Larry Everest | May 5, 2014 The United States claims to be the good guys in the world. Fighting terrorism. Standing with the downtrodden. Promoting democracy. Representing law and “human rights.” Bullshit. Just look at what the U.S. is doing to the people of Yemen right now: They’re backing a savage bombing campaign and naval
- [Stop the War on Yemen: San Francisco Protests](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/05/19/stop-the-war-on-yemen-san-francisco-protests/) - World Can't Wait, San Francisco | May 18, 2015 On May 16 in San Francisco, World Can’t Wait joined a protest demonstration of 200 people to demand Stop the War on Yemen. Members of the Yemeni community in the Bay Area (one of the largest in the U.S.) organized this street march and rally ”calling
- [U.S.‒Iran Nuclear Deal: Major Move by Reactionary Powers... Nothing Good for Humanity](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/07/25/u-s-iran-nuclear-deal-major-move-by-reactionary-powers-nothing-good-for-humanity/) - Larry Everest | July 24, 2015 On Tuesday, July 14, the U.S. and other world powers finalized a comprehensive nuclear agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI). This is a major event. The agreement was hammered out over many months of often sharply contentious negotiations. The deal’s focus is Iran’s nuclear program, but it
- [Ten Years Later, What Do You Think is Needed?](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/08/17/ten-years-later-what-do-you-think-is-needed/) - Samantha Goldman | August 16, 2015 Labor Day weekend will mark ten years since our founding conference which launched World Can't Wait. Tens of thousands responded to our ambitious yet profoundly necessary call to action to drive out the Bush regime. In the years after Bush I was proud to be a leader of World
- [TV Commercials Urging U.S. Drone Operators to 'Refuse to Fly'  Pulled from Air; Cable Provider Has Strong Links to Defense Industry,  Including Snowden Employer and Drone Contractor Booz Allen Hamilton](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/08/26/tv-commercials-urging-u-s-drone-operators-to-refuse-to-fly-pulled-from-air-cable-provider-has-strong-links-to-defense-industry-including-snowden-employer-and-drone-contractor-booz-allen-hamilton/) - Nick Mottern | KnowDrones | August 24, 2015 CLOVIS, NM– An international cable provider with links to the defense industry is refusing to air television commercials produced by U.S. military veterans that are critical of the U.S. drone program, according to vets involved in the production of the spots. While the controversial commercials – which
- [Hurricane Katrina: A Man-Made Crime Against Humanity](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/09/01/hurricane-katrina-a-man-made-crime-against-humanity/) - World Can't Wait | August 31, 2015 On September 13, 2006, the International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration delivered its verdict to the White House. George W. Bush and his administration were found guilty on all five counts: wars of aggression; illegal detention and torture; suppression of science
- [Prelude to #RiseUpOctober](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/10/04/prelude-to-riseupoctober/) - Chicago Chapter, World Can't Wait | October 3, 2015 With Rise Up October barely a month away, a member of World Can’t Wait wanted to host an evening to raise awareness and funds so family members who have lost loved ones to police bullets can go to New York. The situation at home wasn’t one
- [No One “Deserves” to Suffer the Crimes of this Government. U.S. Out of Afghanistan. NOW.](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/10/06/no-one-deserves-to-suffer-the-crimes-of-this-government-u-s-out-of-afghanistan-now/) - Revolution Newspaper | October 5, 2015 Revcom.us asks in response to the U.S. Air Force bombing a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders in Kunduz, Afghanistan: "You want to talk about terrorism? Yes, terrorism is a method of reactionary jihadists. But they can only dream of carrying out massacres that bring destruction and death on
- [#BringBackMyBaby](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/10/06/bringbackmybaby/) - By Another Black Youth, World Can’t Wait National Office high school intern | October 5, 2015 Aiyana was laying on the couch with her grandmother when the SWAT team threw a grenade into their apartment Police were on the scene. Nowadays that’s never good. All the police do is shoot and kill unarmed African American
- [It's Up To Us](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/10/20/it-s-up-to-us/) - Another Black Youth, World Can’t Wait high school intern | October 20, 2015 Joanne Mickens, Corey Mickens’ mother, tells the heartfelt story of her son being shot 12 times and killed by the police. As a mother she comes to you and explains how she’ll never hear her son’s voice, see his face, watch him
- [Shaker Aamer: A Voice for Truth and Justice is Finally Released From Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/10/31/shaker-aamer-a-voice-for-truth-and-justice-is-finally-released-from-guantanamo/) - Jill McLaughlin | October 30, 2015 It is rare that we hear anything good coming out of the criminal U.S. Detention Center in Guantanamo. But this morning people here in the U.S. who have been following the plight of those detained there woke to the news that at long last Shaker Aamer, the last British
- [Justice for Laquan, Which Side Are You On?](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/11/30/justice-for-laquan-which-side-are-you-on/) - Jay Becker | November 29, 2015 Activists with World Can’t Wait were among the thousands who shut down North Michigan Avenue, the elite shopping district of Chicago, for more than four hours on “Black Friday,” November 27, rocking the street with our demands for “Justice for Laquan” and an end to police murders. Three days
- [Climate Protests in Paris Are Banned](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/11/30/climate-protests-in-paris-are-banned/) - Debra Sweet | November 29, 2015 Leaders of 150 governments are meeting this week for the UN climate change conference. A huge protest was planned, but was banned. Twenty-four environmental activists were put under house arrest in France, as the government used new, sweeping powers of detention which were enacted after 130 people were killed
- [79 Yr. Old Drone Protester, Sentenced to Three Months in Prison](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/10/08/79-yr-old-drone-protester-sentenced-to-three-months-in-prison/) - October 7, 2014 For several years, organized by the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars, hundreds of people have taken part in non violence civil resistance outside Hancock Air Force Base, near Syracuse, NY. Carrying photos of people killed by U.S. drones in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Yemen, singing, praying, reading victims'
- [Epidemic of Birth Defects in Iraq](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/10/19/epidemic-of-birth-defects-in-iraq/) - Carol Dudek | October 18, 2014 On Tuesday, Oct. 14, Columbia University's School of Public Health hosted a presentation by two prominent researchers who have been documenting the shocking increase of birth defects and cancers in newborns in Iraq after bombardments by the US and its coalition. Dr Mozhgan Savabieasfahani of the University of Michigan's
- [The Torture Issue Won't Go Away - We Won't Go Away Either](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/11/03/the-torture-issue-won-t-go-away-we-won-t-go-away-either/) - Debra Sweet | October 29, 2014 As 12 Nobel Peace Prize winners call on Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama to release the long-awaited report on torture that the Senate conducted, and the Obama administration debates codifying key aspects of Bush doctrine which allowed torture on foreign soil, it's worthwhile to analyze why this has
- [Depleted Uranium & Other Demented U.S. Weapons](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/11/08/depleted-uranium-other-demented-u-s-weapons/) - Debra Sweet | November 4, 2014 Because antiwar activists and medical humanitarians are pushing the issue, the United Nations will be discussing the U.S. use of depleted uranium in weapons, particularly in Iraq, even as the U.S. military makes plans to use them again in the new campaign of bombings. We call your attention to
- [Why is General Petraeus Afraid of Being Questioned?](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/11/08/why-is-general-petraeus-afraid-of-being-questioned/) - Debra Sweet | November 4, 2014 The evening of October 30, at the 92nd Street & in Manhattan — which has a reputation for being a center of culture and freedom of expression — Ray McGovern (the outspoken anti-war activist and former CIA analyst) was confronted by name and denied entry to an event where
- [Would you think it was the job of psychologists or journalists to expose criminal activity?](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/11/19/would-you-think-it-was-the-job-of-psychologists-or-journalists-to-expose-criminal-activity/) - Debra Sweet | November 18, 2014 After many years of protest from within the organization, the American Psychological Association says it will review the organization's role in facilitating “enhanced interrogation” by the CIA and the U.S. military. Or as the world knows it — torture. James Risen reported in The New York Times that “The
- [Obama Expands U.S. Military Plans in Afghanistan](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/11/25/obama-expands-u-s-military-plans-in-afghanistan/) - Debra Sweet | November 24, 2014 Today Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was sacked. News analysts on MSNBC explained that the Obama administration feels they need a more “war-prepared” secretary to lead the mission, which has changed from a draw-down in Iraq & Afghanistan to a new expansion of bombing and increased troop deployments. What has
- [6 Guantanamo Prisoners Released, Not Sent Home, but to Uruguay](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/12/12/6-guantanamo-prisoners-released-not-sent-home-but-to-uruguay/) - Debra Sweet | December 9, 2014 After up to 12 years, some of the prisoners just released are off hunger strike, and in “freedom.” This deal was put together last March, reportedly because of the huge pressure the Guantanamo prisoners' hunger strike put on Obama. But it took another nine months, during which the prisoners
- [UN-Recommended Prosecution of Lawyers Who Cleared US Torture Program Good First Step](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/01/07/un-recommended-prosecution-of-lawyers-who-cleared-us-torture-program-good-first-step/) - Sharon Adams | January 6, 2015 The United Nations Committee Against Torture (UN-CAT) just completed its review of the United States and found much of concern. In its "Concluding Observations," the panel called for the investigation and prosecution of "persons in positions of command and those who provided legal cover to torture." The UN-CAT periodically
- [We Are Not Your Soldiers Wants to Visit Your School this Semester!](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/01/22/we-are-not-your-soldiers-wants-to-visit-your-school-this-semester/) - We Are Not Your Soldiers | January 21, 2015 Since 2008, the We Are Not Your Soldiers project has visited many high school and college campuses bringing the message that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken a deadly moral, psychological and physical toll on soldiers while bringing death, grievous injury, displacement and suffering
- [Humanizing and Glorifying a Mass Murderer for the Empire](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/02/04/humanizing-and-glorifying-a-mass-murderer-for-the-empire/) - Larry Everest | February 2, 2015 I saw Clint Eastwood’s movie American Sniper the other night. It is the story of U.S. Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, based on his autobiography. Kyle fought in Iraq between 2004 and 2009 when the U.S. was occupying the country. (In February 2013, Kyle was killed at a gun
- [American Sniper Flier: No One Should Fight in Aggressive Wars](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/02/14/american-sniper-flier-no-one-should-fight-in-aggressive-wars/) - World Can't Wait | February 13, 2015 Distribute this flier to people far and wide - whether they're going to see American Sniper or not. U.S. War on the World is Wrong No One Should Fight in Aggressive Wars Download PDF Download editable DOC (JPG1 JPG2) The film American Sniper portrays Navy Seal Chris Kyle
- [Why is Sustaining Special?](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/03/11/why-is-sustaining-special/) - Samantha Goldman | March 11, 2015 World Can't Wait operates on a shoe-string budget as an all-volunteer non-profit organization and accepts a variety of donation amounts and ways of giving. Large one time contributions that many people make at the end of the year serve very important purposes especially for projects like We Are Not
- [On March 21, Be in Washington, Be in the Street](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/03/11/on-march-21-be-in-washington-be-in-the-street/) - Nick Mottern | March 11, 2015 It's estimated that the attack against Mosul in Iraq that the United States is hoping to launch to remove ISIS governance, using Iraq troops, will result in 1.5 million refugees. Two million people were already "displaced" in the fighting over Mosul last summer, according to McClatchy News. The warnings
- [34 Arrested Blocking Creech Air Force Base, Home of US Drone War](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/03/17/34-arrested-blocking-creech-air-force-base-home-of-us-drone-war/) - March 16, 2015 NPR interviews protesters: A protest is underway near Creech Air Force Base northwest of Las Vegas. It’s centered on allegations that the United States Air Force is operating an anti-terrorism drone program that is killing innocent civilians. John Amidon is a member of Veterans for Peace, among the organizations staging the protest.
- [In Memoriam: Aubrey Brown](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/03/17/in-memoriam-aubrey-brown/) - Memorial Statement from the National Office of World Can’t Wait | March 16, 2015 Some of us in World Can’t Wait have known Aubrey for many years and have run into him wherever people have been fighting for a better world. Others have met him in the last few years when he would visit New
- [Protests in Washington & Across U.S. to Demand: End the Endless War on Iraq](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/03/19/protests-in-washington-across-u-s-to-demand-end-the-endless-war-on-iraq/) - World Can't Wait | March 17, 2015 Four days of anti-war events in Washington, D.C., and actions from San Francisco to New York City will protest the 2003 “shock & awe” U.S. invasion of Iraq. List of participating organizations. Full schedule of events. A rally and march will begin at the White House at noon
- [Rulers Split Over Iran—Both Sides Are Wrong](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/03/25/rulers-split-over-iran-both-sides-are-wrong/) - Larry Everest | March 24, 2015 A week after inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington, DC, to attack President Obama’s negotiations with Iran, Republicans again tried to derail any deal, this time with an open letter to the “Leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran.” Signed by 47 Republican senators and released on
- [A Call to Stop Murder by Police](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/04/01/a-call-to-stop-murder-by-police/) - Find out about April 14 at stopmassincarceration.net.
- [US Media Ignores 7 US Drone Strikes On Yemen In First 12 Days Of March](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/03/20/us-media-ignores-7-us-drone-strikes-on-yemen-in-first-12-days-of-march/) - Rania Khalek | March 17, 2014 We already know that ignoring America’s extrajudicial killings of unnamed brown people halfway across the world is uninteresting to most US media outlets. But this month, the establishment press has really outdone itself. On March 2, a US drone strike slammed into a vehicle parked near the town of
- [“Spring Days” of Action Aim at Proliferation of Weaponized Drones and Surveillance; U.S. Targeted Killing Programs](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/03/23/spring-days-of-action-aim-at-proliferation-of-weaponized-drones-and-surveillance-u-s-targeted-killing-programs/) - PRESS ADVISORYMarch 20, 2014 Contact: Nick Motternnickmottern@earthlink.net(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: - on April 1, a protest of drone
- [Public Hearing: David Petraeus & His Legacy in Iraq & Afghanistan](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/04/07/public-hearing-david-petraeus-his-legacy-in-iraq-afghanistan/) - Cat Watters | April 3, 2014 Last fall, CUNY’s Board of Trustees hired ex-general Petraeus to teach a course titled “Are We On The Threshold of a North American Decade?” at the Macaulay Honors College. Is his appointment part of an increasing militarization of CUNY, and if so, what does this mean for those who
- [Torture, America's Shame](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/04/17/torture-america-s-shame/) - John Coghlan | April 15, 2014 Why we won't give this up: Torture America's Shame is a video that was made in 2009 in front of Fox News and in Grand Central Station, in New York City. These two demonstrations were organized by World Can't Wait. It is sad that protests against US torture programs
- [Gravely Ill, Shaker Aamer Asks US Judge to Order His Release from Guantánamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/04/17/gravely-ill-shaker-aamer-asks-us-judge-to-order-his-release-from-guantanamo/) - Andy Worthington | April 15, 2014 Last Monday, lawyers for Shaker Aamer, 45, the last British resident in the US prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, asked a federal judge to order his release because he is chronically ill. A detailed analysis of Mr. Aamer’s mental and physical ailments was prepared by an independent psychiatrist, Dr.
- [“You are completely destroyed”: Testimony on Torture from Shaker Aamer’s Medical Report at Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/04/17/you-are-completely-destroyed-testimony-on-torture-from-shaker-aamer-s-medical-report-at-guantanamo/) - Jeff Kaye | April 14, 2014 On April 7, 2014, Shaker Aamer, the last British resident still held at Guantanamo, and his attorneys filed a habeas petition (PDF) asking for his release due to chronic health problems that can not be treated at Guantanamo. The worst of these problems apparently stems from PTSD from the
- [Monsters in the Sky](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/04/19/monsters-in-the-sky/)
- [Phony Justice in a Phony War](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/05/05/phony-justice-in-a-phony-war/) - L. Michael Hager | April 30, 2014 Once again the legitimacy of the judicial process at Guantanamo is called into question, this time by the interference of a US government agency. The New York Times of April 19, 2014, reported that "two weeks ago, a pair of FBI agents appeared unannounced at the door of
- [Guantánamo Detainee Reveals Escalating, Brutal Punishment of Hunger Strikers](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/05/15/guantanamo-detainee-reveals-escalating-brutal-punishment-of-hunger-strikers/) - Reprieve | May 13, 2014 A prisoner in Guantánamo Bay has revealed to his lawyers the increasingly brutal punishment meted out to detainees peacefully protesting their indefinite detention via hunger strike. Emad Hassan wrote in a letter to his lawyers: “One Yemeni is 80 pounds and he was brought to his feeding by the Forced
- [The Three Faces of Drone War](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/05/15/the-three-faces-of-drone-war/) - Pratap Chatterjee | May 11, 2014 Speaking Truth From the Robotic Heavens Enemies, innocent victims, and soldiers have always made up the three faces of war. With war growing more distant, with drones capable of performing on the battlefield while their “pilots” remain thousands of miles away, two of those faces have, however, faded into
- [May 28 Protests Against US Drone War Planned as President Obama Addresses West Point Graduates](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/05/27/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
- [Protesters Outside Obama's West Point Speech Call on Army to Refuse to Fly Drones](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/06/03/protesters-outside-obama-s-west-point-speech-call-on-army-to-refuse-to-fly-drones/) - Nick Mottern | May 31, 2014 On Wednesday, May 28, about 25 protesters mounted a sunrise anti-drone war witness at the two gates to West Point where family and friends of cadets were entering by the thousands for graduation ceremonies and to hear President Barack Obama’s commencement address. For the protesters, it was a remarkable
- [American Exceptionalism & the Words of Two Young Men](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/06/06/american-exceptionalism-the-words-of-two-young-men/) - Debra Sweet | June 3, 2014 As he gave vague outlines of developing US military strategy while speaking at the West Point commencement last week, President Obama affirmed that he believes “in American exceptionalism with every fiber of my being.” The previous day, he had announced that instead of all U.S. troops leaving in 2014,
- [Students vs. NSA Internet Spying](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/06/10/students-vs-nsa-internet-spying/) - Revolution Newspaper | June 9, 2014 Students Against Surveillance has begun a nationwide campaign against Internet spying by the National Security Agency (NSA). The campaign began on June 5, the one-year anniversary of the day the newspaper Guardian UK first published articles based on files released by Edward Snowden, a former NSA analyst, exposing massive
- [Hunter College High School: Don't Honor Leader of CIA & Supporter of Drone Strikes](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/06/12/hunter-college-high-school-don-t-honor-leader-of-cia-supporter-of-drone-strikes/) - World Can't Wait | June 12, 2014 ProtestJune 13, 12:45Hunter North Assembly Hall Outside the 69th Street entrance between Lexington and Park Avenues We protest the awarding of the Distinguished Graduate award to the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Avril Haines. The fact that the school administration kept the award quiet is an
- [Abortion Rights Freedom Ride 2014: GROUND ZERO TEXAS](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/06/16/abortion-rights-freedom-ride-2014-ground-zero-texas/) - Stop Patriarchy | June 16, 2014 Forced Motherhood Is Female Enslavement!Abortion Providers Are Heroes!Abortion On Demand and Without Apology! Abortion rights-and the lives and future of women-are in a state of emergency. Nowhere is this more concentrated than in Texas. In 2011 there were 46 abortion clinics in Texas; if all the current restrictions go
- [24 Years of US War on Iraq - No Bombing Now!](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/06/17/24-years-of-us-war-on-iraq-no-bombing-now/) - Debra Sweet | June 16, 2014 It's time to be in the streets in protest, demanding NO further war on Iraq. Within days or hours, the U.S. may be bombing Iraq again. John Kerry predicts drone strikes on Iraq. Democracy Now says today, "The U.S.S. George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier has recently arrived in the
- [Iraq: War Against the People, The Hidden Story of the Gulf War](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/06/19/iraq-war-against-the-people-the-hidden-story-of-the-gulf-war/) - Larry Everest | June 18, 2014 This powerful video, IRAQ: WAR AGAINST THE PEOPLE, documents the effects of the US military assault and exposes the real U.S. agenda in the Gulf War. Traveling through Iraq in Summer of 1991, Larry Everest interviewed Iraqi people about the war, the bombings and their life afterwards. Now this
- [NSA vs USA](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/06/23/nsa-vs-usa/) - Shahid Buttar | June 4, 2014 Lyrics available at shahidbuttar.com/NSAvsUSA.
- [‘Inventing Terrorists’ Study Offers Critical Examination of Government’s Use of Preemptive Prosecutions](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/06/27/inventing-terrorists-study-offers-critical-examination-of-government-s-use-of-preemptive-prosecutions/) - Kevin Gosztola | June 9, 2014 Nearly ninety-five percent of individuals on a Justice Department list of “terrorism and terrorism-related convictions” from 2001-2010 included some elements of preemptive prosecution, according to a study by attorneys which they say is the first to “directly examine and critique preemptive prosecution and its abuses.” The study is called
- [Unthinkable Thoughts in the Debate About ISIS in Iraq](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/06/27/unthinkable-thoughts-in-the-debate-about-isis-in-iraq/) - Ross Caputi | June 15, 2014 This week Iraq emerged from the recesses of American memory and became a hot topic of conversation. Alarming headlines about ISIS’s “takeover” of Mosul and their march towards Baghdad have elicited a number of reactions: The most conservative call for direct US military action against ISIS to ensure that
- [Looking Deeper at Democracy & People's Rights](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/07/06/looking-deeper-at-democracy-people-s-rights/) - Debra Sweet | July 5, 2014 Consider the U.S. government's role in: 1. Vast surveillance of whole populations The destruction of protections in the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution against unreasonable search and seizure are even more extensive than we learned one year ago. In a May 2014 interview witih NBC News, Edward Snowden
- [Drone Attack Victims Need Orders of Protection!](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/07/09/drone-attack-victims-need-orders-of-protection/) - The Upstate NY Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars | July 7, 2014 1st Hancock Air Base Order of Protection Defendant Facing 1 Year Sentencing July 10th Syracuse, NY. Drone activist, Mary Anne Grady Flores, is facing 1 year in jail for violating an order of protection. She will be sentenced at
- [Drone Memo Concentrates What's Not Legit about US Targeted Killing](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/07/09/drone-memo-concentrates-what-s-not-legit-about-us-targeted-killing/) - Debra Sweet | July 8, 2014 Since 2009, when Obama began the targeted killing rampage in Pakistan & Yemen, killing uncounted thousands, World Can't Wait has demanded an end to it. Others have demanded "transparency" in knowing how the targeting decisions were made. Last month, they got their wish, to a point. Because The New
- [Challenging Israel's Crimes on Campus: A Breath of Fresh Air in a Stifling Academic Environment](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/07/22/challenging-israel-s-crimes-on-campus-a-breath-of-fresh-air-in-a-stifling-academic-environment/) - Alan Goodman | July 22, 2014 For decades, criticism of Israel in U.S. society has been marginalized, subjected to threats, censored, and banned. Many of the more prominent critics of Israel have been forced out of their positions in academia, including from Northwestern, Bard, and Columbia University. As Israel’s oppression of the Palestinian people becomes
- [An Abortion Rights Battle Bigger Than Texas — Interview with Sunsara Taylor](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/08/08/an-abortion-rights-battle-bigger-than-texas-interview-with-sunsara-taylor/) - Acronym TV | August 6, 2014 Sunsara Taylor of Stop Patriarchy sat down with Dennis Trainor, Jr. of Acronym TV just days before leading a month long Abortion Rights Freedom Ride in Texas. The freedom ride is currently underway and will run through September 1, by which time Texas is expected to close all but six abortion clinics statewide. Stop Patriarchy’s highly theatrical,
- [Jailed Occupy Activist Cecily McMillian Acts with The Stop Mass Incarceration Network to End Abuse at Rikers Island](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/08/20/jailed-occupy-activist-cecily-mcmillian-acts-with-the-stop-mass-incarceration-network-to-end-abuse-at-rikers-island/) - Stop Mass Incarceration Network | August 15, 2014 NYC-SMIN activists joined with OWS activist Cecily McMillan and her supporters to deliver petitions demanding an end to human rights abuses on Rikers Island, New York City's notorious penal colony. Below is a report by a #Justice4Cecily supporter. Today a delegation of activists went to Rikers Island
- [Detainees Held at Bagram Air Base Without Charge for Ten Years Transferred to Yemen](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/08/27/detainees-held-at-bagram-air-base-without-charge-for-ten-years-transferred-to-yemen/) - International Justice Network | August 26, 2014 New York, NY. The International Justice Network (IJN) is delighted to announce that two of its clients,Fadi al-Maqaleh and Amin al-Bakri, have been released from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, were they had been imprisoned without charge for over a decade. On the evening of August 25, 2014, the
- [How to Make Sense of U.S. Threats on Iraq and Syria](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/08/28/how-to-make-sense-of-u-s-threats-on-iraq-and-syria/) - Debra Sweet | August 27, 2014 If you want to shake your head and give up on the situation as beyond understanding — don't! Dangerous arguments and actions came this week from both President Obama, who plans to increase airstrikes on Iraq & Syria and announced drone surveillance (as if that has not been happening
- [The Nazis Had Their Law Professors Too, John Yoo](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/09/02/the-nazis-had-their-law-professors-too-john-yoo/) - Debra Sweet | September 2, 2014 Intense world events have again eclipsed news of the Guantanamo prisoners, meaning that their situation grows worse. No wave of releases has followed Obama's promise in May 2013 to once again close it. Andy Worthington reported Friday in Guantanamo Violence: Prisoners Report Shaker Aamer "Beaten," Another Man Assaulted "For
- [Does Reactionary U.S. Imperialist Intervention Actually Stop Islamic Fundamentalist Extremism?](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/09/05/does-reactionary-u-s-imperialist-intervention-actually-stop-islamic-fundamentalist-extremism/) - Jill McLaughlin | September 5, 2014 As news of a second journalist killed by ISIS spills onto the headlines this week, Obama and his administration were quick to promise retribution. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel as reported by CNN indicated, “All options — with the exception of a ground invasion — are on the table to
- [Obama War Model: Widespread, Systematic use of Drones in Iraq & Syria](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/09/10/obama-war-model-widespread-systematic-use-of-drones-in-iraq-syria/) - Nick Mottern | September 9, 2014 I don’t know what you’ve been thinking and feeling in the last month, but if you are anything like me, you have been stunned and extremely disheartened by Barack Obama’s expanding air war in Iraq and the pro-war propaganda campaign that has infected television and radio news in the
- [Gather Up Now](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/09/16/gather-up-now/) - Debra Sweet | September 15, 2014 38 days ago, Michael Brown was shot six times by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. More witnesses have come forward to corroborate eye-witness testimony that Brown's hands were up, and he was not aggressive. But, still Officer Darren Wilson is on paid vacation. No indictment, no justice. On
- [Close Guantanamo NOW Proponents Plan US Speaking Tour January 9-17](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/01/04/close-guantanamo-now-proponents-plan-us-speaking-tour-january-9-17/) - Press AdvisoryJanuary 2, 2014worldcantwait.net Guantanamo Bay Prison at 12 YearsClose Guantanamo NOW Proponents Plan US Speaking Tour January 9-17 What: Public lectures/panels by opponents of the US prison in Guantanamo BayWhen: January 9-17Where: Campus and community events in New York City; Washington, D.C; Palo Alto, Berkeley, San Francisco, Pomona, Los Angeles and Orange County, CA
- [The Torture Remains the Same](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/01/04/the-torture-remains-the-same/) - Shaker Aamer | December 31, 2013 Last night, as I came back from my legal call, I was FCEd in much the same way I always am, as I peacefully refused to cooperate with them again. [Note: To be FCEd means that the Forcible Cell Extraction team of six soldiers forcibly moves the detainee from
- [Why is Guantanamo Still Open?](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/01/09/why-is-guantanamo-still-open/) - Dennis Loo | January 8, 2013 Obama promised during his 2008 campaign for the presidency that if elected: “We will lead in the observance of human rights, and the rule of law, and civil rights and due process, which is why I will close Guantanamo and I will restore habeas corpus and say no to
- [Statement issued by Shaker Aamer on the occasion of the 12th Anniversary of Guantánamo Bay](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/01/11/statement-issued-by-shaker-aamer-on-the-occasion-of-the-12th-anniversary-of-guantanamo-bay/) - Shaker Aamer | January 11, 2014 Today is the twelfth anniversary of the establishment of Guantánamo Bay. It has been a blot on the reputation of America, and will remain that until, first, it is closed, and second, lessons are learned from it that can help prevent any repetition in the decades to come. It
- [In Guantánamo, ‘national security’ rides roughshod over human rights](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/01/13/in-guantanamo-national-security-rides-roughshod-over-human-rights/) - Shaker Aamer | January 11, 2014 At best, we are numbers. I worry that when I come home that my children will call for “Daddy”, and I will sit unmoving. I am 239. The military justifies its actions by claiming to protect the US — but it is also violating the constitution it is meant
- [Today on Your Call: What’s the state of Guantanamo today?](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/01/14/today-on-your-call-what-s-the-state-of-guantanamo-today/) - Malihe Razazan, Your Call | January 13, 2014 On today's Your Call, we will mark the 12th anniversary of the United States prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The latest National Defense Authorization Act eases restrictions on the transfer of detainees. Who is being held at there? And what are the experiences of prisoners inside Guantánamo
- [Close Guantanamo Billboard Goes Up Outside Torture Taxi Airport](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/01/21/close-guantanamo-billboard-goes-up-outside-torture-taxi-airport/) - Tarak Kauff | January 8, 2014 Yesterday a billboard went up in North Carolina. Not your typical commercial billboard. The placement and the content were unique. The billboard with graphic artwork depicting two kneeling black hooded prisoners practically screams “Close Guantanamo!” at passing motorists. The 28 ft long 12 ft. high behemoth is placed 4 miles east
- [You Are NOT Welcome](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/01/22/you-are-not-welcome/) - Chicago World Can't Wait | January 21, 2014 The message was pretty clear: the public is not welcome at the trial of three men dubbed the NATO3, which began today, January 21, in Chicago. The court has issued orders that anyone wishing to attend must submit state-issued identification the day before they want to observe
- [February 2014 Newsletter](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/02/09/february-2014-newsletter/)
- [Obama's Speech on the NSA: The Empire's SPIES & LIES](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/02/11/obama-s-speech-on-the-nsa-the-empire-s-spies-lies/) - Revolution Newspaper | February 3, 2014 Seven months ago, shocking media reports began surfacing about how the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) runs the biggest and most intrusive electronic surveillance operation in the world and in history. These revelations are based on documents leaked by Edward Snowden, former NSA contractor who courageously stepped out as
- [Is a Policy a Law? Is Murder Murder?](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/02/11/is-a-policy-a-law-is-murder-murder/) - David Swanson | February 10, 2013 From the Associated Press: "An American citizen who is a member of al-Qaida is actively planning attacks against Americans overseas, U.S. officials say, and the Obama administration is wrestling with whether to kill him with a drone strike and how to do so legally under its new stricter targeting
- [Civilian Drone Deaths Triple in Afghanistan, UN Agency Finds](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/02/14/civilian-drone-deaths-triple-in-afghanistan-un-agency-finds/) - Alice Ross | February 8, 2014 Civilian drone deaths in Afghanistan tripled last year, according to a report by a UN agency. Forty-five civilians died in drone strikes in 2013. The report, by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (Unama), found that drone strikes accounted for at least a third of all civilian deaths in
- [In Open Letter, Major Obama Supporters Call for Action to Close Guantánamo as Promised](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/02/19/in-open-letter-major-obama-supporters-call-for-action-to-close-guantanamo-as-promised/) - Andy Worthington | February 14, 2014 In a sharply-worded open letter to President Obama, 42 prominent figures in the legal community in Illinois — retired lawmakers and judges, as well as working lawyers — have criticized the president for his failure to close the “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo, as he promised to do
- [Obama's Drone "Reforms"—More Assassinations, More War Crimes](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/02/19/obama-s-drone-reforms-more-assassinations-more-war-crimes/) - Larry Everest | February 17, 2014 Last May 23, in a major speech on the "war on terror," President Barack Obama claimed he was instituting new, more extensive legal oversight of U.S. drone strikes, and repeated his commitment to "due process." Obama's speech was, in part, a response to the widespread global outrage at his
- [Cornel West and Carl Dix Say: All Out for February 26—No More Murder of Black Youth!](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/02/23/cornel-west-and-carl-dix-say-all-out-for-february-26-no-more-murder-of-black-youth/) - The refusal of the system to convict Michael Dunn for murdering Jordan Davis is an outrage. On top of the exoneration of George Zimmerman, the vigilante murderer of Trayvon Martin, it amounts to Amerikkka declaring, once again, that Black people have no rights that white people are bound to respect. To those who see this
- [Guantánamo sigue la alimentación forzosa en el Ramadán](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/07/13/guantanamo-sigue-la-alimentacion-forzosa-en-el-ramadan/) - This report by HispanTV aired on July 13, 2013.
- [Chicago Press Conference Against War on Syria](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/09/12/chicago-press-conference-against-war-on-syria/) - CANTV | September 11, 2013 Noted Chicago voices of conscience Bob Bossie, Ted Jennings, Kathy Kelly and Mario Venegas provided powerful exposure of the long history of US interventions, the horrible human toll they have taken, and our responsibility here to do all we can to stop this latest one.
- [“The U.S. military does not do pinpricks” is NOT “We stopped a strike on Syria”](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/09/16/the-u-s-military-does-not-do-pinpricks-is-not-we-stopped-a-strike-on-syria/) - Debra Sweet | September 15, 2013 It is a good thing that thousands of people protested and many more voiced their opposition to a U.S. strike on Syria. But it’s not good that some are relaxing, much less celebrating, in the delusional idea that somehow diplomacy has “worked” to prevent the Obama administration from going
- [Washington Post: Obama in 2011 Secretly Obtained FISA OK to Target Americans’ Domestic Communications Without Warrant](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/09/16/washington-post-obama-in-2011-secretly-obtained-fisa-ok-to-target-americans-domestic-communications-without-warrant/) - Dennis Loo | September 15, 2013 On September 7, 2013 the Washington Post reported The Obama administration secretly won permission from a surveillance court in 2011 to reverse restrictions on the National Security Agency’s use of intercepted phone calls and e-mails, permitting the agency to search deliberately for Americans’ communications in its massive databases, according
- [Hello… State Dept? Aggressive War is the Supreme War Crime.](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/09/16/hello-state-dept-aggressive-war-is-the-supreme-war-crime/) - Debra Sweet | September 15, 2013 When I asked this week “When did it become appropriate to hold a vote about whether or not we should commit the “supreme international crime”? I received a comment that The people who have received your message are probably already convinced of the illegality (or at least immorality) of
- [Syria: Diplomacy... and Ongoing Danger of a U.S. Attack](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/09/16/syria-diplomacy-and-ongoing-danger-of-a-u-s-attack/) - Larry Everest | September 15, 2013 Protests continue against US military in Syria. Find or organize a protest here. Also check World Can't Wait's general events listing and interoccupy.net. Developments concerning Syria continue to move very quickly. On Saturday, September 14, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced their
- [Syria: Jubilation is Unwarranted](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/09/17/syria-jubilation-is-unwarranted/) - Dennis Loo | September 17, 2013 It is dangerous to claim victories that you have not won yet.To paraphrase Mark Twain: the reports by some in the anti-war movement of a victory are exaggerated.[i] Let’s be clear: there is still a bloody civil war raging in Syria which has taken close to 120,000 lives. We
- [Syria: Jubilation is Unwarranted, Part II](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/09/18/syria-jubilation-is-unwarranted-part-ii/) - Dennis Loo | September 17, 2013 The first part of this two-part series looked primarily at how some elements of the U.S. anti-war movement are assessing the current situation. In it I argue that the maneuvering going on behind closed doors needs to be better appreciated and that it is a mistake for the anti-war
- [Dispatches: The War in Afghanistan is Escalating, Not Ending](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/09/21/dispatches-the-war-in-afghanistan-is-escalating-not-ending/) - Heather Barr | September 20, 2013 Many people are breathing a sigh of relief to see international combat troops leaving Afghanistan. All foreign combat forces are slated to withdraw by the end-2014 deadline, and many have already gone. Deaths among foreign troops have fallen reassuringly. For Afghans, however, the war goes on. Many civilians are
- [Free Lynne Stewart: Support Compassionate Release](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/09/23/free-lynne-stewart-support-compassionate-release/) - Ralp Poynter | September 22, 2013 Renowned defense attorney Lynne Stewart, unjustly charged and convicted for the “crime” of providing her client with a fearless defense, is dying of cancer while imprisoned in the Federal Medical Center, Carswell, Texas. Your action now can lead to her freedom so that she may live out her remaining
- [The United Nations… of Drones?](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/09/27/the-united-nations-of-drones/) - Debra Sweet | September 26, 2013 This week World Can’t Wait joins kNOwdrones.com and Granny Peace Brigade in ambitious outreach across Manhattan to protest U.S. drones for warfare & surveillance. We have 3 replica drones and volunteers of all ages. We talk about how drones are used in targeted killing. Each lunch hour we’re in key
- [A Lesson from History: Operation Desert Fox, Iraq, 1998](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/10/01/a-lesson-from-history-operation-desert-fox-iraq-1998/) - Larry Everest | September 30, 2013 Anyone who thinks U.S.-led “arms inspections” or “disarmament” represents a step in the right direction or is anything other than another form of imperialist intervention and bullying needs to study and think about the lessons of Operation Desert Fox. Oil, Power, & Empire: Iraq and the U.S. Global Agenda
- [Not a "Good War" — A Disaster in Afghanistan](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/10/02/not-a-good-war-a-disaster-in-afghanistan/) - Debra Sweet | October 1, 2013 The U.S. War on Afghanistan — I refuse to call it the "Afghanistan war" because Afghans didn't start it — is now 12 years old. Longer than the official American war on Vietnam; it's gone on half a generation, or more. In 2001, on October 6 (a Sunday) George
- [Torture Opponents Say Ban Dick Cheney from Canada or Arrest and Prosecute Him](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/10/04/torture-opponents-say-ban-dick-cheney-from-canada-or-arrest-and-prosecute-him/) - War Criminals Watch | October 1, 2013 Torture suspect and former U.S. Vice President Richard (Dick) Cheney is scheduled to speak at the Toronto Global Forum, October 31, 2013, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The event is hosted by the International Economic Forum of the Americas. Lawyers and others are urging Canada to either
- [The Shutdown, the Showdown, and the Urgent Need To Repolarize... For Revolution ](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/10/09/the-shutdown-the-showdown-and-the-urgent-need-to-repolarize-for-revolution/) - The government shutdown dominates the news. Republicans and Democrats fight in a stalemate, unable to agree. There is talk, including by mainstream commentators, that “our democracy is imperiled.” (See Thomas Friedman’s op-ed, “Our Democracy Is at Stake,” in the October 1 New York Times.) Each night witnesses a parade of extreme right-wing demagogues dominating the
- [More Talk About Closing GTMO, While Prisoners Treated Abysmally](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/10/11/more-talk-about-closing-gtmo-while-prisoners-treated-abysmally/) - Debra Sweet | October 10, 2013 What’s going on in Guantanamo is still outrageous. Obama renewed promises to close Guantanamo, although so far, only 3 prisoners have been released since 2010. Last week, a prisoner who the U.S. military has known was mentally ill for over a decade, was released. Another figure from the Democratic
- [October 26: Rally Against Mass Surveillance in DC](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/10/16/october-26-rally-against-mass-surveillance-in-dc/) - Stop Watching Us | October 16, 2013 The recent NSA revelations have laid it all out: The NSA is watching us online and on our phones. The NSA has corrupted security and cryptography, undermining the fabric of the Internet. Its overreaching surveillance is creating a climate of fear, chills free speech, and violates our basic
- [The Call for the 18th National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation October 22, 2013](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/10/16/the-call-for-the-18th-national-day-of-protest-to-stop-police-brutality-repression-and-the-criminalization-of-a-generation-october-22-2013/) - The October 22nd Coalition | October 16, 2013 “The Call for the 18th National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation is to bring forward the united, powerful, visual coalition of families victimized by police terrorism and to reach into all parts of our community. May our unity
- [Abortion Rights Freedom Ride Report](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/10/26/abortion-rights-freedom-ride-report/) - Stop Patriarchy | October 25, 2013 This summer the dynamic of an uncompromising anti-abortion movement sweeping the nation unchallenged by an uncompromising force standing unapologetically for abortion rights and for women's liberation, ENDED. Dozens caravanned, hundreds rallied, and thousands contributed to changing the terms of the abortion debate. This was the Abortion Rights Freedom Ride,
- [Flier: Vast NSA Surveillance of Whole Populations Protects U.S. Dirty Wars. We Say NO MORE!](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/10/29/flier-vast-nsa-surveillance-of-whole-populations-protects-u-s-dirty-wars-we-say-no-more/) - October 28, 2013 Download PDF MASS SURVEILLANCE on whole populations, chilling protest and dissent here is used by the U.S. government to enforce world-wide, systematic wars of aggression, unjust occupations, and “dirty” wars of targeted killing and secret ops. The CIA and U.S. Military, aided by the NSA, use killer robots flown from 8,000 miles
- [A Drone Warrior’s Torment: Ex-Air Force Pilot Brandon Bryant on His Trauma from Remote Killing](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/11/02/a-drone-warrior-s-torment-ex-air-force-pilot-brandon-bryant-on-his-trauma-from-remote-killing/) - Democracy Now! | October 25, 2013 We look at how the United States uses drones in war, and their impact, through the eyes of one of the first U.S. drone operators to speak out. Former U.S. Air Force pilot Brandon Bryant served as a sensor operator for the Predator program from 2007 to 2011, manning
- [Banner Drop at the Met in NYC](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/11/04/banner-drop-at-the-met-in-nyc/) - A group of young artists and lawyers for The Blue Lantern Group dropped a banner inside the Met in New York City. There are currently 164 men, 84 that are cleared for release and 14 men entering the 9th month of a hunger strike, all of whom are being force-fed. The following mic check was
- [Video: Life Under Drones Discussion at Drone Conference](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/11/12/video-life-under-drones-discussion-at-drone-conference/) - Speakers:Madiha Tahir, Journalist, Filmmaker, Wounds of WaziristanChristopher Rogers - The Open Society FoundationsWazhmah Osman, Temple University Moderator: Tara McKelvey - BBC NewsDARC is a multidisciplinary conference about Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and drones—with an emphasis on civilian applications presented by the Engelberg Center at NYU Law in partnership with the Macarthur Foundation, the Center for
- [Return to the Days of Robust Lawyering!](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/11/12/return-to-the-days-of-robust-lawyering/) - Message to the National Lawyers Guild 2013 Convention Lynne Stewart | October 28, 2013 Brothers and Sisters of the National Lawyers Guild; I wanted to send you this most important Health Bulletin–Not Personal (pause) but on the steady evisceration of the Right to Counsel, the bulwark of all we do. Within the last weeks, a
- [Yemeni Man To Meet With Congress About US Drone Strikes That Killed His Relatives](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/11/12/yemeni-man-to-meet-with-congress-about-us-drone-strikes-that-killed-his-relatives/) - Rania Khalek | November 11, 2013 “The villagers marched the next day, chanting: ‘Obama, why do you spill our blood?’” Faisal bin ali Jaber, a Yemeni man whose relatives were killed in a US drone strike, is traveling to the United States this week to tell his story to Congress and human rights activists at this
- [Afghanistan: The Bilateral Security Agreement and Karzai's So-called Objections](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/11/12/afghanistan-the-bilateral-security-agreement-and-karzai-s-so-called-objections/) - A World to Win News Service | November 11, 2013 The U.S. and Afghan President Hamid Karzai are currently negotiating what they call a bilateral security agreement to sketch out the framework for U.S. operations in the country after the end of 2014, when Washington said it would withdraw some or all of its troops.
- [Yemeni Civil Engineer, Who Had Two Family Members Killed by Drone, to Address Congress Members](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/11/19/yemeni-civil-engineer-who-had-two-family-members-killed-by-drone-to-address-congress-members/) - Kevin Gosztola | November 18, 2013 A Yemeni civil engineer, who spoke at the 2013 Drone Summit organized by the peace group, CODEPINK, has come to the United States to share his story about how a US drone strike killed his two relatives. Five men were gathering behind a local mosque in their village of
- [New Song by Esperanza Spalding Calls for Guantanamo Detainees to be Freed](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/11/19/new-song-by-esperanza-spalding-calls-for-guantanamo-detainees-to-be-freed/) - November 18, 2013 {vimeo}79294714{/vimeo} Cheers to Esperanza Spalding for writing this song, organizing other prominent musicians to participate, and releasing this video calling for the closure of Guantanamo. Spalding wrote about why she released this song: “...King's Birmingham letter emphasizes that concern for justice and equality is not enough to remedy the systematic violation of
- [Voices from the Drone Summit](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/11/19/voices-from-the-drone-summit/) - Marjorie Cohn | November 16, 2013 “...when the other four men died – a result of ‘guilt by association’ – Hale realized he ‘was no longer part of something moral or sane or rational.’” Last weekend, I participated in a panel on the illegality of drones and targeted killing off the battlefield at the conference,
- [Students Silently Protest US Government’s Use of Drones](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/11/19/students-silently-protest-us-government-s-use-of-drones/) - Alison Fu | November 13, 2013 Dressed in all black with solemn expressions on their faces, students from UC Berkeley and nearby schools stood on the steps of Sproul Hall midday Wednesday to silently protest the government use of drones both domestically and overseas. About 40 demonstrators stood side by side in front of Sproul
- [Think Globally; Act Now to Put Humanity and the Planet First!](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/12/03/think-globally-act-now-to-put-humanity-and-the-planet-first-d27/)
- [Penny Lane: What We Learned This Week About Double Agents at Guantánamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/12/07/penny-lane-what-we-learned-this-week-about-double-agents-at-guantanamo/) - Andy Worthington | November 29, 2013 On Tuesday, out of nowhere, the Associated Press ran a story about a secret prison at Guantánamo that attracted a huge amount of attention from the media around the world — more attention, in fact, than at any time since the prison-wide hunger strike earlier this year, which, surprisingly,
- [Attacks on Wedding Parties by the United States, a Partial List](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/12/16/attacks-on-wedding-parties-by-the-united-states-a-partial-list/) - Felton Davis | December 16, 2013 “Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding party of the lamb.”- Revelation 19:9 "About two dozen guests had crammed into the three occupied houses for a wedding, raising the number of occupants to more than 100, said the elder. The bombers came early in the morning. Precision-guided
- [Johina Aamer - "What have you done in the last 11 years?"](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/01/03/johina-aamer-what-have-you-done-in-the-last-11-years/) - For Johina Aamer, her brothers and her mother, the technical aspects of Shaker Aamer's case come second to their daily worry: they have not been with Shaker for 11 years - soon to be 12 years. Everything else becomes peripheral to this. This family just wants their father home and a wife wants her husband
- [Release Bradley Manning, Whistleblower](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/08/23/release-bradley-manning-whistleblower/) - Bradley Manning Support Network | August 22, 2013 Find out more at bradleymanning.org.
- [Only Worse Suffering and Horrors Can Result from a U.S. Attack on Syria](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/08/29/only-worse-suffering-and-horrors-can-result-from-a-u-s-attack-on-syria/) - Revolution Newspaper | August 27, 2013 As we go to press, there is growing danger of a direct U.S. military attack on Syria—which is being framed as a “surgical strike”—using planes and/or Cruise missiles. U.S. Secretary of “Defense” Hagel announced that “the U.S. military is “ready to go” if ordered to attack Syria. These attacks
- [NO to US Bombs on Syria: Protest Today and When Attack Begins](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/08/29/no-to-us-bombs-on-syria-protest-today-and-when-attack-begins/) - Debra Sweet | August 29, 2013 It's looking like the U.S. — notwithstanding President Obama's speech about "justice" and "freedom" today at the March on Washington 50th anniversary — will launch air strikes on Syria in the next few days. It's essential that visible protest in advance of, and in reaction to, such attacks are
- [Obama, Congress and Syria](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/09/02/obama-congress-and-syria/) - Glenn Greenwald | September 1, 2013 The president is celebrated for seeking a vote on his latest war even as his aides make clear it has no binding effect It's a potent sign of how low the American political bar is set that gratitude is expressed because a US president says he will ask Congress
- [Protesting in NYC: NO War on Syria!](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/09/02/protesting-in-nyc-no-war-on-syria/)
- [Guantanamo detainee Nabil Hadjarab released to Algeria, though other cleared men remain imprisoned](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/09/04/guantanamo-detainee-nabil-hadjarab-released-to-algeria-though-other-cleared-men-remain-imprisoned/) - Reprieve | August 29, 2013 Guantanamo detainee and Reprieve client Nabil Hadjarab, who was cleared for release in 2007, was last night released and transferred to Algeria along with a second man. Reprieve hopes that this positive step marks the beginning of further releases from the prison. 164 men remain in Guantanamo, over half of
- [Five Questions](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/09/09/five-questions/) - Dennis Loo | September 5, 2013 When did it become appropriate to hold a vote about whether or not we should commit the “supreme international crime”?[1] Are the Syrian civilians who will surely be killed by U.S. bombs any less dead because Congress gave the green light for those bombs to be used? Since Obama
- [No U.S. Bombing of Syria](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/09/09/no-u-s-bombing-of-syria/) - for mass distribution from World Can't Wait Barack Obama is selling the planned US bombing of Syria as a “humanitarian” act in response to a chemical weapons attack on civilians. Bombing Syria will kill more civilians and invite even more intervention and weapons into the country, making it more likely that the civil war could
- [World Can't Wait Speeches on Syria](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/09/10/world-can-t-wait-speeches-on-syria/) - San Francisco September 7, 2013 Stephanie Tang: What we need is for people to Stop Thinking Like Americans and Start Thinking About Humanity! Why is this important? Because this crisis could go off in many different directions. The U.S. could choose to head on and attack – as Obama planned, and as then John Kerry
- [Left Forum Panel Discussion on Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/06/08/left-forum-panel-discussion-on-guantanamo/) - June 8, 2013 Eleven years since the building of the US prison at Guantánamo, and nine years after disclosures of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, US policy has settled into de facto indefinite detention of thousands. Thousands are held without the right to habeas corpus in the former US prison at Bagram, Afghanistan and rendition
- [A Message on Bradley Manning, Edward Snowden, the Press & Government's Pursuit of Whistleblowers from Kevin Gosztola](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/06/23/a-message-on-bradley-manning-edward-snowden-the-press-government-s-pursuit-of-whistleblowers-from-kevin-gosztola/) - Kevin Goszola prepared this message for the Emergency Forum at Cooper Union on June 19. While we were not able to share it at the event, we are making it available here. Follow Kevin's work: @kgosztola.
- [“I Wish I Was Dead,” Shaker Aamer Says from Guantánamo, as David Cameron Writes to His Daughter](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/06/24/i-wish-i-was-dead-shaker-aamer-says-from-guantanamo-as-david-cameron-writes-to-his-daughter/) - by Andy Worthington | June 24, 2013 In a desperate message from Guantánamo, Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in the prison, told one of his lawyers by phone, “The administration is getting ever more angry and doing everything they can to break our hunger strike. Honestly, I wish I was dead.” Shaker, who was
- [The NSA Spying Scandal and Improbable Cause](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/06/26/the-nsa-spying-scandal-and-improbable-cause/) - by Dennis Loo | June 24, 2013 I have previously written and spoken that the view expressed by some people to the NSA spying scandal that "I have nothing to hide" is a very serious mistake. If you allow the government to conduct ubiquitous, warrantless surveillance over the nation and the world, then you are
- [World Can't Wait, Guantanamo Protesters Featured on HispanTV](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/06/27/world-can-t-wait-guantanamo-protesters-featured-on-hispantv/) - HispanTV | June 27, 2013
- [Shaker Aamer and Other Prisoners Ask US Court to Stop the Force-Feeding and Forced Medication at Guantánamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/07/03/shaker-aamer-and-other-prisoners-ask-us-court-to-stop-the-force-feeding-and-forced-medication-at-guantanamo/) - by Andy Worthington | July 1, 2013 Lawyers at the London-based legal action charity Reprieve, and co-counsel Jon B. Eisenberg, an attorney in Oakland, California filed a motion with the District Court in Washington D.C. on Sunday evening, on behalf of four prisoners in Guantánamo, including Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in the prison.
- [Child Killed in Drone Strike Weeks After Obama Pledges End to Civilian Casualties](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/07/03/child-killed-in-drone-strike-weeks-after-obama-pledges-end-to-civilian-casualties/) - by Cora Currier | July 1, 2013 “They may not have realized who was in the car. Or they may have realized it and decided collateral damage was okay.” On June 9, a U.S. drone fired on a vehicle in a remote province of Yemen and killed several militants, according to media reports. It soon
- [Free Gregory Koger: Court Hearing July 23](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/07/07/free-gregory-koger-court-hearing-july-23/) - From the Ad Hoc Committee for Reason | July 6, 2013 A court hearing has been set for July 23, 2013, where the State will move to put Gregory Koger in jail to serve the remainder of his 300 day sentence for peacefully videotaping a statement against censorship at a public meeting of the “Ethical”
- [Justice Department Tells Court that Force-Feeding Guantánamo Hunger Strikers is “Maintaining the Status Quo”](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/07/07/justice-department-tells-court-that-force-feeding-guantanamo-hunger-strikers-is-maintaining-the-status-quo/) - by Andy Worthington | July 5, 2013 “The status quo is that these men are being held indefinitely without any sort of trial, even though they were cleared for release years ago.” What a disgrace the Justice Department lawyers dealing with Guantánamo are. On Wednesday, Andrew Warden, Timothy Walthall and Daniel Barish of the Civil
- [NSA Campus Recruiters Challenged by Students & Others](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/07/07/nsa-campus-recruiters-challenged-by-students-others/) - “I want to know what are the qualifications that one needs to become a whistleblower? Because that sounds like a much more interesting job. I think that ultimately the Edward Snowdens, Bradley Mannings and Julian Assanges of the world will prevail.” Listen to the recorded exchange. From the Guardian, July 5, 2013: On Tuesday, the
- [Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) Force-Fed Under Standard Guantanamo Bay Procedure](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/07/09/yasiin-bey-aka-mos-def-force-fed-under-standard-guantanamo-bay-procedure/) - Reprieve | July 8, 2013 The Guardian describes: As Ramadan begins, more than 100 hunger-strikers in Guantánamo Bay continue their protest. More than 40 of them are being force-fed. A leaked document sets out the military instructions, or standard operating procedure, for force-feeding detainees. In this four-minute film made by Human Rights organisation Reprieve and
- [New Report Exposes Violent Tactics Used to Break Guantanamo Hunger Strike](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/07/12/new-report-exposes-violent-tactics-used-to-break-guantanamo-hunger-strike/) - Reprieve | July 10, 2013 A new report released today by human rights charity Reprieve uses Guantanamo detainees' testimony to expose the violent tactics being used by the Obama administration in an attempt to break the ongoing hunger strike. The report - Down the tubes: The 2013 Hunger Strike at Guantanamo Bay – collates unclassified
- [The Manning Trial, Secrecy & Solitary Confinement](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/07/12/the-manning-trial-secrecy-solitary-confinement/) - Susan Modaress | July 12, 2013 {youtube}ckqrmsFK7bM{youtube}
- [A "Fair Trial?" George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin and the System of "Justice"](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/07/16/a-fair-trial-george-zimmerman-trayvon-martin-and-the-system-of-justice/) - Dennis Loo | July 15, 2013 A number of people say in the wake of the "not guilty" verdict of George Zimmerman in his killing of Trayvon Martin that this was a "fair trial." As an aside, many of the same people now expressing satisfaction that "justice has been done" can be heard frequently complaining
- [From Guantánamo, Hunger Striker Abdelhadi Faraj Describes the Agony of Force-Feeding](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/07/19/from-guantanamo-hunger-striker-abdelhadi-faraj-describes-the-agony-of-force-feeding/) - Andy Worthington | July 18, 2013 “During the Bush years, solutions seemed possible. Under Obama, it seems like there is no will to solve the problem.” Although I’ve been very busy for the last few months with a steady stream of articles about Guantánamo and the ongoing hunger strike, I haven’t been able to keep
- [Lawsuit Challenges U.S. Drone Killings of Three Americans](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/07/23/lawsuit-challenges-u-s-drone-killings-of-three-americans/) - The Center for Constitutional Rights | July 23, 2013 EDITOR'S NOTE: The following press release was issued by The Center for Constitutional Rights on July 19, 2013. World Can't Wait issued the Crimes Are Crimes statement in 2010 after it was revealed that Anwar al-Aulaqi, an American citizen, had been placed on the Obama administration's
- [Cornel West: “President Obama is a Global George Zimmerman”](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/07/23/cornel-west-president-obama-is-a-global-george-zimmerman/) - Democracy Now! | July 22, 2013 Read the transcript: AMY GOODMAN: In the aftermath of the Zimmerman verdict and the mass protests around the country, we turn right now to Dr. Cornel West, professor at Union Theological Seminary, author of numerous books, co-host of the radio show Smiley & West with Tavis Smiley. Together, they
- [Leaked Pakistani Report Confirms High Civilian Death Toll in CIA Drone Strikes](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/07/24/leaked-pakistani-report-confirms-high-civilian-death-toll-in-cia-drone-strikes/) - Chris Woods | July 22, 2013 A secret document obtained by the Bureau reveals for the first time the Pakistan government’s internal assessment of dozens of drone strikes, and shows scores of civilian casualties. The United States has consistently claimed only a tiny number of non-combatants have been killed in drone attacks in Pakistan –
- [Holder Promises Snowden Won't be Tortured?](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/07/29/holder-promises-snowden-won-t-be-tortured/) - Debra Sweet | July 29, 2013 In arguing that Russia should send Edward Snowden back to the U.S. to face charges for exposing, from inside the NSA, a vast surveillance network on whole populations, Attorney General Eric Holder was in the ironic position of alleging that: “I can report that the United States is prepared
- [Perpetrators of War Crimes Should be Imprisoned, Not Manning](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/08/03/perpetrators-of-war-crimes-should-be-imprisoned-not-manning/) - Voice of Russia | July 31, 2013 WASHINGTON (VOR) – The trial of Pfc. Bradley Manning is not over yet, but the army private has been convicted of 19 charges that could lead to more than 130 years in prison. Despite his charges, he was acquitted of the most serious charge of aiding and abetting
- [GTMO Clock](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/08/13/gtmo-clock/) - Holding President Obama to his promise to release the 86 cleared-for-release detainees at Guantánamo Bay. In a major speech on national security on May 23, 2013, President Obama promised to begin releasing the 86 prisoners still held at Guantánamo Bay who were cleared to leave by his inter-agency task force in January 2010 but are
- [Letter from Lynne Stewart, Imprisoned Peoples' Lawyer](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/08/13/letter-from-lynne-stewart-imprisoned-peoples-lawyer/) - Lynne Stewart | August 10th, 2013 Friends, Supporters, Comrades:Well, we are once again being educated in the meaning of “protracted struggle”, not that anyone wanted or needed this. It was clear yesterday in Court in NYC that Judge Koeltl was not going to act solely within the “spirit ” of the law but would instead
- [On Bradley Manning & Changing the World](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/08/16/on-bradley-manning-changing-the-world/) - Debra Sweet | August 15, 2013 There is, and should be, serious debate and discussion of how Bradley Manning affected our world by transferring a trove of classified US documents revealing war crimes to Wikileaks in 2010, and of his apology for doing so yesterday, in the process of demanding that he do not one
- [The War Criminals Should Be On Trial, Not The Whistleblowers](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/08/18/the-war-criminals-should-be-on-trial-not-the-whistleblowers/) - Dennis Loo | August 17, 2013 “Manning’s sole purpose was to do precisely those things that POTUS claims to respect and honor” This week we witnessed the distressing spectacle of a hero apologizing to those who should be prostrating themselves in shame for their persecution of him. This kangaroo courtroom with a blustering prosecutor waving
- [Fasting in Solidarity: Standing with the Hungering Grave Diggers of this System](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/08/20/fasting-in-solidarity-standing-with-the-hungering-grave-diggers-of-this-system/) - Jill McLaughlin | August 19, 2013 I want to take this time to respond to the recent article that appeared in Revolution newspaper What is Actually Revealed in the California Prisoner Hunger Strike?: Responding to Jeffrey Beard's Los Angeles Times Op-ed as the California prisoner hunger strike enters its second month and 55 men at
- [Obama Wants U.S. “Comfortable” with Vast Surveillance](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/08/20/obama-wants-u-s-comfortable-with-vast-surveillance/) - Barack Obama pulled out the “we’re not Big Brother” line again Friday in the ongoing to effort to bamboozle people alarmed about the vast National Security Agency surveillance of whole populations exposed by Edward Snowden. The important thing to him is not that the surveillance is curtailed, but that you feel comfortable with it. Tech
- [The Obama GITMO Myth](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/07/23/the-obama-gitmo-myth/) - by Glenn Greenwald | July 23, 2013 “New vindictive restrictions on detainees highlights the falsity of Obama defenders regarding closing the camp” Most of the 168 detainees at Guantanamo have been imprisoned by the U.S. Government for close to a decade without charges and with no end in sight to their captivity. Some now die
- [Death of a Prisoner: Tragic Return Home of a Guantánamo Bay Detainee](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/01/11/death-of-a-prisoner-tragic-return-home-of-a-guantanamo-bay-detainee/) - The filmmaker Laura Poitras follows the tragic return home to Yemen of a Guantánamo Bay prison detainee, Adnan Latif. Video posted by The New York Times.
- [Déjà vu: Defense Officials Downplay Growing Guantanamo Hunger Strike With Bush-Era Talking Points](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/04/05/deja-vu-defense-officials-downplay-growing-guantanamo-hunger-strike-with-bush-era-talking-points/) - by Jason Leopold | April 1, 2013 The hunger strike that government officials say now involves 39 Guantanamo prisoners parallels one that took place in 2006. Both protests stem from the search of prisoners' Korans that Guantanamo officials suspected were used to conceal drugs. As the Guantanamo hunger strike enters its third month, government spokespeople
- [Statement of Musa’ab al-Madhwani in support of emergency motion for humanitarian and life-saving relief](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/04/08/statement-of-musa-ab-al-madhwani-in-support-of-emergency-motion-for-humanitarian-and-life-saving-relief/) - 1. My name is Musa’ab al-Madhwani. 2. I have been in prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba for ten and a half years and I hereby request and authorize my lawyers to report the following circumstances to the court, and to sign this statement on my behalf. 3. Before I was sent to the prison at
- [War Criminal Karl Rove Protested at UMass](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/04/19/war-criminal-karl-rove-protested-at-umass/)
- [“We Can Make Change” Debra Sweet on Rochester Indymedia](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/04/22/we-can-make-change-debra-sweet-on-rochester-indymedia/) - On April 18, 2013, Rochester Indymedia interviewed Debra Sweet, an anti-war organizer and director of The World Can't Wait. She will be going to Syracuse, NY on April 26-28th for the “Resisting Drones, Global War and Empire" convergence (see the Facebook event). In this interview, Debra talks about her entry into the peace movement, the
- [As Obama Shuns Hearing, Yemeni Says U.S. Drone War Terrifying Civilians, Empowering Militants](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/04/28/as-obama-shuns-hearing-yemeni-says-u-s-drone-war-terrifying-civilians-empowering-militants/) - Democracy Now! | April 24, 2013 Six days after the U.S. bombed his village, Yemeni activist Farea al-Muslimi testified on Capitol Hill about the terror of the U.S. drone wars. Al-Muslimi spoke during the Senate’s first-ever public hearing on the Obama administration’s targeted killing program. His family’s village was hit by a U.S. drone strike
- [A Warning from Guantánamo – Four Prisoners Are Close to Death, and the Authorities Don’t Care](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/04/28/a-warning-from-guantanamo-four-prisoners-are-close-to-death-and-the-authorities-don-t-care/) - by Andy Worthington | April 26, 2013 I have just received a brief message from a credible source inside Guantánamo, about the situation in the prison today, which I wanted to make available because it exposes how four prisoners are close to death, as a result of the prison-wide hunger strike that is on its
- [Lynne Stewart Recommended for Compassionate Release](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/04/30/lynne-stewart-recommended-for-compassionate-release/) - by Jeff Mackler | April 29, 2013 I received a call from Lynne Stewart's husband, Ralph Poynter, that the warden at FMC Carswell prison in Fort Worth Texas has recommended immediate compassionate release for government frame-up victim and renown attorney for the damned, Lynne Stewart. Stewart was sentenced to ten years in prison on charges
- [Obama’s Deluded Remarks Ignore His Role in Keeping Prisoners at Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/05/01/obama-s-deluded-remarks-ignore-his-role-in-keeping-prisoners-at-guantanamo/) - by Kevin Gosztola | April 30, 2013 There are steps President Barack Obama could take right now to expedite the closing of Guantanamo Bay prison camps, where prisoners currently engaged in a major hunger strike continue to be held in detention. Yet, Obama and his defenders insist Congress is solely responsible for why the prison
- [A young Yemeni writer on the impact and morality of drone-bombing his country](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/05/10/a-young-yemeni-writer-on-the-impact-and-morality-of-drone-bombing-his-country/) - by Glenn Greenwald | May 1, 2013 “The 24-year-old Ibrahim Mothana speaks eloquently and insightfully about what the US is doing to his country. We should listen.” Ibrahim Mothana is a 24-year-old Yemeni writer and activist. I first became aware of him when he wrote an extraordinary Op-Ed in the New York Times last year
- [An Urgent Note About the Global Days of Action to Shut Down Guantanamo May 17th–May 19th](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/05/12/an-urgent-note-about-the-global-days-of-action-to-shut-down-guantanamo-may-17th-may-19th/) - by Jill McLaughlin | May 12, 2013 Join in protests around the world marking 100 Days of the Guantanamo Hunger Strike As the 100th day of the Guantanamo Hunger Strike approaches it is important that there be a strong visible presence in the streets during the May 17th–May19th Global Days of Action to Shut Down
- [“Shame, Shame, Shame!” SF Pride Parade Revokes Choice of Bradley Manning as Grand Marshal](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/05/12/shame-shame-shame-sf-pride-parade-revokes-choice-of-bradley-manning-as-grand-marshal/) - Revolution Newspaper | May 9, 2013 The San Francisco Pride Parade is the largest and most famous LGBT Pride event in the world. Every year hundreds of thousands crowd into downtown San Francisco to cheer as the rainbow colors fly over a mile of floats, marching bands, dancers, celebrities, and contingents and then a huge
- [Death is Preferable to Life at Obama’s Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/05/12/death-is-preferable-to-life-at-obama-s-guantanamo/) - by Marjorie Cohn | May 12, 2013 More than 100 of the 166 detainees at Guantanamo are starving themselves to death. Twenty-three of them are being force-fed. “They strap you to a chair, tie up your wrists, your legs, your forehead and tightly around the waist,” Fayiz Al-Kandari told his lawyer, Lt. Col. Barry Wingard.
- [“Torture is for Torture, the System is for the System”: Shaker Aamer’s Letters from Guantánamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/05/15/torture-is-for-torture-the-system-is-for-the-system-shaker-aamer-s-letters-from-guantanamo/) - by Andy Worthington | May 14, 2013 “I have been deprived of everything but my life. So that’s the only decision I have left: to live or to die.” The quote in the title of this article is from 1984 (aka Nineteen Eighty-Four), George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece, published in June 1949, which Shaker Aamer, the
- [New Guantanamo policy: Genital “pat down”](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/05/16/new-guantanamo-policy-genital-pat-down/) - by Jason Leopold | May 15, 2013 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba – A new policy has been implemented at Guantanamo that calls for prisoners to submit to a “pat down” of their genitals and buttocks when they leave the detention camps to meet with their lawyers, an official here confirmed Tuesday. Navy Captain. Robert Durand, a
- [Why Obama Can & Should Close Guantanamo NOW](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/05/16/why-obama-can-should-close-guantanamo-now/) - by Debra Sweet | May 15, 2013 “President Obama seems quite ready to use executive authority when it comes to targeted kill lists.” While promoting the message to Close Guantanamo that we are raising funds to publish in The New York Times, we have been hearing, especially in the Twitterverse, that people think, because Obama
- [Guantanamo Lawyer Carlos Warner on the Force-feeding of Prisoners](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/05/20/guantanamo-lawyer-carlos-warner-on-the-force-feeding-of-prisoners/)
- [A Call from Noche Diaz & Jamel Mims: Mass Incarceration + Silence=Genocide...](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/05/20/a-call-from-noche-diaz-jamel-mims-mass-incarceration-silence-genocide/)
- [Protesting on the Day 100 of the Guantanamo Hunger Strike](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/05/20/protesting-on-the-day-100-of-the-guantanamo-hunger-strike/)
- [Abortion on Demand and Without Apology](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/05/23/abortion-on-demand-and-without-apology/) - From StopPatriarchy.org | May 22, 2013 For Every Woman In Every State The Reversal of Abortion and Birth Control Rights Must Stop Now! Reproductive rights are in a state of emergency. Abortion is an issue that divides this country. This is no accident. How one thinks and feels about abortion flows fundamentally from how one
- [On Eve of Obama National Security Speech, Writers, Performers, Academics Call for Closure of Guantanamo, End of Indefinite Detention & War Crimes](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/05/23/on-eve-of-obama-national-security-speech-writers-performers-academics-call-for-closure-of-guantanamo-end-of-indefinite-detention-war-crimes/) - For Immediate ReleaseMay 22, 2013 Contact: (866) 973-4463 worldcantwait.net Inspired by the hunger strike of most remaining Guantanamo prisoners, hundreds of people in the arts, law, public life and academia have made an urgent call to Obama to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, where 166 men are still held, and “the
- [Over a Thousand Activists Sign Full-Page Ad to Close Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/05/25/over-a-thousand-activists-sign-full-page-ad-to-close-guantanamo/) - by Michele Richinick | May 23, 2013 On the morning President Obama is to outline and defend his counterterrorism strategy marred with controversy, more than 1,300 activists and politicians signed a call to action singling out the administrations’ record on civil liberties by featuring a full-page advertisement Thursday in the national edition of the New
- [Guantanamo, Drone Strikes and the “Non-War Terror War”: Obama Speaks](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/05/25/guantanamo-drone-strikes-and-the-non-war-terror-war-obama-speaks/) - by Marjorie Cohn | May 24, 2013 As one of the 1,200-plus signatories to the full-page ad that appeared in The New York Times, calling for the closure of Guantanamo, I was disappointed in President Barack Obama’s speech Thursday on counterterrorism, drones and Guantanamo. Torture and Indefinite Detention at Guantanamo In a carefully crafted – at
- [I Am Bradley Manning](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/06/05/i-am-bradley-manning/)
- [“Modest Encroachments”? The NSA Spying Scandal, the Significance of Snowden and Manning, and the Duplicity of Barack Obama](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/06/11/modest-encroachments-the-nsa-spying-scandal-the-significance-of-snowden-and-manning-and-the-duplicity-of-barack-obama/) - by Dennis Loo | June 10, 2013 It is hard to overestimate the significance of this moment. As I wrote at the end of my last article on June 7, The revelations that the NYT is reporting about come from an unidentified U.S. intelligence individual who is whistleblowing. Despite Obama’s vicious and vindictive retaliation against
- [To Those Americans Who Say “I Have Nothing to Hide”](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/06/12/to-those-americans-who-say-i-have-nothing-to-hide/) - by Dennis Loo | June 11, 2013 Many Americans think right now that they “have nothing to hide” and that if the government says that it’s necessary for them to be spying on everyone, then all right then, it must be the truth. After all, my government would not lie to me. There are multiple
- [Guantanamo Bay: A Medical Ethics–free Zone?](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/06/17/guantanamo-bay-a-medical-ethics-free-zone/) - by George J. Annas, J.D., M.P.H., Sondra S. Crosby, M.D., and Leonard H. Glantz, J.D. | June 12, 2013 American physicians have not widely criticized medical policies at the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp that violate medical ethics. We believe they should. Actions violating medical ethics, taken on behalf of the government, devalue medical ethics for
- [June 26: International Day in Support of Victims of Torture](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/06/19/june-26-international-day-in-support-of-victims-of-torture/) - Protest Torture and Support the Guantanamo Prisoners Hunger Strike! On 12 December 1997, by resolution 52/149, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 26 June the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, with a view to the total eradication of torture and the effective functioning of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman
- [Happy Birthday Bradley Manning](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/12/17/happy-birthday-bradley-manning/) - by Debra Sweet Today, Bradley Manning turns 25. It's his third birthday in prison without trial (recent proceedings have still all been pre-military commission). The unjust persecution and tortuous conditions Bradley has been put through are horrible, but only further expose the government whose crimes he showed the world. Let Bradley know just how much
- [The 2013 NDAA & Obama’s Expansion of Indefinite Military Detention Powers](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/12/18/the-2013-ndaa-obama-s-expansion-of-indefinite-military-detention-powers/) - by Kevin Gosztola The administration of President Barack Obama has gone much farther in defending and expanding indefinite detention powers than the administrations of President George W. Bush ever attempted. With the Feinstein Amendment in the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), such powers are set to be further expanded, according to Bruce Afran, a
- [Abortion: Stigmatized and Endangered](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/12/31/abortion-stigmatized-and-endangered/) - Time for Massive, Uncompromising Struggle:get involved at stoppatriarchy.org by Sunsara Taylor We are fast approaching the 40-year anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion on January 22, 1973. Yet, the stark reality is that despite its formal legality, abortion is more stigmatized, more dangerous to provide, and more difficult to
- [Drones Kill Kids: Protesting in Hawaii Obama's Drone Program](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/01/07/drones-kill-kids-protesting-in-hawaii-obama-s-drone-program/) - by Ann Wright As President Barack Obama spent his last day, January 5, in Hawaii, representatives from Hawaii Peace and Justice and World Can't Wait protested his assassin drone program and lack of effort on Palestinian issues in front of his Hawaii vacation home. Drone protests in the United States over the past three years
- [“We Might Be Going To Jail, But We Still Will Not Be  Complicit With Our Government’s War Crimes”](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/01/08/we-might-be-going-to-jail-but-we-still-will-not-be-complicit-with-our-government-s-war-crimes/) - From the Upstate NY Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars Join us as we walk from Hancock Airfield to the Onondaga County Jail on January 11th beginning at 12 noon at the Main gate on East Malloy Road. Three members of the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and Stop the Wars
- [Please Write to the Forgotten Prisoners in Guantánamo on the 11th Anniversary of the Opening of the Prison](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/01/10/please-write-to-the-forgotten-prisoners-in-guantanamo-on-the-11th-anniversary-of-the-opening-of-the-prison/) - by Andy Worthington Friday January 11 is the 11th anniversary of the opening of the Bush administration’s “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, an ongoing legal black hole, and an experimental prison for holding Muslim men and boys without rights, and subjecting them to torture and other forms of coercion and abuse, and
- [Ahead of Inauguration, Report Explores Militarized Approach to Protest Policing](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/01/17/ahead-of-inauguration-report-explores-militarized-approach-to-protest-policing/) - For immediate release by the National Lawyers Guild January 16, 2013 Next Monday, January 21, over 3,000 law enforcement officers and some 13,000 military troops will descend on the Washington Mall. The occasion is not a coup but the presidential inauguration, which will prompt the kind of militarized police mobilization that is a hallmark of
- [Debra Sweet on the Protests Against Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/01/17/debra-sweet-on-the-protests-against-guantanamo/) - Debra Sweet, director of World Can't Wait, was interviewed by The Michael Slate Show (KPFK-LA) live from the protests in DC on January 11, 2013 on the continuing, outrageous existence of the Guantanamo Bay prison. {mp3}debraJan_11_2013{/mp3} Download/Listen
- [Rise Up for Abortion Rights On the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/01/20/rise-up-for-abortion-rights-on-the-40th-anniversary-of-roe-v-wade/) - Jan 21-26: Week of Action— Washington, DC and San Francisco Abortion and birth control are fundamental rights. Forcing women to have children against their will is a form of enslavement. And if women—half of humanity—are not free, then no one is free. January 22, 2013 will mark the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme
- [Inauguration Day: March and Speak out Against U.S. "War on Terror"](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/01/20/inauguration-day-march-and-speak-out-against-u-s-war-on-terror/) - by Debra Sweet Monday, World Can't Wait will be marching in the "Arc of Justice" parade before the Inaugural Parade begins. Can you begin to imagine the contrast between the Commander-in-Chief of the largest, strongest, military in world history, leading an ongoing "war on terror" against at least eight countries, and our message that "humanity
- [Lynne Stewart Emergency Alert!](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/01/22/lynne-stewart-emergency-alert/) - From supporters of attorney Lynne Stewart, who has served on World Can't Wait's Advisory Board, January 21, 2013 Below you will find today's critical communication from longtime Lynne Stewart supporter, Betty Davis. The information concerns Lynne's health and her legal status. As you will read below Lynne's breast cancer has returned. Lynne was successfully treated,
- [Lupe Fiasco Gets Booted from Inauguration Concert for Criticizing Obama](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/01/22/lupe-fiasco-gets-booted-from-inauguration-concert-for-criticizing-obama/) - Cheers to Lupe Fiasco for doing an extended version of his politically charged song Words I Never Said while performing at an Inauguration concert January 20, 2013. The Chicago Sun Times reported: Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco is not President Obama's biggest fan. He's rapped about his disdain for Obama and has gone so far as
- [Chicago Press Conference: 11 Years of Guantanamo! Shut It Down Now!](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/01/24/chicago-press-conference-11-years-of-guantanamo-shut-it-down-now/) - From Chicago World Can't Wait January 11, 2013
- [Pakistan's army: taking on the Taliban in Waziristan](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/01/28/pakistan-s-army-taking-on-the-taliban-in-waziristan/) - Channel 4 News (UK) The US wants Pakistan to do more in its fight against the Taliban in Waziristan. But the Pakistan soldiers maimed in the war on terror might argue they have already given enough. Chris Woods reports. The US wants Pakistan to do more in its fight against the Taliban in Waziristan. But
- [The Secret Drone War](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/01/28/the-secret-drone-war/) - BBC Panorama
- [Sanctions: Weapons of Mass Death and Destruction](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/01/29/sanctions-weapons-of-mass-death-and-destruction/) - by Larry Everest Iran hasn't been in the headlines in recent months, but there's a lot of talk that 2013 will be the year of decision on Iran—whether a deal will be struck between the U.S. and its allies and Iran on ending or restricting Iran's nuclear enrichment program, or whether the U.S., Israel and
- [Obama Nominates Mr. Drone to be CIA Chief](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/01/29/obama-nominates-mr-drone-to-be-cia-chief/) - by Paul Harris The nomination of President Barack Obama’s top counter-terrorism advisor John Brennan to head the CIA has sparked outrage and concern about America’s growing drones programme and its use for targeted killings of suspected Islamic militants. Brennan has been a key architect of drones policy under Obama and many experts believe that the
- [The Farcical Dance at Guantanamo - Nothing Resembling Justice](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/02/12/the-farcical-dance-at-guantanamo-nothing-resembling-justice/) - by Andy Worthington February 8, 2013 Last week at Guantánamo, a farcical dance played out, as it does every six months or so. Representatives of the US mainstream media — and other reporters from around the world — flew to the US naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to witness the latest round of the
- [The Red Queen's in Charge: Murdering People and Due Process Via Drones](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/02/12/the-red-queen-s-in-charge-murdering-people-and-due-process-via-drones/) - The Red Queen of Alice in Wonderland – “Sentence first - verdict afterwards” - is now in charge. by Dennis Loo, February 8, 2013 As many people have heard by now, a whistleblower sent to NBC News a couple of days ago a confidential DOJ memo that provides justifications for the government to use drones
- [Reportback on Climate Crisis Conference](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/02/20/reportback-on-climate-crisis-conference/) - The Feb 16 Climate Crisis Conference, initiated by World Can’t Wait Chicago and taken up by many other groups, was a sober and an exciting event. The opening presentation by Carl Wassilie, Yup’iaq Alaskan from Anchorage's Big Village Network, powerfully illustrated how life threatening the situation facing indigenous people in Alaska is. Storms are eroding
- [February 23 = 1000 Days in Prison for Bradley Manning - Protest in San Francisco](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/02/22/february-23-1000-days-in-prison-for-bradley-manning-protest-in-san-francisco/) - from the San Francisco chapter of World Can't Wait No Trial, Torture, Solitary Confinement =Is This the Price of Truth? Whistle-blowing on War Crimes is NOT a Crime!Free Bradley Manning now! Calling all Bradley Manning supporters, justice activists, and people who refuse to accept the crimes of your government! Come be part of an outreach/visibility
- [Bradley Manning’s One Thousand Days of Imprisonment Without Trial](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/02/22/bradley-manning-s-one-thousand-days-of-imprisonment-without-trial/) - by Kevin Gosztola For more than two and a half years, the military has been prosecuting Pfc. Bradley Manning for allegedly releasing classified information to WikiLeaks and this Saturday, February 23, he will have been imprisoned without trial for one thousand days. The military judge in his court martial at Fort Meade ruled on January
- [Bradley Manning’s Supporters Mark 1,000th Day in Jail](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/02/25/bradley-manning-s-supporters-mark-1-000th-day-in-jail/) - by Elaine Spike Pasquini “Free Bradley Manning! Free Bradley Manning!” chanted human rights supporters in San Francisco’s Justin Herman Plaza this afternoon. For nearly 1,000 days, PFC Bradley Manning, the 25-year-old former intelligence analyst for the U.S. Army, has been incarcerated for allegedly passing classified documents to the whistleblower Web site, Wikileaks, including the video
- [Fundamental Rights Under Sharper Attack](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/03/07/fundamental-rights-under-sharper-attack/) - by Revolution Newspaper | March 6, 2013 Three ominous events in the news last week show just how sharply fundamental rights are under attack: Bradley Manning: Torture and Persecution of Whistleblowers Bradley Manning, a 25-year-old U.S. Army private and intelligence analyst, was arrested in May 2010 in Iraq, accused of leaking classified documents that were
- [Debra Sweet on A Deeper Look: Drones, Obama, and Protest](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/03/07/debra-sweet-on-a-deeper-look-drones-obama-and-protest/) - Debra Sweet, Director of World Can't Wait, was interviewed on KBOO-Portland, OR on February 28, 2013 on "A Deeper Look." From the KBOO website: Drones and Targeted Killing, The Imperial Militaries preferred method for dominating the world & Oregon is working hard to be a major player in their manufacture and research. The use of
- [Attorney General Eric Holder: US Government Has Authority to Target & Kill US Citizens on US Soil](https://worldcantwait.org/2013/03/07/attorney-general-eric-holder-us-government-has-authority-to-target-kill-us-citizens-on-us-soil/) - by Kevin Gosztola | March 5, 2013 “...it fits the framework for fighting a permanent global “War on Terrorism” without any geographical limitations, which the Obama administration has maintained it has the authority to wage.” Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, who sent three letters to CIA director nominee John Brennan requesting an answer on
- [12 Steps to Overcoming Addiction to Voting for the “Lesser” of 2 Evils](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/08/30/12-steps-to-overcoming-addiction-to-voting-for-the-lesser-of-2-evils/) - 1. Admit you are in a self-destructive relationship with the Democratic Party. 2. Remove conflicting bumper stickers from your collection. “Shut Down Guantanamo” and “Obama 2012” are mutually exclusive. 3. Understand that kill lists and more unjust war is the wrong kind of change to believe in. 4. Stop lying to yourself. The President is
- [US Investigates Possible WikiLeaks Leaker for 'Communicating With the Enemy'](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/09/28/us-investigates-possible-wikileaks-leaker-for-communicating-with-the-enemy/) - by Glenn Greenwald A US air force systems analyst who expressed support for WikiLeaks and accused leaker Bradley Manning triggered a formal military investigation last year to determine whether she herself had leaked any documents to the group. Air Force investigative documents, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, show that the analyst was
- [Dangerous New Turn in Obama Administration’s Assault on Fundamental Rights](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/10/02/dangerous-new-turn-in-obama-administration-s-assault-on-fundamental-rights/) - from Revolution Newspaper The Obama administration has demonstrated yet again its resolve to clear away any legal obstacles to enforcing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This law, enacted in December 2011, contains a provision (section 1021) that gives the government the power to indefinitely detain, without charge or trial, a broad and vague category
- [We Are All Illegals/Todos Somos Ilegales](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/10/03/we-are-all-illegals-todos-somos-ilegales/) - Jeers to Arizona for the "let me see your papers" law now in effect. Cheers to the band Outernational for this response: 'Show Me Your Papers' law is in effect today! Arizona is stopping people, left and right. Let's get this music video out there, far and wide. Post this on your Facebook Wall. Tweet
- [A Challenge to Obama Supporters and Everyone Who Cares About The Future Of the Planet](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/10/03/a-challenge-to-obama-supporters-and-everyone-who-cares-about-the-future-of-the-planet/) - Many of you voted for Barack Obama because you hated the Bush program of open use of torture, evisceration of civil liberties and illegal wars of aggression. I ask you to look honestly at what the Obama administration has done in the past couple of years. The Bush administration launched an illegal illegitimate war in
- [What Crime Would Obama Have to Commit for You to Stand on Principle and Refuse to Vote??](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/10/15/what-crime-would-obama-have-to-commit-for-you-to-stand-on-principle-and-refuse-to-vote/) - You know Romney is a fascist and that the racist lunatics are all whipped up against Obama. So you are thinking of voting for Obama. But before you do—and before you put your money and energy and hopes into “the lesser evil”—let us ask you a question: What Crime Would Obama Have to Commit for
- [Videotaping = Trespass? Chicago Man Faces Jail For Use Of iPhone](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/10/22/videotaping-trespass-chicago-man-faces-jail-for-use-of-iphone/) - Gregory Koger faces months in Cook County jail for “unauthorized use of an iPhone.” He attempted to videotape a peaceful statement by Sunsara Taylor opposing the censorship of her talk prior to a public event at the Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago (EHSC) on Nov. 1, 2009. But he was grabbed by several police, dragged
- [Obama Moves to Make the War on Terror Permanent](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/10/25/obama-moves-to-make-the-war-on-terror-permanent/) - by Glenn Greenwald A primary reason for opposing the acquisition of abusive powers and civil liberties erosions is that they virtually always become permanent, vested not only in current leaders one may love and trust but also future officials who seem more menacing and less benign. The Washington Post has a crucial and disturbing story
- [Welcome to the Age of Hell: Entrenching Murder as the American Way](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/10/25/welcome-to-the-age-of-hell-entrenching-murder-as-the-american-way/) - by Chris Floyd The Washington Post has just laid out, in horrifying, soul-slaughtering detail, the Obama Administration's ongoing effort to expand, entrench and "codify" the practice of murder and terrorism by the United States government. The avowed, deliberate intent of these sinister machinations is to embed the use of death squads and drone terror attacks
- [The Real Difference Between the Republicans and the Democrats](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/11/01/the-real-difference-between-the-republicans-and-the-democrats/) - From Revolution Newspaper A lot of people feel that say what you want, there is a deep-down philosophical difference between Republicans and Democrats. It goes like this: the Republicans believe in "every man for himself," while the Democrats believe "we're all in this together." Well, let's look at this. First, let's take the Republicans. Do
- [US Detention of Imran Khan Part of Trend to Harass Anti-Drone Advocates](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/11/01/us-detention-of-imran-khan-part-of-trend-to-harass-anti-drone-advocates/) - The vindictive humiliation of Pakistan's most popular politician shows the US government's intolerance for dissent by Glenn Greenwald Imran Khan is, according tonumerous polls, the most popular politician in Pakistan and may very well be that country's next Prime Minister. He is also a vehement critic of US drone attacks on his country, vowing to
- [Another Torture Victim on Trial at Guantánamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/11/01/another-torture-victim-on-trial-at-guantanamo/) - by Andy Worthington In the last two weeks, the “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo Bay enjoyed a brief resurgence of interest as pre-trial hearings took place in the cases of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other men accused of directing and supporting the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and in the case of
- [Guantanamo Military Commissions: ‘Piece of a Larger Disturbing Trend Toward Centralized Presidential Power’](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/11/01/guantanamo-military-commissions-piece-of-a-larger-disturbing-trend-toward-centralized-presidential-power/) - “The government’s claim that it can keep from the public the defendants’ testimony about their ‘thoughts and experiences’ of torture is legally untenable and morally abhorrent.” by Kevin Gosztola Just over two weeks ago, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other 9/11 terror suspects had a pre-trial hearing before the Guantanamo Bay commission. The judge presiding over
- [Stormy Times Require a Lot from Us](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/11/03/stormy-times-require-a-lot-from-us/) - by Debra Sweet Thanks to all who have messaged those of us in the northeast to check how we're doing. We know many of you have been affected, and are not even able to read this, or follow the news. The scale of the disaster in the US is unprecedented, and still remains to be
- [Show Us the Benghazi Drone Videotape](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/11/03/show-us-the-benghazi-drone-videotape/) - by Nick Mottern "An unarmed U.S. Predator drone already was performing surveillance missions over Libya when the attack on the consulate in Benghazi began about 9:40 p.m. local time [September 11, 2012]," reported Fox News on October 25, 2012. "Shortly after the attack, the drone moved into position over the compound." According to a report
- [Who is the Worst Civil Liberties President in US History?](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/11/03/who-is-the-worst-civil-liberties-president-in-us-history/) - by Glenn Greenwald The following interesting question arose yesterday from what at first appeared to be some petty Twitter bickering: who was the worst president for civil liberties in US history? That question is a difficult one to answer because it is so reliant upon which of many valid standards of measurement one chooses; it
- [Obama’s Re-Election: What His Campaign Slogan ‘Forward’ Really Meant & What It Means Now](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/11/08/obama-s-re-election-what-his-campaign-slogan-forward-really-meant-what-it-means-now/) - by Kevin Gosztola The slogan of President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign was “Forward.” As progressives and others celebrate his victory, they need to take a moment to soberly reflect on the reality that his second term will be marked by advancing policies that he helped institutionalize or allowed to become further entrenched—some of which picked
- [What the 2012 Election Was ... and Wasn't](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/11/08/what-the-2012-election-was-and-wasn-t/) - by Dennis Loo Most of the commentary about Obama’s re-election and the defeat of some of the most reactionary GOP incumbents and candidates such as Rep. Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock has been about how the GOP is demographically and ideologically far too right wing for the majority in the electorate. And this much is
- [Stop Stop and Frisk Defendants Found Not Guilty of Obstruction Charges](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/11/16/stop-stop-and-frisk-defendants-found-not-guilty-of-obstruction-charges/) - from the Stop Mass Incarceration Network Queens, NY – A Queens jury today found four men not guilty of obstructing the NYPD’s 103rd Precinct last year. The high-stakes trial for political protesters began October 23, delayed several times by weather, and almost ended with a mistrial because of the highly unusual arrest of a sitting juror last
- [Obama's Kill List Policy Compels US Support for Israeli Attacks on Gaza ](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/11/16/obama-s-kill-list-policy-compels-us-support-for-israeli-attacks-on-gaza/) - by Glenn Greenwald Israel's escalating air attacks on Gaza follow the depressingly familiar pattern that shapes this conflict. Overwhelming Israeli force slaughters innocent Palestinians, including children, which is preceded (and followed) by far more limited rocket attacks into Israel which kill a much smaller number, rocket attacks which are triggered by various forms of Israeli
- [A Duck By Any Other Name: Obama and Terrorism, and the Terror of Infidelity](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/11/22/a-duck-by-any-other-name-obama-and-terrorism-and-the-terror-of-infidelity/) - ...it’s emblematic of an Empire’s logic: the deceit of family values exists side-by-side with massive crimes. by Dennis Loo Jack Goldsmith, former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel from 2003-2004 and who is currently a Professor at Harvard Law School, writes on November 9, 2012: One important consequence of President Obama’s re-election will
- [Death From Above: WikiLeaks Collateral Murder Footage Examined](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/09/02/death-from-above-wikileaks-collateral-murder-footage-examined/) - by Alex Morris On July 12 2007 a US apache helicopter shot several Iraqi civilians in an incident that shocked the world when footage of the event was published by whistleblower website, Wikileaks. The footage, taken from the helicopter, shows people fleeing for the safety of buildings being pursued, then the buildings they run to
- [Obama and Holder: Sanctioning State Murder](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/09/02/obama-and-holder-sanctioning-state-murder/) - Pantomime and Power in the Imperium by Chris Floyd On Thursday, with media attention focused on the gooberish plutocrat accepting the nomination of one faction of our single ruling party -- the bipartisan Imperial Bloc -- the leader of the other faction took the opportunity to bury a few more cases of state murder. There
- [Tutu Calls for Blair and Bush Indictments](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/09/04/tutu-calls-for-blair-and-bush-indictments/) - by Chris Floyd Archbishop Desmond Tutu refused to attend a conference last week for a very good reason – he did not want to be publicly associated with a war criminal. That war criminal was Tony Blair, who had been paid his usual whopping fee ($238,000 in this case) to deliver his usual sanctimonious blather
- [Elaine Brower Protests the Democratic National Convention](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/08/29/elaine-brower-protests-the-democratic-national-convention/)
- [Veterans, Occupiers and War Opponents Protest US Wars for Empire and Demand Release of Pfc. Manning at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/09/04/veterans-occupiers-and-war-opponents-protest-us-wars-for-empire-and-demand-release-of-pfc-manning-at-the-democratic-national-convention-in-charlotte/) - What: Rally & photo-op When: Tuesday, September 4 starting at 12noon Where: Marshall Park (3rd and McDowell), Charlotte NC Today, outside of the Democratic National Convention, protesters will gather in support of the soldier accused of leaking classified records to WikiLeaks, Pfc Manning. They will demand that the Army drops charges against Manning, on the
- [Jill McLaughlin: Why I'm Protesting the Democratic National Convention](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/08/29/jill-mclaughlin-why-i-m-protesting-the-democratic-national-convention/)
- [Protesting for Bradley Manning](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/08/28/protesting-for-bradley-manning/) - From the NYC Chapter of World Can't Wait To mark the beginning of the next phase of accused whistle-blower Bradley Manning’s pre-trial hearings and noting that he has spent 825 days in prison, some under torturous conditions, World Can't Wait organized an activity at Grand Central Station in NYC. The plan was to circulate within the
- [Adventures at Gitmo](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/08/28/adventures-at-gitmo/) - By Candace Gorman I hope to get caught up on all things Gitmo during this coming week. Meanwhile here is an update on the conditions for the attorneys for the men at Gitmo and the forever decreasing number of hours we can spend with our clients after making the long journey. This shrinking schedule will
- [No Immunity for Torturers](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/09/06/no-immunity-for-torturers/)
- [The Human Cost of War on Iran](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/08/27/the-human-cost-of-war-on-iran/) - by Elizabeth Murray In late 2002, just prior to the launch of the U.S. “shock and awe” campaign against Iraq, I was invited to join a gathering of intelligence analysts at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to participate in an Iraq “war games” exercise. We were assigned specific roles and asked to
- [Report from San Francisco: Obama! Free Bradley Manning Now!](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/09/07/report-from-san-francisco-obama-free-bradley-manning-now/) - From World Can't Wait, San Francisco Action Report: San Francisco “Free Bradley Manning” Rally & March to Obama Campaign Viewing Party In San Francisco Thursday night, about 80 people met up tonight in the Mission District at a BART (subway) plaza, lofting colorful banners and signs. We came from different movements – antiwar, Occupy, veterans
- [Let’s Be for Real... and HONEST About Obama...](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/09/10/let-s-be-for-real-and-honest-about-obama/) - From Revolution Newspaper Romney Is a Wannabe Criminal-in-Chief... But Obama’s a Proven One... People—especially progressive people—will tell you that “the stakes are too important to sit out this election.” And they are half-right: the stakes are important. But the stakes are not what they say. And the way that people who really want change need
- [Eleven Years After 9/11, Guantánamo Is A Political Prison](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/09/10/eleven-years-after-9-11-guantanamo-is-a-political-prison/) - by Andy Worthington Eleven years since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the majority of the remaining 168 men in Guantánamo are not held because they constitute an active threat to the United States, but because of inertia, political opportunism and an institutional desire to hide evidence of torture by US forces, sanctioned at
- [A Frenzy of War Talk—Israel Threatens to Attack Iran](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/08/27/a-frenzy-of-war-talk-israel-threatens-to-attack-iran/) - by Larry Everest "Decision by Netanyahu, Barak to strike Iran is almost final" (Times of Israel, August 11) "Israeli speculation over Iran strike reaches fever pitch" (Guardian, August 14) Over the past several weeks there has been an eruption of alarming reports, high-level meetings, and public debate over whether Israel is close to deciding—or has
- [Holding the US to Account for Civilian Drone Deaths in Yemen](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/09/10/holding-the-us-to-account-for-civilian-drone-deaths-in-yemen/) - by Chris Woods When news flashed of an airstrike on two cars in the city of Radaa on Sunday afternoon, early claims that ‘al Qaeda militants’ had died soon gave way to a more grisly reality. At least 11 civilians had been killed, among them women and three children. It was the worst loss of
- [Resist DNC: Protesting War and Drones at the 2012 DNC in Charlotte](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/09/10/resist-dnc-protesting-war-and-drones-at-the-2012-dnc-in-charlotte/)
- [Why Veterans For Peace Will Protest the RNC and DNC](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/08/24/why-veterans-for-peace-will-protest-the-rnc-and-dnc/) - Press release from Veterans for Peace Veterans For Peace will have members protesting at both the Republican National Convention in Tampa and the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. VFP President Leah Bolger explained why: "Social change, including the abolition of war, does not come from supporting one political party over another, but from changing the
- [Drone Protesters Convicted in Missouri](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/09/12/drone-protesters-convicted-in-missouri/) - From Brian Terrell Good friends, Yesterday's trial and all the events surrounding it were amazing. Some truth was told in the courtroom, a rare event in a venue more conducive to obfuscation and evasion. The local Fox affiliate got some of the salient points, including interviews with expert witnesses Bill Quigley and Ann Wright. Below
- [Statement from Lawyers for Adnan Latif, Most Recent Prisoner to Die at Guantánamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/09/12/statement-from-lawyers-for-adnan-latif-most-recent-prisoner-to-die-at-guantanamo/) - by Andy Worthington Over the weekend, Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif, a Yemeni, became the ninth prisoner to die in Guantánamo. Adnan had been repeatedly cleared for release — under President Bush and President Obama, and by a US court — but had never been freed, like so many others in that disgraceful prison, which remains
- [Another Guantánamo Prisoner Death Highlights Democrats' Hypocrisy](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/09/14/another-guantanamo-prisoner-death-highlights-democrats-hypocrisy/) - With closing Guantánamo given up as a lost cause, Obama's policy has moved onto assassination rather than detention by Glenn Greenwald A detainee at Guantánamo was found dead in his cell on Saturday, according to camp officials. He is the ninth person to die at the camp since it was opened more than ten years
- [October 6, 7 & 8 No More Decades of War on the World](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/09/14/october-6-7-8-no-more-decades-of-war-on-the-world/) - by Debra Sweet STOP U.S. Aggression and Continued War on the World! Not in Our Name! Obama expanded the U.S. war on the people of Afghanistan begun 11 years ago by the Bush regime, now the longest war in U.S. history. The U.S. occupation is fought not only with military personnel, and mercenaries for hire, but increasingly by Special
- [Italy: Convictions of Former CIA Agents for Kidnapping, Rendition Upheld](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/09/20/italy-convictions-of-former-cia-agents-for-kidnapping-rendition-upheld/) - by Kevin Gosztola The highest appeals court in Italy upheld verdicts against twenty-three Americans, all of whom are CIA agents except one. They were found guilty of kidnapping an Egyptian cleric known as Abu Omar in 2003. Omar was flown to Egypt and tortured. Though they each were given sentences of seven years or more,
- [September 13: Blowing the Whistle Coast to Coast...](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/09/20/september-13-blowing-the-whistle-coast-to-coast/) - From Revolution Newspaper On Stop-and-Frisk... Racial Profiling, Police Brutality and Murder and the Pipeline to Mass Incarceration On September 13, in cities coast to coast, people blew the whistle on stop-and-frisk, racial profiling, police brutality and murder, and the pipeline to mass incarceration. As the Stop Mass Incarceration Network put it: “These whistles were a
- [Seeing Afghanistan Differently than the Occupiers See It](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/09/20/seeing-afghanistan-differently-than-the-occupiers-see-it/) - by Debra Sweet Plans by the U.S. to maintain a Special Forces occupation of Afghanistan until 2024 are being severely tested. But only press from other countries reports what the two main reasons why the people of Afghanistan demand that U.S. forces just leave are: • Continued aerial bombing by NATO/US forces. Sunday, NATO claimed
- [Why Does the Government So Desperately Want Indefinite Detention for "Terror Suspects"?](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/09/24/why-does-the-government-so-desperately-want-indefinite-detention-for-terror-suspects/) - by Andy Worthington What is the government doing? Last year, when Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with its contentious passages endorsing the mandatory military detention of terror suspects, there was uproar across the political spectrum from Americans who believed that it would be used on US citizens. In fact, it was unclear
- [Bush, Obama, and the Five Stages of Impunity for Torture](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/09/24/bush-obama-and-the-five-stages-of-impunity-for-torture/) - by Kevin Gosztola One hallmark of the administration of President Barack Obama has been the commitment of the administration to move forward and not look back—to, as a Democratic Party operative only concerned with election results might say, not re-litigate the eight years of the administration of George W. Bush. This means no accountability for
- [New Study Documents the Civilian Terror from Obama's Drones](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/09/26/new-study-documents-the-civilian-terror-from-obama-s-drones/) - by Glenn Greenwald A vitally important and thoroughly documented new report on the impact of Obama's drone campaign has just been released by researchers at NYU School of Law and Stanford University Law School. Entitled "Living Under Drones: Death, Injury and Trauma to Civilians From US Drone Practices in Pakistan", the report details the terrorizing
- [Life for Pakistanis in US Drone War Detailed in New Report](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/09/26/life-for-pakistanis-in-us-drone-war-detailed-in-new-report/) - Those venturing out to “recover bodies,” according to journalist Noor Behram, know they are likely to be “killed or maimed.” by Kevin Gosztola A new report featuring testimony from civilians, who’ve been victims of the US drone war in Pakistan, thoroughly examines what it is like for Pakistanis to live under drones. The International Human
- [Warrantless Surveillance by US Government Sharply Increases](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/09/28/warrantless-surveillance-by-us-government-sharply-increases/) - by Kevin Gosztola Newly released documents from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) show warrantless surveillance of Americans’ electronic communications by federal law enforcement agencies through pen register and trap devices sharply increased. Notably, because of how easy it is for government to intercept communications, government now regularly exercises the authority to intercept “to” and “from” addresses
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- [Hiroshima + 78 years: how to abolish nuclear weapons?](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/07/31/hiroshima-78-years-how-to-abolish-nuclear-weapons/) - Debra Sweet | July 31, 2023 Thanks to so many of you for responding to my query about the film Oppenheimer. It is not a film showing people the horror of nuclear weapons but rather a look at how scientists were drawn into creating them and handing them over to what became the most dangerous imperialist
- [Scranton Ukraine Peace Rally](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/07/21/scranton-ukraine-peace-rally/) - Debra Sweet | July 21, 2023 Saturday July 22 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDTArmy Ammunition Plant (SCAAP), 156 Cedar Avenue, Scranton PA From the organizers: Scranton is the hometown of President Joe Biden. And, SCAAP is reportedly the largest maker of 155 mm Howitzer artillery shells in the U.S., producing 11,000 death-dealing rounds a month for the
- [Monthly global actions to Close Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/07/21/monthly-global-actions-to-close-guantanamo/) - Debra Sweet | Firday, July 21 2023 REMINDER: Monthly global actions to Close Guantanamo take place Wednesday August 2. This is spreading, and you can start one where you are even with just one person. Let us know if you need help in getting started.
- [Have you seen the film Oppenheimer?](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/07/21/have-you-seen-the-film-oppenhemer/) - Debra Sweet | Friday, July 21 2023 "Oppenheimer," the film about the pivotal physicist in the Manhattan Project which developed the atom bomb, opens nationally today. I'm going to see it this evening. If you see it, are you interested in commenting on it? Please send me your thoughts. Or, would you want to have
- [10 generations of U.S. impact on the globe](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/07/04/10-generations-of-u-s-impact-on-the-globe/) - Debra Sweet | July 4, 2023 My close friend and World Can't Wait colleague Stephanie Rugoff hates it when people speak of the United States as "America," her point being that there are two other sovereign states in North America, and a whole continent in the global south whose states are part of South America.
- [More on "Courage is Contagious" Dan Ellsberg](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/07/04/more-on-courage-is-contagious-dan-ellsberg/) - Debra Sweet | July 4, 2023 Demonstrating outside the White House in 2010: Tarak Kauff, Ray McGovern, Daniel Ellsberg, Debra Sweet and unidentified CodePink participant. On June 16, the courageous whistleblower, antiwar activist, and author Daniel Ellsberg died at the age of 92. In sharp contrast to what passes as “courage” in this
- [Just in on Jenin](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/07/04/just-in-on-jenin/) - Debra Sweet | July 4, 2023 In recent days a pogrom has been carried out by right-wing Zionist settlers in Palestinian villages. Today these on-going attacks took on another form. In the early hours this morning, over 1,000 Israeli troops descended on Jenin, including the crowded Jenin refugee camp, in a brutal and wide-ranging military
- [Daniel Ellsberg RIP](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/06/21/daniel-ellsberg-rip/) - Debra Sweet | June 21, 2023 Dan's life and contributions to the fight against U.S. wars and the imminent danger of nukes, were momentous once he released the Pentagon Papers in 1971 and risked spending life in prison. He often said "courage is contagious." We say – this is the kind of virus that should
- [To the people of Okinawa](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/06/21/to-the-people-of-okinawa/) - Debra Sweet | June 21, 2023 On Memorial Day in Okinawa, June 23, I've been asked to speak in NYC at an event marking the terrible 1945 battle between the U.S. military and Japan at the end of WW II (in front of NY Public Library, 42nd St. & 5th Ave., 1:30-2:30 pm). There were
- [Outrageous from Secretary of the Army (and so revealing)](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/06/17/outrageous-from-secretary-of-the-army-and-so-revealing/) - Debra Sweet | June 16, 2023 We've been following the difficulties of the US military in reaching recruitment goals, without sympathy. Those problems are not something to passively applaud, but to actively foster and learn from. The comments by Christine Wormuth, the Secretary of the Army, in a June 11 NPR interview on this "serious
- [The Killer Drones Spread](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/06/10/the-killer-drones-spread/) - Debra Sweet | Firday June 9, 2023 We said in 2021, "When George W. Bush, then Commander in Chief of the year-old U.S. 'war on terror,' authorized a Predator drone strike on a car in Yemen in November 2002, the act was shocking and the details hazy for years. The CIA, which ran the operation,
- [Fragile and dangerous moment for the planet](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/06/09/fragile-and-dangerous-moment-for-the-planet/) - Debra Sweet | Firday June 9, 2023 As we go into three days here in NYC experiencing the harmful air that so much of the planet has or will experience due to climate warming, we are outraged at the harm this imperialist system is doing to people and the planet. This spring, the UN said
- [Life of Iranian Political Prisoner Nahid Taghavi In Immediate Danger](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/06/10/life-of-iranian-political-prisoner-nahid-taghavi-in-immediate-danger/) - Debra Sweet | Friday June 9, 2023 From the International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran's Political Prisoners Now: On Sunday, June 4 renowned Iranian prisoner of conscience and human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, recently profiled in the New York Times, reported that the health of fellow political prisoner Nahid Taghavi had seriously deteriorated and requires immediate medical attention. Mohammadi calls attention
- [Who set the stage for war crimes?](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/06/02/who-set-the-stage-for-war-crimes/) - Debra Sweet | June 2, 2023 We appreciate the comments of those of you who responded to last week's "assignment" after reading the remarkable Brown University report: How Death Outlives War: The Reverberating Impact of the Post-9/11 Wars on Human Health. Thank you for putting your thoughts and insights together, and we will be sharing.
- [Huge story of this century, ignored](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/05/26/huge-story-of-this-century-ignored/) - Debra Sweet | May, 26, 2023 This week, we had planned to share a look at the U.S. drone war — it's aftermath and ongoing and growing carnage as the use of weaponized drones spreads. Look for that next week. Warning: there's an assignment here, should you choose to accept it.On May 15, a study
- [Those who proclaim human rights yet exhibit no humanity](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/05/16/hose-who-proclaim-human-rights-yet-exhibit-no-humanity/) - Debra Sweet | May 16, 2023, This week's news comes from friends and supporters of World Can't Wait and the movement to stop the crimes of our government, in the name of humanity and the planet. Thank you for taking courageous action! From Carol Dudek:We share this note from Carol who produces the blog, Sudan's
- [Coordinated Global Protests to Close Guantánamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/04/20/coordinated-global-protests-to-close-guantanamo/) - Debra Sweet | April 19, 2023 On May 3, June 7, July 5 and August 2, (all first Wednesdays) there will be coordinated vigils and protests around the world to demand the release of the remaining 17 prisoners currently being held at Guantanamo -- despite being cleared for release. .Seventeen of the 31 men still
- [Green Card Soldier](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/05/10/green-card-soldier/) - Debra Sweet | May 10, 2023 Special Opportunity to Attend ZoGrom Panel Discussion with We Are Not Your Soldiers presenter Lyle Rubin this Thursday May 11 at 7:00 pm ET - Be sure to register here.
- [We Are Not Your Soldiers' Travels in April!](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/05/10/we-are-not-your-soldiers-travels-in-april/) - Debra Sweet | May 10, 2023 April took We Are Not Your Soldiers to speaking locations both within and outside the borders of the United States – remotely, although we would have loved to have done all these visits in person! We started with a very new experience – speaking for two hours with graduate
- [Your thoughts on what our movement can do](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/04/20/your-thoughts-on-what-our-movement-can-do/) - Debra Sweet | April 19, 2023 When "The Movement and the Madman" premiered last month, I asked for comments: “We’re interested in hearing from anyone who watched the new documentary, 'The Movement and the Madman,' streaming now on PBS.org. It premiered last week and pulled together the largely unknown and shocking story that Nixon and
- [A Week of Education & Action to Honor Peacemaking and Whistle-blowing](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/04/20/a-week-of-education-action-to-honor-peacemaking-and-whistle-blowing/) - Debra Sweet | April 19, 2023 Daniel Ellsberg Week: A Week of Education & Action to Honor Peacemaking and Whistle-blowing - April 24-30 Daniel Ellsberg — the Pentagon Papers whistleblower who has been an inspiring activist for peace since the early 1970s — recently wrote a public letter disclosing that he has been diagnosed with
- [New Vietnam War film goes one step too far](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/04/18/new-vietnam-war-film-goes-one-step-too-far/) - Paul Ryder | April 17, 2023 A new documentary film on PBS, “The Movement and the Madman,” spotlights the 1969 Moratorium demonstrations for peace in Vietnam. These events marked the passage of the peace movement from the groundbreaking stage (1965-1969) to the stage of great expansion, flooding into the American heartland (1970-1975). While I recommend
- [Yes! to We Are Not Your Soldiers](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/04/11/yes-to-we-are-not-your-soldiers/) - Debra Sweet | April 11, 2023 {jathumbnailoff} We Are Not Your Soldiers is featured in an April article, "Veterans Push Back Against Military Recruitment in Schools," in Yes! Magazine. We Are Not Your Soldiers is a project of New York City-based nonprofit World Can’t Wait. The organization sends military veterans into schools to share honest
- [What our movement could stop](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/04/04/what-our-movement-could-stop/) - Debra Sweet | April 4, 2023 We're interested in hearing from anyone who watched the new documentary The Movement & the Madman, streaming now on PBS.org. It premiered last week and pulled together the largely unknown and shocking story that Nixon and Kissinger activated the military in fall 1969 to use nuclear weapons on what was then North
- [IN CLASSROOMS DURING EARLY 2023](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/04/04/in-classrooms-during-early-2023/) - Debra Sweet | April 4, 2023 We Are Not Your Soldiers started out 2023 with two visits to a NYC alternative high school special education class: the January visit featured presentations by Vietnam veterans Joe Urgo and Miguel Gabriel Velazquez while Miles Megaciph performed and spoke during the February visit. January related to Martin Luther
- [Global Monthly Protests April 5](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/03/28/global-monthly-protests-april-5/) - Debra Sweet | March 28,2023 With the release from Guantánamo three weeks ago of the Saudi citizen Ghassan al-Sharbi, the prison now holds just 31 men, out of the 779 held by the U.S. military since it first opened over 21 years ago. Seventeen of these 31 men have been approved for release, and yet
- [Two pieces of interest from The New York Times](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/03/28/two-pieces-of-interest-from-the-new-york-times/) - Debra Sweet | March 28, 2023 Everyone knows I don't love the Times, but I read it to know what those who run this country are saying, and sometimes I find enlightening info and opinions. See: 1. Friday's interview with Daniel Ellsberg, The Man Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers is Scared, who is also featured
- [Wake Up Call – NO to Nuclear WW3](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/03/28/wake-up-call-no-to-nuclear-ww3/) - Debra Sweet | March 28, 2023 Thank you to all who registered for and attended the World Can't Wait Zoom discussion on March 20, marking the 20th anniversary of the U.S. attack on Iraq. See the report back here. Most present had been in the streets in 2002/03 attempting to stop Bush/Cheney from launching that
- [World Can't Wait Marks 20th Anniversary of US Attack on Iraq by Asking "How do we change peoples' thinking and act to stop these war crimes?"](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/03/27/world-can-t-wait-marks-20th-anniversary-of-us-attack-on-iraq-by-asking-how-do-we-change-peoples-thinking-and-act-to-stop-these-war-crimes/) - Debra Sweet | March 27, 2023 Most people on the call had been actively involved in trying to stop the U.S. invasion in 2003; a few got active during and after that time. I spoke to how illegitimate (based on lies), immoral and unjust the occupation of Iraq remains, and how the U.S. war of
- [Global reckoning with U.S. war crimes: March 20, 2023](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/03/11/global-reckoning-with-u-s-war-crimes-march-20-2023/) - Debra Sweet | March 10, 2023 March 20 2023: 20 Years Since the U.S. launched "shock & awe" on the people of Iraq There is no way to exaggerate how profoundly the U.S. destroyed Iraqi society, killed its people and drove them to flee; fired up sectarian violence, grew the outmoded Islamic fundamentalists and ISIS;
- [Global Vigils to Demand Cleared Guantanamo Prisoners be Released Immediately](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/03/11/global-vigils-to-demand-cleared-guantanamo-prisoners-be-released-immediatelyglobal-vigils-to-demand-cleared-guantanamo-prisoners-be-released-immediately/) - Debra Sweet | March 10, 2023 Each first Wednesday of the month, vigils will be held globally to demand the U.S. release the (now) 17 prisoners who have been cleared. On March 8, vigils were held in London, Mexico City, Washington, and NYC. An activist in Mexico City explains why she participated. ...in case you’d like to
- [Mexico City Guantánamo Vigil](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/03/10/mexico-city-guantanamo-vigil/) - Natalia Rivera Scott | March 8, 2023 Natalia Rivera Scott, from Mexico4Julian, holding a sign, “In solidarity from Mexico, Close Guantánamo,” outside the US embassy in Mexico City as part of the global vigils. Global vigils for the closure of Guantánamo and the release of the Guantánamo 18, those men who have been approved for release
- [Campaigners hold coordinated global vigilsfor the closure of Guantánamo on March 8](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/03/06/campaigners-hold-coordinated-global-vigilsfor-the-closure-of-guantanamo-on-march-8/) - PRESS RELEASE MARCH 6, 2023: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On March 8 (international Women’s Day), campaigners in the UK, the US andMexico are holding coordinated vigils calling for the release of 18 men stillheld at the prison at Guantánamo Bay (out of 32 in total) who have beenapproved for release, and for the closure of the
- [Global justice actions in NYC for March](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/03/02/global-justice-actions-in-nyc-for-march/) - Debra Sweet | March 1, 2023 Calling your attention, friends, to street actions this month in NYC: Wednesday March 8, Global Action to Free Guantanamo Prisoners4:30 - 5:30 pm, NY Public Library steps, 5th Avenue & 42nd Street>> Facebook eventOn March 8, 2023 there will be coordinated vigils and protests around the world to demand
- [Questioning assumptions about the war over Ukraine](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/02/14/questioning-assumptions-about-the-war-over-ukraine/) - Debra Sweet | Feburary 14, 2023 Readers of this message are uniformly horrified at the suffering of the Ukrainian people over the last year in what I believe is a proxy war between Russia and the U.S. that has killed and harmed so many. I've heard from some of you who say we have no
- [Justice for the 20 men already cleared for release from Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/02/14/justice-for-the-20-men-already-cleared-for-release-from-guantanamo/) - Debra Sweet | Feburary 14, 2023 Washington DC protest Wednesday February 15: Support the Men in Guantanamo Who Have Been Cleared for Release12:00 noon - New Jersey Avenue & Independence Ave SE across from Longworth & Cannon House buildings This action will take place at about the same time as a vigil in London, in
- [ State of the union is based on global war](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/02/09/state-of-the-union-is-based-on-global-war/) - Debra Sweet | Feburary 9, 2023 Based on what Biden said in his State of the Union address last night, one would not learn basic features of how this Union functions, or even of huge recent events: The domestic prosperity Biden glorified is only possible because the U.S. is a global imperial empire exploiting the
- [Majid Khan Released from Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/02/09/majid-khan-released-from-guantanamo/) - Debra Sweet | Feburary, 9 2023 One of the few Guantanamo prisoners criminally charged, who plead guilty years ago and finished his sentence more than a year ago, Majid Khan was finally released and sent to the former British colony of Belize (British Honduras) this month. There are now 34 prisoners remaining in the U.S.
- [Crossing 'red' lines](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/01/31/crossing-red-lines/) - Debra Sweet | January 31, 2023 Since we live in the U.S., our concern must be over the dangerous, reckless actions this government is taking in its proxy war with Russia over Ukraine. There have been repeated claims by the U.S. that the more than $45 billion in "aid" to Ukraine is only defensive, and
- [Close Guantanamo NOW Global Rallies	](https://worldcantwait.org/2023/01/20/1-16-23-close-guantanamo-now-global-rallies/) - Debra Sweet | January 20, 2023 New York City NY World Can't Wait initiated the rally in which we gathered outside the main branch of the NY Public Library on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street on January 11. The open violations of human and legal rights of those detained – secret “renditions,” torture by third
- [January 11, Protests to Close Guantanamo NOW!](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/12/26/january-11-protests-to-close-guantanamo-now/) - Debra Sweet | December 26, 2022 The Bush regime set up a detention camp on Guantanamo in January 2002, designed deliberately to be out of reach of U.S. and international laws, as part of its “war on terror." 779 Muslim men were detained, almost all held for years with no charges. Nine died there; 735
- [ Congress as a War Prop](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/12/26/congress-as-a-war-prop/) - Debra Sweet | December 22, 2022 Last week, Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies discussed their book, War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict, here in NYC. This week, things further worsened as the U.S. moves more and more into direct conflict. This past week, Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO (the U.S.-led military coalition) warned
- [From our roster to you](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/12/26/from-our-roster-to-you/) - Debra Sweet | December, 19 2022 Read messages from the veterans who do We Are Not Your Soldiers presentations: John Burns One of the most telling quotes I remember being told when I first joined was “You get to travel to distant and exotic places, meet interesting and exciting people, and then kill them.” It
- [Our speakers have new published memoirs](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/12/15/our-speakers-have-new-published-memoirs/) - Debra Sweet | December 14, 2022 The world still cannot wait for the United States to cease being the biggest danger to world peace. Please support the message from people living in this country that humanity and the planet come first with your year-end donation to World Can't Wait. >> A generous supporter will MATCH the first
- [In Support of Dr. Leroy Carhart and Womens’ Right to Abortion & Birth Control](https://worldcantwait.org/2009/08/29/in-support-of-dr-leroy-carhart-and-womens-right-to-abortion-a-birth-control/) - By Debra Sweet Violence against abortion providers comes from a movement to enslave women. The women-hating fanatics of the anti-abortion movement have a tidy theocratic program: women, submit to your husbands. God decides when you give birth; no abortion, no birth control; no divorce. And they won’t stop until no one has the right to
- [World Can’t Wait: Financial Gifts Urgently Needed](https://worldcantwait.org/2009/09/18/world-cant-wait-financial-gifts-urgently-needed/) - By Debra Sweet I'm taking a moment to appreciate and thank those who keep World Can't Wait on our mission to stop the crimes of our government. You know who you are... you give frequent flyer miles to get me across the country quickly you are volunteers in our National Office, and you buy materials
- [It's not too late to make a difference ](https://worldcantwait.org/2010/12/31/its-not-too-late-to-make-a-difference/) - Make your tax-deductible donation by tonight midnight. We have about $10,000 to go to meet our goal of $35,000 by the end of the year, and $64,000 by the end of January. Happy New Year from World Can't Wait! With your tax-deductible end-of-year donation, 2011 can be the year where collective conscience in action ends
- [The U.S. wars we don't see](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/11/16/the-u-s-wars-we-don-t-see/) - Debra Sweet | November 16, 2022 The U.S. war "of" terror laid bare the unlimited ambitions of the U.S. to wage war unlimited by national boundaries or time, going to the "dark side" per Dick Cheney. The world was outraged, and we should never forget. But the U.S. empire is maintained on the backbone
- [7600 DAYS of Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/11/01/7600-days-of-guantanamo/) - Debra Sweet | November 1, 2022 Say what? Two Republican presidents - and two Democrats - hold on to the U.S. torture camp into its third decade. Saifullah Paracha, cleared for release years ago, with no charges, was finally released last week at age 75. But 35 men are left, most "cleared" but still imprisoned.
- [Beyond "America" to the world](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/11/01/beyond-america-to-the-world/) - Debra Sweet | November 1, 2022 It seems months of negotiations took place for 30 U.S. House members (not including Bernie Sanders) to produce and submit a very mild request to Biden to negotiate an end to the U.S. proxy war with Russia in Ukraine. But Democratic Party leaders weren't having it and, within hours, forced the
- [Emergency for Rights in Iran: Women-Life-Freedom](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/10/20/emergency-for-rights-in-iran-women-life-freedom/) - Debra Sweet, Octoboer 20, 2022 On Saturday evening, a massive fire broke out at Tehran’s Evin Prison. Videos posted on social media show flames and smoke shooting up, billowing in the air, punctuated by the sound of gunfire and explosions. The lying Islamic Regime of Iran (IRI) claims prisoners - many political including some recently
- [Which "side" are we on?](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/10/20/which-side-are-we-on/) - Debra Sweet | October 20, 2022 I received a significant number of replies to my “question” of October 5 on the role of the U.S. as first user of nuclear weapons. Here's a reply that I found perceptive and provocative: I am deeply saddened by the new and ongoing challenges to humanity; I had hoped not to
- [A Question](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/10/04/a-question/) - Debra Sweet | October 4, 2022 The New York Times and people who speak in the interests of Western imperialism say Putin won't use nukes against Ukraine because "his country could become an international pariah." The United States did use nukes on HIroshima & Nagasaki in 1945. Every major politician in the "Western" bloc has justified the unthinkable because
- [Reminders Of Why We Keep on Keeping On](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/09/28/reminders-of-why-we-keep-on-keeping-on/) - Nick Mottern | September 28, 2022 ETHIOPIA "The Ethiopian military's increasing use of drones to conduct airstrikes over the last year has changed the conflict landscape. In theory, drones should allow for more precise targeting of military objectives; however, our investigation indicates that their use has exposed civilians to new and heightened risks. Our findings
- [Never Forget What to Remember](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/09/16/never-forget-what-to-remember/) - Debra Sweet | September 15, 2022 {jathumbnailoff} Official 9/11 commemorations, again, reminded those listening to never forget how "we" were attacked while pursuing the "just cause" of U.S. dominance of the globe. Let's just put that aside as the propaganda it is. You're reading this newsletter because you will never forget that 9/11 was instantly used
- [Do you know the art of Guantanamo?](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/09/06/do-you-know-the-art-of-guantanamo/) - Debra Sweet | September 6, 2022 Do you know the art of Guantanamo? Kind of a ridiculous question because your government has made sure you don't. The artists of Guantanamo are locked up and no longer allowed to send out their art. The latest few who have been actually released (as opposed to the 21
- [ U.S. military discovers morality?](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/08/30/u-s-military-discovers-morality/) - Debra Sweet | August 30, 2022 From the U.S. Secretary of "Defense" Lloyd Austin: "Protecting civilians from harm in connection with military operations is not only a moral imperative, it is also critical to achieving long-term success on the battlefield." This, on Friday, as Austin announced the new DoD plan to "mitigate civilian harm and achieve
- [Activists Go to Court after No Nukes Non-Violent Direct Action at U.S. Mission to the UN](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/08/30/activists-go-to-court-after-no-nukes-non-violent-direct-action-at-u-s-mission-to-the-un/) - Debra Sweet | August 29, 2022 Eleven activists representing various organizations appeared in NYC Municipal Court on Monday, August 22, 2022. They had been arrested on August 2nd while non-violently blocking the doors of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, while diplomats from around the world gathered at the UN for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
- [Is President Biden a War Criminal?](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/08/15/is-president-biden-a-war-criminal/) - Debra Sweet | August 15, 2022 What do you think? Read the charges here from the new posting on our War Criminals Watch website. Name: Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.Born: November 20, 1942 in Scranton, PennsylvaniaProfession: Attorney, U.S. SenatorBiden Administration Position: 46th President of the United States War Crime Charges: • The Biden administration hasn’t pressed for prosecution of war criminals, including
- [Arrests at No Nukes protest at U.S. Mission to the UN](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/08/08/arrests-at-no-nukes-protest-at-u-s-mission-to-the-un/) - Debra Sweet | August 8, 2022 40 years ago in 1982, one million people marched and rallied in NYC demanding an end to nuclear weapons and nuclear war and 1700 people were arrested during acts of non-violent civil disobedience outside the UN missions of the 7 nuclear states. You can watch the one-hour webinar discussing that
- [What Mid-East Presidential Visit Shows](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/07/28/what-mid-east-presidential-visit-shows/) - Debra Sweet | July 27, 2022 I read a lot of commentary and condemnation in the liberal press of Biden's fist bump with MBS, who runs the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Most of the criticism, which is justified, centered on the hypocrisy of Biden saying he would make Saudi Arabia a pariah for the brutal killing
- [ No nuclear weapons, no nuclear war](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/07/20/no-nuclear-weapons-no-nuclear-war/) - Debra Sweet | July 20, 2022 With heightened moves towards nuclear war and the ever-increasing climate and ecological crises, we demand: No nuclear war! No nuclear weapons! These are totally incompatible and intolerable for the existence of humanity and our planet. Join us on Tuesday August 2, gathering at noon at the Isaiah Wall on First Avenue
- [We Are Not Your Soldiers in the Schools 2021/2022](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/07/14/we-are-not-your-soldiers-in-the-schools-2021-2022/) - Debra Sweet | July 14, 2022 It seems the U.S. military is having a recruitment crisis. Good. They're offering up to $50K recruitment signing "bonuses" and still their numbers are lower than they want. The military's explanation is that there's something wrong with the culture that people aren't into "serving" now; they don't have an immediate
- [ Twelfth anniversary of the publication by Wikileaks of "Collateral Murder"](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/07/14/twelfth-anniversary-of-the-publication-by-wikileaks-of-collateral-murder/) - Debra Sweet | July 14, 2022 Today, July 12, is the twelfth anniversary of the publication by Wikileaks of "Collateral Murder." Since then, we have shown it frequently during many of the We Are Not Your Soldiers classroom visits. As one college student wrote in an essay, "I was surprised to know that the U.S. is not part of
- [A way to help Guantanamo survivors](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/07/01/a-way-to-help-guantanamo-survivors/) - Debra Sweet | July 1, 2022 {jathumbnailoff} It's an outrage that men who were held completely illegitimately in the U.S. torture camp in Guantanamo were sent upon release to countries they did not know, isolated from their families and often left without basic needs or medical care. They should be paid reparations by the criminal
- [Revealing the Warmakers at Schools and on the Air](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/06/22/revealing-the-warmakers-at-schools-and-on-the-air/) - Debra Sweet | June 22, 2022 In May and June, the school year winds down in high schools and colleges and We Are Not Your Solidiers made our final visits for the spring semester. Lyle Rubin addressed a NYC college ethics class. Rosa del Duca spent a full day with classes at a large NYC high school, our third visit and
- [Inspiration to Act Now](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/06/12/inspiration-to-act-now/) - Debra Sweet | June 12, 2022 June 12, is an historic date. It marks the time 40 years ago in 1982 when at least one million people marched and rallied in NYC demanding an end to nuclear weapons and nuclear war. A great on-line program, from 12:00-4:00 pm EST with wonderful speakers and important topics has been
- [No Nuclear War, No WW III](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/05/26/no-nuclear-war-no-ww-iii/) - Debra Sweet | May 26, 2022 As we considered how to approach the contradictory aspects and on-going frightening prospects of the current war in Ukraine that could lead to nuclear war ending life on earth, we read Nan Levinson's most recent article in TomDispatch. We quote from Tom Engelhardt's introduction: As we think about the nightmarish war in Ukraine,
- [Revealing war crimes and other societal crimes](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/05/04/revealing-war-crimes-and-other-societal-crimes/) - Debra Sweet | May 3, 2022 During the month of April We Are Not Your Soldiers traveled remotely to educational institutions in three states: New York, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Our speakers – Joy Damiani, Miles Megaciph and John Burns – also were located in three different states but all our “voyages” worked well via
- [Endless War is Destoying the Earth](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/04/23/endless-war-is-destoying-the-earth/) - Debra Sweet | April 22, 2022 Earth Day? It's being used to sell things, like the Democrats' claims their unrealized plans could ever limit climate destruction, or to sell electric vehicles, or to focus people on objectives like recycling or gardening more. But I want the earth and its people to survive, and so do
- [ We Are Not Your Soldiers](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/31/we-are-not-your-soldiers-d54/) - Stephaine Rugoff | March 30, 2020 In March We Are Not Your Soldiers presenters spoke remotely at three alternative NYC high schools, a NYC middle school and to Spanish-dominant bilingual high school students in Philadelphia. A co-teacher at one of the NYC high schools wrote following Will's talk: Thank you so much for your visit and your
- [Both are worse](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/31/both-are-worse/) - Debra Sweet | March 20, 2020 At age 14, I decided the Democrats were the "war party," having only looked at WWII and the wars on Korea and Vietnam. Then R. Nixon and H. Kissinger considered using nukes to hold onto Vietnam and threaten China, and I was persuaded the Republicans are every bit as
- [How does the U.S. identify war crimes?](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/18/how-does-the-u-s-identify-war-crimes/) - Debra Sweet | March 18, 2022 Answer: to the rulers of the United States, war crimes are only committed by governments they oppose. While the victims of U.S. wars are nameless, U.S. media is 24/7 on the tragic death Russia is bringing to Ukraine. Children, pregnant women, elderly have all died there, just as they have
- [Sudan's Struggle](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/18/sudan-s-struggle/) - Debra Sweet | March 18, 2022 Introducing a new blog by Carol Dudek: In the fall of 2019, we cheered on the great outpouring of mass protest which brought down the 30-year president of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir. The determined, outraged, participation of women was especially decisive in forcing his resignation. But last October, the military staged a coup
- [What about the interests of humanity?](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/03/04/what-about-the-interests-of-humanity/) - Debra Sweet | March 4, 2022 People have written us with a legit point: People around the globe have suffered historically from reactionary violence backed by the U.S. and its allies - right now in Yemen for instance - but these aggressive acts get mostly ignored by U.S. politicians and press, while the Russian
- [Don't support either "side" in this](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/02/24/don-t-support-either-side-in-this/) - Debra Sweet | February 24, 2022 This war is dangerous for humanity and the planet! We shouldn't support either "side." It's no exaggeration to say that the showdown between Russia and the U.S./NATO bloc has profound dangers for the people of Ukraine. Millions are already facing death and displacement from the immediate incursion of the
- [Stealing from Afghanistan's people](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/02/18/stealing-from-afghanistan-s-people/) - Debra Sweet, February 17, 2022 I have such a vivid memory of a long-planned anti-globilization movement protest in Washington DC in late September 2001. Lots of people didn't come; those that did acted in the face of bellicose USA! USA! jingoism emanating from The White House a week before the US invaded Afghanistan. Bread &
- [Call of the Ban Killer Drones Campaign:   No armed drones for the German Military](https://worldcantwait.org/2022/01/19/call-of-the-ban-killer-drones-campaign-no-armed-drones-for-the-german-military/) - Brian Terrell | Janurary 19, 2022 Action month is January, 2022 in the run-up to the vote at the 47th Federal Delegates Conference of the Green Party on 28/29 January 2022 on the possible arming of German military (Bundeswehr) drones. While the use of armed drones is proliferating around the world, led by the United
- [Close Guantanamo Now! 20 Years Too Long! Join us January 11 to demand Close Guantanamo Now](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/12/29/close-guantanamo-now-20-years-too-long-join-us-january-11-to-demand-close-guantanamo-now/) - Debra Sweet | December 29, 2021 Tuesday January 11 4:00 - 6:00 pmNew York Public Library steps, 5th Avenue @ 41st StreetFacebook event: organizations invited to sign on. Initiated by World Can't Wait. Co-sponsored by War Criminals Watch, NYC War Resisters League, Witness Against Torture, NYC-DSA Anti-War Working, Brooklyn for Peace, Granny Peace Brigade NYC and Peace
- [Airstrikes allowed America to wage war with minimal risk to its troops.](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/12/21/airstrikes-allowed-america-to-wage-war-with-minimal-risk-to-its-troops/) - Azmat Khan | December 20, 2021 Click here to read the original post in the New York Times “No civilian presence” For Ali Fathi Zeidan and his extended family, West Mosul was in 2016 still the best of many bad options. Their longtime home in a nearby village, Wana, had been taken by ISIS,
- [The Civilian Casualty Files: Hidden Pentagon Records Reveal Patterns Of Failure In Deadly Airstrikes](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/12/20/the-civilian-casualty-files-hidden-pentagon-records-reveal-patterns-of-failure-in-deadly-airstrikes/) - Azmat Kahn | December 20, 2021 Forward by Debra Sweet: An extraordinary - as in the top half of the front page, and 5 full inside pages, with photos - investigation series of U.S. military-caused civilian deaths began in The New York Times this weekend. Readers of this newsletter, which began in 2005, will know that the
- [The World Still Cannot Wait](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/12/02/the-world-still-cannot-wait/) - Debra Sweet | December 1, 2021 The world still cannot wait for the United States to cease being the biggest danger to world peace. Please support the message from people living in this country that humanity and the planet come first with your year-end donation. Click to download/print PDF Twenty years after bombing its way
- [$30 Million Minimum in Reparations for Afghan Family Demanded by U.S. National Group Opposing Drone Attacks](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/10/21/30-million-minimum-in-reparations-for-afghan-family-demanded-by-u-s-national-group-opposing-drone-attacks/) - Nick Mottern | October 21, 2021 Ban Killer Drones, a national network opposed to drone attacks, is calling for reparation payments of at least $3 million for each of the 10 members of the Afghan Ahmadi family killed on August 29, 2021, by a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone. The group says thousands of others killed by
- [Never-Ending Injustice: State Secrets and the Torture of Abu Zubaydah](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/10/18/75-house-representatives-urge-president-biden-to-close-the-prison-at-guantanamo-bay/) - Andy Worthington | October 17, 2021 On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of the notorious torture victim and Guantánamo prisoner Abu Zubaydah, for whom the US’s post-9/11 torture program was invented. Zubaydah, whose real name is Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, was held and tortured in CIA “black sites” for four and
- [United Nations on Genocide in the U.S.](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/09/15/united-nations-on-genocide-in-the-u-s/) - Tom Keough | September 15, 2021 Tom Keough, a NYC World Can't Wait supporter, continues to follow the United Nations' position on genocide in this country. Here is his latest piece. On June 28, 2021, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, published the Commission's report on their one year investigation of the racism
- [No, 'The Longest War' in US History Is Not Over](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/09/12/no-the-longest-war-in-us-history-is-not-over/) - Brian Terrell, September 7, 2021 What the U.S. did to Afghanistan and its people is not a series of mistakes or good intentions gone awry, but crimes. And there's still no end in sight. Speaking from the White House on August 31, President Joe Biden lied to the people of the U.S. and to the world: "Last night
- [Matthew Hoh: Afghanistan and the End of an Unjust War + Teach Truth Days of Action](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/08/30/matthew-hoh-afghanistan-and-the-end-of-an-unjust-war-teach-truth-days-of-action/) - Refusefascism | August 30, 2021 Sam Goldman interviews Matthew Hoh, former Marine and State Department official who served in and then was the first to resign over the unjust war in Afghanistan all the way back in 2009. Click here to listen on Youtube. Click here to read the transcript. Then, we’re sharing an interview
- [No More Attacks on Afghanistan](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/08/30/no-more-attacks-on-afghanistan/) - Kathy Kelly, Nick Mottern, David Swanson, Brian Terrell | August 27, 2021 On the evening of Thursday, August 26, hours after two suicide bombs were detonated at the gates of Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport killing and wounding scores of Afghans trying to flee their country, U.S. President Joe Biden spoke to the world from the White
- [U.S. Leaves After Helping Destroy Afghanistan](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/08/17/u-s-leaves-after-helping-destroy-afghanistan/) - Debra Sweet | August 16, 2021 Twenty years after bombing its way into Afghanistan with the promise of ending Taliban rule, running al Qaeda out, and defending women's rights there, the U.S. is scrambling to leave. The Afghan government, a creation of US fantasy, has collapsed; the Taliban is back in power. having accumulated most
- [Act now for the Guantánamo prisoners](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/07/09/act-now-for-the-guantanamo-prisoners/) - closeguantanamo.org | July 9, 2021 Reposted from the Close Guantanamo Now! campaign. In our latest article, Former Military Commissions Prosecutor Calls for the Closure of Guantánamo, we cross-post, with an introduction by our co-founder Andy Worthington, an op-ed recently published in the Washington Post by Omar Ashmawy, a former prosecutor in Guantánamo’s broken military commission trial
- [ Emergency Campaign to Free Iran's Political Prisoners](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/07/07/emergency-campaign-to-free-iran-s-political-prisoners/) - Debra Sweet | July 7, 2021 Ariel Dorfman: We should not let the prisoners down Publish Emergency Appeal in NY Review of BooksYou are needed to help raise $15,000 by July 16 June 6: We’ve raised $1,200 and received a generous match from a signer of the Emergency Appeal. It will double your contributions up
- [Will Griffin](https://worldcantwait.org/2019/09/25/will-griffin/) - Visit The Peace Report directed by Will. Watch Will Griffin speak about the on-going wars utilizing his own experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- [June 13: Iranian political prisoners face sham trial - Regime repression sparks global movement for prisoners' freedom](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/06/11/june-13-iranian-political-prisoners-face-sham-trial-regime-repression-sparks-global-movement-for-prisoners-freedom/) - Tweet June 11, 2021 For Immediate Release Contact: Larry Everest 202 556 3906 press@freeiranspoliticalprisonersnow.org Twitter @IranPrisonEmerg Interviews available June 13: Iranian Political Prisoners Face Sham Trial Vicious Wave of Repression Sparks Global Movement to Free All Iran's Political Prisoners Emergency Appeal Endorsed by Nobel Laureate Jody Williams, Gloria Steinem, Ariel Dorfman, Prisoner Relatives, 1,800 more Demands Their Immediate Release
- [June 13: Iranian political prisoners face sham trial - Regime repression sparks global movement for prisoners' freedom](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/06/11/june-13-iranian-political-prisoners-face-sham-trial-regime-repression-sparks-global-movement-for-prisoners-freedom-d4/) - Larry Everest | June 11, 2021 "June 13 is going to be a make-or-break day for my mother, Nahid Taghavi, and other Iranian political prisoners," says Mariam Claren. "These prisoners—who never should have been arrested in the first place—will be brought before an Iranian court and could face harsh sentencing for the 'crime' of speaking
- [John Burns](https://worldcantwait.org/2019/09/25/john-burns/) - “I do the school visits because I feel it’s important for students and young adults to have information to make well-informed decisions. The fact that these kids are usually exposed to only one side of the story with countless movies and media glorifying war in general is an extreme disservice to the people of the
- [Death of a war criminal, but not of the war](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/07/04/death-of-a-war-criminal-but-not-of-the-war/) - Debra Sweet | July 1, 2021 {jathumbnailoff} Donald Rumsfeld was a cunning unapologetic political/military operative in the US government's global machine of aggressive war-making. His death is no loss to humanity. But it should cause an evaluation of the role he and his partners in war crimes - members of the Bush regime - played in launching
- [ A known known](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/07/04/a-known-known/) - Raymond Nat Turner | 2021 “…there are known knowns. There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns—things we do not know we know…” —an infamous War Criminal We know “extraordinary rendition” wasn’t Gladys and Marvin dropping smash hit versions of “Grapevine” the same year… We know “enhanced interrogation” wasn’t
- [Biden’s Slow Progress on Closing Guantánamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/06/17/biden-s-slow-progress-on-closing-guantanamo/) - Andy Worthington | June 17, 2021 An article last week by NBC News — “Biden quietly moves to start closing Guantánamo ahead of 20th anniversary of 9/11” — was widely shared by opponents of the continued existence of the shameful prison at Guantánamo Bay, but frustratingly failed to live up to the promise of its headline. 40
- [The outrage that won't go away](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/05/01/the-outrage-that-won-t-go-away/) - Debra Sweet | April 30, 2021 Justice-loving people were happy when Obama ordered Guantanamo closed; some were incredulous that he never took the actions he could have to actually close it. Trump, a proponent of torture, and particularly a fan of water-boarding, wanted to expand the US torture camp, and promised to reduce any protections
- [Is US Ending the "good" War in Afghanistan?](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/04/23/is-us-ending-the-good-war-in-afghanistan/) - Debra Sweet | April 23, 2021 {jathumbnailoff} The political and military leaders who run the U.S. have real problems in the Middle East. Twenty years of their "war on terror" has failed to establish U.S. control over the region and only spread and strengthened Islamic fundamentalism. Just one of their justifications for attacking Afghanistan -
- ["Unmanned" is a short feature film dealing with the conflicts of a drone pilot...](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/04/13/unmanned-is-a-short-feature-film-dealing-with-the-conflicts-of-a-drone-pilot/) - Debra Sweet | April 13, 2021 "Unmanned" is a short feature film dealing with the conflicts of a drone pilot stationed somewhere in the United States. Its 21 minutes register with viewers just like reading an impactful short story would. We show clips from it during many of our We Are Not Your Soldiers classroom visits.
- [ Daniel Hale](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/04/14/daniel-hale/) - Debra Sweet | April 14, 2021 We met Daniel Hale in 2013 at the "drone summit," a gathering of activists to stop US drone warfare in Washington DC. He was trained and used by the Air Force in the first years of the secret U.S. drone program, courageously spoke out about it, and was charged
- [Call for a Global Ban on Weaponized Drones](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/04/14/call-for-a-global-ban-on-weaponized-drones/) - Debra Sweet | April 14, 2021 Announcing BanKillerDrones, an international grassroots campaign working to ban aerial weaponized drones and military and police drone surveillance. Our friend Nick Mottern of KnowDrones.com and other activists decry the spread of drone war atrocities since modern day drone warfare was started in 2001 by the United States, with the
- [Anti-Asian Violence at Imperialist Scale](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/03/25/anti-asian-violence-at-imperialist-scale/) - Debra Sweet | March 25, 2021 The spike in physical and verbal attacks on Asian American Pacific Islanders in the U.S. is horrific, unacceptable and predictable. Think, for example, that Asians were the first group of human beings specifically excluded from immigrating here in 1882 and, for another example, 74 million people who voted for
- [US Military Closes Camp 7, Guantánamo’s “High-Value Detainee” Prison Block, Moves Men to Camp 5](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/04/08/us-military-closes-camp-7-guantanamo-s-high-value-detainee-prison-block-moves-men-to-camp-5/) - Andy Worthington | April 8, 2021 In news from Guantánamo, the US military announced yesterday that it had shut Camp 7, the secretive prison block where Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other so-called “high-value detainees” have been held since their arrival at Guantánamo from CIA “black sites” in September 2006, and had moved the prisoners to
- [Take action to save political prisoners in Iran](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/03/31/take-action-to-save-political-prisoners-in-iran/) - Debra Sweet | March 31, 2021 World Can't Wait received this appeal from Iranian, American & international advocates for justice.I am asking you to sign & help. As the appeal says:In the U.S., we have a special responsibility to unite very broadly against this vile repression by the IRI, and to actively oppose any war moves
- [Xenophobia and Racism: They're in the Republican Party's DNA](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/03/29/xenophobia-and-racism-they-re-in-the-republican-party-s-dna/) - Steven Jonas | March 29, 2021 Steve Jonas has provided us with a brief background to the Republican Party's history of xenophobia and racism. At the recent House of Representatives hearing on the mass shooting of Asians in Georgia and more generally on the massive rise in anti-Asian hate crimes since Trump and other Republicans began referring
- [SURVIVORS OF THE MY LAI MASSACRE](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/03/19/survivors-of-the-my-lai-massacre/) - Mike Hastie, Army Medic Vietnam | March 17, 2021 It is Sunday night, around 9:00 PM on March 14, 2021 in Portland, Oregon. In two days, it will be the 53rd Anniversary of the My Lai Massacre. Since I was a soldier in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam, I have made three trips back
- [Meet the Veterans in We Are Not Your Soldiers](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/02/19/meet-the-veterans-in-we-are-not-your-soldiers/) - Debra Sweet | February 19, 2021 {jathumbnailoff} UPDATE: You can watch the recoded panel discussion here: You are invited to an on-line panel discussion with the presenters who go into classrooms and dialogue with students. Here’s a chance to meet the whole crew. Monday night, February 22 2021 8:00 – 9:30 pm EST Participating
- [Yemenis Aren't Starving. They are BEING starved.](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/02/12/yemenis-aren-t-starving-they-are-being-starved/) - Debra Sweet | February 12, 2021 In a welcome development, Biden has announced US plans to re-enter the Iran nuclear agreement, reversing Trump's withdrawal from the agreement negotiated under Obama. He also announced the US will end support for Saudi Arabia's offensive actions against Yemen. The people of both countries have suffered horribly from US
- [‘The Mauritanian’ rekindles debate over Gitmo detainees’ torture – with 40 still held there](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/02/12/the-mauritanian-rekindles-debate-over-gitmo-detainees-torture-with-40-still-held-there/) - Lisa Hajjar | February 12, 2021 {jathumbnailoff} Click here to read the orginal post on theconversation.com “The Mauritanian,” directed by Kevin Macdonald, is the first feature film to dramatize how the war on terror became a war in court. As a sociologist of law and a journalist, I have spent the past two decades researching and writing about the kinds
- [An Open Letter to President Biden About Guantánamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/02/01/an-open-letter-to-president-biden-about-guantanamo/) - Mansoor Adayfi, Moazzam Begg, Lakhdar Boumediane, Sami Al Hajj, Ahmed Errachidi, et al. | January 29, 2021 President Bush opened it. President Obama promised to close it, but failed to do so. President Trump promised to keep it open. Now, it is your turn to decide. We write to you as former prisoners of the United States held
- [Trump, Trumpism, and 21st Century Fascism](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/02/04/trump-trumpism-and-21st-century-fascism/) - Dr. Steven Jonas | February 4, 2021 This article was submitted by long-time World Can't Wait supporter and prolific writer Dr. Steven Jonas. You can read more of his articles on BuzzFlash and OpEdNews. The U.S. is a capitalist country governed by a constitutional government that controls the apparati of the “State:” legislative, executive and
- [ List of Current Prisoners at Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/02/02/list-of-current-prisoners-at-guantanamo/) - Steven Lane | February 2, 2021 Name ISN Date of Transfer Days held by CIA Status Uthman Abdul Mohammed Uthman 27 16 Jan. 2002 N/A Yemeni. He won his habeas corpus lawsuit on Feb. 24, 2010 but lost after the U.S. government appealed to the U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia Circuit,
- [Will Guantanamo stay the forever prison?](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/02/02/will-guantanamo-stay-the-forever-prison/) - Debra Sweet | February 2, 2021 Is the torture colony established by the U.S. in 2002 a forever prison? Three U.S. presidents said: "Yes, these are the worst of the worst;" "No - that's not who we are;" and "Hell yes...let's build more Guantanamos." Until some decisive action is taken to close it, the prison
- [Psychologists Should Now Lead the Call to Close Guantánamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/02/01/psychologists-should-now-lead-the-call-to-close-guantanamo/) - Roy Eidelson, Ph.D. | February 1, 2021 Both the history and the ethics of our profession point the way forward. Last week, Mansoor Adayfi, Moazzam Begg, Lakhdar Boumediane, Sami Al-Hajj, Ahmed Errachidi, Mohammed Ould Slahi, and Moussa Zemmouri published an open letter in the New York Review of Books. Noting that many Guantánamo detainees had been abducted from their homes,
- [America's Torture Colony: 19 Years of Guantanamo... It Must Be Closed Now!](https://worldcantwait.org/2021/01/17/america-s-torture-colony-19-years-of-guantanamo-it-must-be-closed-now/) - Debra Sweet | Janurary, 16 2021 Sunday, January 17, 2021• 4:00 PM • Eastern Standard Time (US & Canada) (GMT-05:00) Watch live on YouTube and FaceBook RSVP (optional) here. Andy Worthington, British journalist and co-founder of Close Guantanamo, will be giving a virtual talk from London on the history and continuing horror of the Guantanamo detention camp. He will be joined by Shelby Sullivan-Bennis,
- [WE’RE ON THE “GIVE PEACE A CHANCE” RADIO SHOW!](https://worldcantwait.org/2020/12/28/we-re-on-the-give-peace-a-chance-radio-show/) - Debra Sweet | December 28, 2020 {jathumbnailoff} Listen in as We Are Not Your Soldiers spends an hour with a Peace Studies class at Nassau Community College in NY. Professor Susan Cushman introduces her class, followed by Stephanie Rugoff who coordinates We Are Not Your Soldiers. Miles Megaciph, a U.S. Marines veteran and hip hop artist,
- ["Give Peace A Chance"](https://worldcantwait.org/2020/12/24/give-peace-a-chance/) - Debra Sweet | December 24, 2020 Tune in to WBAI this Saturday Dec. 26 at 6:00 EST (on the radio at 99.5 in NYC or tune in on the WBAI website from wherever you're located) to "Give Peace A Chance" to hear the special program on We Are Not Your Soldiers including audio from a visit last week to
- [Trump Pardons Nisour Square Killers](https://worldcantwait.org/2020/12/24/trump-pardons-nisour-square-killers/) - Debra Sweet | December 24, 2020 The remains of a car at the site where Blackwater guards opened fire on Iraqi civilians in 2007. Credit:Ali Yussef/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. December 23 Trump pardoned - a full, complete pardon - four Blackwater contractors convicted in US courts by the military for a massacre in 2007 at Nisour
- [The CIA’s Afghan Death Squads](https://worldcantwait.org/2020/12/22/the-cia-s-afghan-death-squads/) - Debra Sweet | December 22, 2020 To understand what the U.S. does to exert its power around the world, you have to look beyond the public words and actions, to the covert actions that are often even more decisive and revealing of U.S values than overt wars, and certainly more true than diplomacy carried out
- [Racism and Genocide in the United States](https://worldcantwait.org/2020/12/21/racism-and-genocide-in-the-united-states/) - Tom Keough | December 21, 2020 Paul Robeson presents "We Charge Genocide" to the UN Secretariat, Dec. 17, 1951. There have been several attempts in the past 75 years by people in the U.S. to get some help from the UN to do something about the genocide of Black and indigenous people in the U.S.
- [Join Me in Marking 50 Years 

](https://worldcantwait.org/2020/12/03/join-me-in-marking-50-years/) - Debra Sweet | December, 3 2020 December 3, 1970: I was 19. I knew enough about the US war in southeast Asia to know it was wrong. I had protested since 1968, and especially after it became known in April 1970 that Nixon had secretly bombed Cambodia, I was outraged along with the world.
- [Austin Texas: Protesting a Mass Murderer](https://worldcantwait.org/2010/03/09/protesting-a-war-criminal-in-austin-texas/) - By Gaelic Neilson A "Family-Friendly" Community Center in Austin Texas recently hosted a War Criminal. Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Colonel Bentzion Gruber spoke at the Austin Jewish Community Center on March 4, 2010. Protesters started gathering outside the center about an hour before his lecture, carrying signs "Judaism-Yes, Zionism-No" and "Bentzion Gruber, WAR CRIMES are not
- [Send Anti-War Veterans to Students](https://worldcantwait.org/2020/12/09/send-anti-war-veterans-to-students/) - Debra Sweet | December 9, 2020 {jathumbnailoff} When World Can’t Wait was founded in 2005, we spent four years raising the demand that the Bush regime be driven from power via mass non-violent protest and prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity. We knew that those crimes would happen again and worsen if accepted and normalized,
- [Trump Rally: Blinded by The Light](https://worldcantwait.org/2020/10/01/trump-rally-blinded-by-the-light/) - Mike Hastie, Army Medic Viet Nam | September 30, 2020 On Saturday September 26, 2020, I attended the Trump Rally in Portland, Oregon.The rally was held in Delta Park, which is located off of Interstate 5, about two miles from the bridge that crosses over to Vancouver, Washington. A far-right group, the Proud Boys, which
- [The Absurd and Dangerous Fantasy That Donald Trump Is Not a War Monger](https://worldcantwait.org/2020/08/17/the-absurd-and-dangerous-fantasy-that-donald-trump-is-not-a-war-monger/) - Raymond Lotta | August 17, 2020 It is truly amazing how some progressives and self-described radicals pull the wool over their own eyes when it comes to Donald Trump’s foreign policy. They blithely buy into and peddle the dangerous myth that, for all his ravings and unpredictability, Trump is an “antiwar” isolationist who wants to shrink the
- [Over 1,100 Policing Agencies in the US Have Bought Drones Capable of Recording](https://worldcantwait.org/2020/08/13/over-1-100-policing-agencies-in-the-us-have-bought-drones-capable-of-recording/) - Nick Mottern, TRUTHOUT.ORG | August 6, 2020 In early June, Julie Weiner was at a Black Lives Matter rally in downtown Yonkers, New York, when she spotted a small drone in the sky, monitoring the protest. Weiner, a long-time Yonkers resident, immediately asked her city councilperson, Shanae Williams, who had organized the rally, whether the drone
- [A Most Unusual 2019-20 School Year!](https://worldcantwait.org/2020/07/08/a-most-unusual-2019-20-school-year/) - We Are Not Your Soldiers | July 8, 2020 {jathumbnailoff} The great uprising against white supremacy of people all over the country and the horrific response of the fascists in the White House, has opened discourse about the domestic role of the military. This gives We Are Not Your Soldiers the opportunity to broaden and deepen that
- [NO to German military using weaponized drones](https://worldcantwait.org/2020/06/03/no-to-german-military-using-weaponized-drones/) - Debra Sweet | June 2, 2020 {jathumbnailoff} The German Bundestag is set to decide soon whether its mlitary will deploy weaponized drones. It's not a minor question, given that the whole world was thrown into war when the Nazis attacked Europe and because fascist and right-wing parties are again seriously contending for power in Germany.
- [What a Global Pandemic Means on top of the Global "War on Terror" Case in Point: Yemen](https://worldcantwait.org/2020/05/09/what-a-global-pandemic-means-on-top-of-the-global-war-on-terror-case-in-point-yemen/) - Debra Sweet | May 9, 2020 U.S. media counts the dead in "America," meaning the United States, leaving deaths uncounted and mostly not noted, in the rest of the globe, save Europe and other "allies." But when we think of the pandemic, our thoughts go to those globally in most danger: people in prisons and
- [12 Ways the US Invasion of Iraq Lives On in Infamy](https://worldcantwait.org/2020/03/18/12-ways-the-us-invasion-of-iraq-lives-on-in-infamy/) - Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies | March 18, 2020 The most serious consequences of the disastrous invasion and occupation of Iraq confirm what millions of people around the world warned about 17 years ago. While the world is consumed with the terrifying coronavirus pandemic, on March 19 the Trump administration will be marking the 17th anniversary of the
- [I was abused by the US in Afghanistan and am still detained in Guantanamo Bay - the ICC are right to hold them to account](https://worldcantwait.org/2020/03/11/i-was-abused-by-the-us-in-afghanistan-and-am-still-detained-in-guantanamo-bay-the-icc-are-right-to-hold-them-to-account/) - Ahmed Rabbani | March 11, 2020 If the United States will not allow its own people to be subject to the rule of law in such cases, how can others be held to account? I have become rather used to being kicked in the stomach. Suddenly, the kicking has stopped. Yesterday, I learnt that the International
- [Photos and Report: The Launch of “Guantánamo [Un]Censored: Art from Inside the Prison” at CUNY School of Law in New York](https://worldcantwait.org/2020/02/28/hotos-and-report-the-launch-of-guantanamo-un-censored-art-from-inside-the-prison-at-cuny-school-of-law-in-new-york/) - Andy Worthington | Feburary 26, 2020 {jathumbnailoff} Last week was the launch of “Guantánamo [Un]Censored: Art from Inside the Prison,” a powerful new art exhibition featuring work by eleven current and former Guantánamo prisoners at CUNY School of Law’s Sorensen Center for International Peace and Justice, in Long Island City in Queens, New York, which
- [Trump Pardons War Criminals](https://worldcantwait.org/2019/11/24/trump-pardons-war-criminals/) - Debra Sweet | November 21, 2019 Trump worked to bring down Joe Biden via U.S. foreign policy and obstructed the Congressional investigation, the Democrats say they intend to keep the impeachment inquiry limited to these narrow grounds of "endangering national security" and possibly obstruction as well as bribery. They are not investigating Trump for his threats to
- [Helping Students Keep Their Humanity by Not Signing Up for War](https://worldcantwait.org/2019/11/24/helping-students-keep-their-humanity-by-not-signing-up-for-war/) - Stephanie Rugoff | November 11, 2019 We Are Not Your Soldiers brings exposure of imperial wars to a generation of youth largely unaware of the crimes being carried out throughout the world in their names. On this Veterans Day, 2019, for the United States, making war is less about amassing human air, land and sea
- [“It’s better than having everybody blown up”...](https://worldcantwait.org/2019/11/11/it-s-better-than-having-everybody-blown-up/) - Carol Dudek | November 11, 2019 {jathumbnailoff} That’s what Martha Hennessy said when asked if she is sad about the possibility of going to prison. Martha is one of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 who walked onto the largest U.S. Navy Trident Nuclear Submarine base in the world, carrying an indictment charging the U.S. government
- [Out of Ireland:  These Antiwar Vets Can't Come Home  ](https://worldcantwait.org/2019/10/17/out-of-ireland-these-antiwar-vets-can-t-come-home/) - Carol Dudek | October 17, 2019 I had the privilege of talking with two Veterans For Peace who are being detained in Ireland because of their antiwar actions there. Tarak Kauff and Ken Mayers are U.S. military veterans who went to Ireland with a delegation to join Veterans For Peace Ireland and Ed Horgan, its
- [Joe Urgo](https://worldcantwait.org/2019/09/24/joe-urgo/) - Joe Urgo, a veteran who was in the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam, speaks to classes that are studying the US war on Vietnam or doing a comparative study of current US wars with past wars in Southeast Asia. He wrote this article on the 50th anniversary of Tet during the historic year of 1968
- [17 Years Since the Notorious Yoo-Bybee “Torture Memos,” the US Still Finds Itself Unable to Successfully Prosecute the Men It Tortured](https://worldcantwait.org/2019/08/16/17-years-since-the-notorious-yoo-bybee-torture-memos-the-us-still-finds-itself-unable-to-successfully-prosecute-the-men-it-tortured/) - Andy Worthington | August 5, 2019 August 1 was the 17th anniversary of a particularly grotesque and dispiriting event in modern US history, one that has ramifications that are still being felt today, even though it was completely unnoticed — or ignored — by the US media. On August 1, 2002, Jay S. Bybee, then the
- [The "left to die boat" in the Mediterranean and NATO's Murderous Mission](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/04/11/the-qleft-to-die-boatq-in-the-mediterranean-and-natos-murderous-mission/) - from A World to Win News Service Calls for harsh treatment of immigrants by right-wing politicians are so common they've become part of the background noise for many people. Yet a Council of Europe report presents evidence that NATO has implemented a policy that goes beyond what even the most openly far-right politicians dare publicly propose:
- [An Endless War on Terror](https://worldcantwait.org/2011/12/08/an-endless-war-on-terror/) - by Joanne Mariner It might seem an odd moment for the War on Terror to expand. The 9/11 terrorist attacks are now ten years in the past; Osama bin Laden is sleeping with the fishes; and all of the alleged 9/11 perpetrators who are not dead are in custody awaiting trial. President Obama—the man who
- [Stop the Escalation, Out of Afghanistan Now! ](https://worldcantwait.org/2009/11/01/stop-the-escalation-out-of-afghanistan-now/) - At some point soon in the days and weeks ahead, Barack Obama will announce his plans for escalating and extending the U.S. war in Afghanistan. As Debra Sweet wrote recently, “whether Obama announces a troop increase to Afghanistan, or chooses the covert operations & unmanned drone option to try to "win" in Afghanistan, we should
- [Say No to Endless War: Iraq, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/03/11/say-no-to-endless-war-iraq-syria-libya-afghanistan/) - Minneapolis anti-war protest: Say No to Endless War: Iraq, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan Saturday, March 19, 2016 1:00 pm Gather Mayday Plaza • Cedar Ave & 3rd Street West Bank, Minneapolis 1:30 Neighborhood march, which will conclude at the starting point. 13-years after start of 'shock & awe' bombing of Iraq: March 19 Minneapolis protest to Say
- [NATO Strike Kills 7 at Libya Hospital](https://worldcantwait.org/2011/07/26/nato-strike-kills-7-at-libya-hospital/) - By Jeremy Sapienza and Jason Ditz A NATO airstrike killed seven people in a hospital in Zlitan, western Libya, on Monday, according to locals and government officials. Medical equipment was visible among the twisted wreckage of the building, the Associated Press reports, after being taken on a government tour of the site. “In this whole area
- [AN INSPIRING 2018-19 SCHOOL YEAR!](https://worldcantwait.org/2019/06/26/an-inspiring-2018-19-school-year/) - We Are Not Your Soliders | June 26, 2019 {jathumbnailoff} Should another generation of youth living here be sucked into war for empire, the way two million+ have sacrificed their humanity and lives in the so-called “war on terror?” We say no, and are actively working to present what the recruiters for the U.S. armed
- [The Mass-Murdering U.S. Government Steps Up Persecution of Julian Assange for Helping Expose Its War Crimes—and Takes Aim at ALL Investigative Journalists](https://worldcantwait.org/2019/05/29/the-mass-murdering-u-s-government-steps-up-persecution-of-julian-assange-for-helping-expose-its-war-crimes-and-takes-aim-at-all-investigative-journalists/) - revcom.us | May 27, 2019 Imagine a society in which journalists or publishers are threatened by the government with life in prison for reporting on massive war crimes. Actually, you don’t have to imagine this nightmarish scenario. This is now the reality in America 2019, with the May 23 indictment of Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, for
- [Venezuela](https://worldcantwait.org/2019/05/17/venezuela/) - Debra Sweet | May 16, 2019 As U.S. threats against Venezuela continue with the U.S. selection and then recognition of non-elected Juan Guaido as the interim president, there have been threats by Guaido supporters, again backed by the Trump/Pence Regime, to take over the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC. Anti-war activists have been staying inside
- [ When is Enough, Enough?](https://worldcantwait.org/2019/05/17/when-is-enough-enough/) - Debra Sweet | May 16, 2019 If you believe Trump is so isolationist that he wouldn't use the tremendous military force he controls to attack, invade, occupy, change regimes or worse, you've been bamboozled. This is the guy who used the "mother of all bombs" and wants to know "if we have nukes, why can't
- [American Fascism Inspires White Nationalist Movements in Countries Around the World](https://worldcantwait.org/2019/04/09/american-fascism-inspires-white-nationalist-movements-in-countries-around-the-world/) - Curt Wechsler | April 7, 2019 The membership of American white-nationalist movements has grown by more than 600% since 2012, found extremism researcher J.M. Berger in a 2016 study. "Today, they outperform ISIS in nearly every social metric, from follower counts to tweets per day." Through an unrelenting barrage of daily outrages and twitter outbursts, the Trump/Pence
- [Abortion Doctor Leroy Carhart is a Hero—Operation Rescue Wants Him Dead](https://worldcantwait.org/2011/07/22/abortion-doctor-leroy-carhart-is-a-herooperation-rescue-wants-him-dead/) - Why YOU should be in Maryland July 31—August 7 By Sunsara Taylor A determining focal point in the battle for abortion rights and the lives of women begins July 31 in Germantown, MD. One of the most courageous and prominent abortion providers in the country is being targeted by one of the most hateful, fascistic,
- [Stand Up for Women’s Right to Abortion & Birth Control in 2011!  ](https://worldcantwait.org/2011/02/23/stand-up-for-womens-right-to-abortion-a-birth-control-in-2011/) - Find a protest near you! A dangerous new wave of attacks against women’s basic right to control their reproduction - from abortion to birth control - began with Republican election victories last fall. Using anti-scientific claims that abortion harms women, they are going to take us back to the 1960s when thousands of women died every year from
- [As Trump Orders US Out of Afghanistan, Notorious CIA-Backed Units Will Remain](https://worldcantwait.org/2019/01/10/as-trump-orders-us-out-of-afghanistan-notorious-cia-backed-units-will-remain/) - Marjorie Cohn, Truthout | January 6, 2019 Copyright, Truthout.org. Reprinted with permission. Click here to read the original article on truthout.org Politicians and pundits alike have roundly criticized Donald Trump for stating he will pull our troops out of Syria and cut US forces in Afghanistan by half. James Mattis immediately resigned as secretary of defense, writing in a letter
- [ The Violence Of The U.S. War On Terror ](https://worldcantwait.org/2019/01/08/the-violence-of-the-u-s-war-on-terror/) - Debra Sweet | January 8, 2019 {jathumbnailoff} This is not a film review. But see "Vice," starring Christian Bale as "Dick" Cheney. You'll look at this photo differently after seeing the film. One of the remarkable features of the film is the startling, realistic jumps to the violence of the U.S. war on terror precipitated by Cheney's
- [A Measure of How Much has Changed in Two Years](https://worldcantwait.org/2019/01/10/a-measure-of-how-much-has-changed-in-two-years/) - Curt Wechsler | January 9, 2019 Mr. Trump's first Oval Office address felt like a non-event agree The New Yorker writers John Cassidy and Masha Gessen. "A measure of how much has changed in two years -- how far we have fallen -- is that commentators have stopped saying that Trump is 'Presidential' when he manages to read from
- [Close Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2019/01/08/close-guantanamo-2019/) - Curt Wechsler | January 7, 2019 Rule of Law, Not Rule of Trump January 11, 2019, marks the 17th anniversary of the opening of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, which was established in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. It also marks the start of the prison's third year under the direction of the
- [Is Trump "anti-war"?](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/12/31/is-trump-anti-war/) - Debra Sweet | December 31, 2018 Looking to the storms coming in 2019, we consider, how is Trump the same as other U.S. presidents, and how is his regime markedly different, requiring concerted action from us? Each of the three "war on terror" presidents were and are completely committed to the US empire's domination of
- [Corrupt Spineless Iraqi Legislators Are Right](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/12/28/corrupt-spineless-iraqi-legislators-are-right/) - David Swanson | December 28, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} You’ve got 5,000 armed foreign troops stationed in your country. You don’t say a word until the idiot foreign emperor stages a surprise visit. Then you’re outraged principally because he didn’t notify you or meet with you or put up any pretense that your country belonged to you
- [What Our Visits Mean, In Their Own Words](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/12/21/what-our-visits-mean-in-their-own-words/) - World Can't Wait | December 18, 2018 Nothing we could write could convey more effectively what it means for students vulnerable to joining the U.S. military to hear from veterans conscious of how they could lose their humanity by enlisting. And that’s only half of the story. Most of the students whose classes we visit,
- [William Blum, US Policy Critic Derided by NYT, Dies at 85](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/12/21/william-blum-us-policy-critic-derided-by-nyt-dies-at-85/) - Jim Naureckas, December 13, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} You know you’ve lived well—well enough to rattle the establishment—when the New York Times smears you in the obituary it runs about you (FAIR.org, 6/20/13). That distinction was achieved by William Blum, historian and critic of US foreign policy. Once a State Department computer programmer who aspired to “take part in the
- ['A torrent of ghastly revelations': what military service taught me about America](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/12/19/a-torrent-of-ghastly-revelations-what-military-service-taught-me-about-america/) - Lyle Jeremy Rubin | December 17, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} Training on a base in California, and later serving in Afghanistan, made me confront the reality of American empire, and the injustice that pervades society at home. MY FIRST AND ONLY WAR TOUR took place in Afghanistan in 2010. I was a marine lieutenant then, a signals intelligence
- [“Alexa, Drop a Bomb”: Amazon Wants in on US Warfare](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/12/17/alexa-drop-a-bomb-amazon-wants-in-on-us-warfare/) - Nick Mottern | December 16, 2018 Amazon is seeking to build a global “brain” for the Pentagon called JEDI, a weapon of unprecedented surveillance and killing power, a profoundly aggressive weapon that should not be allowed to be created. Founded in 1994 as an online book seller, Amazon is now the world’s largest online retailer,
- [MILITARY RECRUITERS, GET THE HELL AWAY](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/12/05/military-recruiters-get-the-hell-away/) - We Are Not Your Soliders | December 4, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} This week, Lyle Rubin, a former Marine who was sent to Afghanistan, will visit high schools and college classes in New York City as part of World Can’t Wait’s We Are Not Your Soldiers program. In this small but important way, we are intervening with students who
- [No Shortage of Party Cowards; We Need Heroes In the Streets](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/11/28/no-shortage-of-party-cowards-we-need-heroes-in-the-streets/) - Curt Wechsler | November 28, 2018 "Not everybody was enamored with the show of solidarity between Trump and Newsom " while the Camp Fire raged, posted Andrew Sheeler to thetribunenews.com. Last weeks' photo session in Paradise, California was nothing short of shameful in terms of missed opportunity to challenge the Climate-Change-Denier-in-Chief face to face. "In the bitter reality
- [How Many Millions Have Been Killed in America’s Post-9/11 Wars? Part 3: Libya, Syria, Somalia and Yemen](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/04/27/how-many-millions-have-been-killed-in-america-s-post-9-11-wars-part-3-libya-syria-somalia-and-yemen/) - Nicolas J S Davies | April 25, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} In the first two parts of this report, I have estimated that about 2.4 million people have been killed as a result of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, while about 1.2 million have been killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan as a result of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. In the
- [Broad-Daylight Fascism Is Impossible to Ignore](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/11/04/broad-daylight-fascism-is-impossible-to-ignore/) - Curt Wechsler | November 4, 2018 "We have come to it at last," writes Truthout editor William Rivers Pitt. "The moment too many have been whistling past in the ill-placed hope that everything would fix itself has arrived. The Achilles heel of democracy -- the use of the democratic process to install a government bent on dismantling democracy -- has been
- [“WE ARE NOT YOUR SOLDIERS” WANTS TO VISIT YOU](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/09/19/we-are-not-your-soldiers-wants-to-visit-you/) - We Are Not Your Soliders | September 18, 2018 World Can’t Wait’s We Are Not Your Soldiers project is starting its twelfth year of visits to high schools and college classes with recent veterans of U.S. wars of terror. We are now beginning to schedule our class visits for the fall semester. With the Trump/Pence Regime envisioning
- [In the Name of Protecting Civilians, U.S. Certifies Escalating War Crimes in Yemen](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/09/17/in-the-name-of-protecting-civilians-u-s-certifies-escalating-war-crimes-in-yemen/) - Revolution Newspaper | September 17, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} “I certified to Congress yesterday that the governments of Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates are undertaking demonstrable actions to reduce the risk of harm to civilians and civilian infrastructure resulting from military operations of these governments.” —Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, September 12 The Trump/Pence regime’s “certification”
- [Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh Lobbied for Appointment of John Yoo to 9th Circuit Court](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/09/09/supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh-lobbied-for-appointment-of-john-yoo-to-9th-circuit-court/) - Curt Wechsler | September 8, 2018 The Trump nominee for U.S. Supreme Court believed the author of notorious memos providing legal cover for those torturing human beings would be great as a lifetime pick for Ninth Circuit, reports Common Dreams staff writer Julia Conley on confidential emails released by Senator Cory Booker. The exchanges between Kavanaugh and Kyle Sampson occurred one
- [Remove the Bad Hombres from the White House and Leave the Children Alone](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/07/24/remove-the-bad-hombres-from-the-white-house-and-leave-the-children-alone/) - Raymond Nat Turner, July 24, 2018 Bad Hombres Miguel was a precocious six-year-old. And Maria, his mother, swore the Sun’s shine started in his green eyes. ‘Ojos Verde,’ she lovingly called him. Blessed with perfect pitch, Miguel’s music aptitude was off the charts! He could pick Melodies out on the tiny, beat up guitar, his
- [Trump's Judge Kavanaugh has a role in US Torture](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/07/20/brett-kavanaugh-trump-s-supreme-court-nomination-has-a-dangerous-track-record-of-defending-guantanamo-and-unfettered-executive-power/) - Debra Sweet | July 19, 2018 When Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, one of his selling points was Kavanaugh's seat on the US Court of Appeals for the DC District. GW Bush appointed him to the court in 2006, bolstering a conservative majority which went on to decide against habeas corpus relief
- [Photo journal by Cat Watters, in Portugal, supporting the 2018 Gaza Freedom Flotilla Part 2 of 2](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/07/12/photo-journal-by-cat-watters-in-spain-supporting-the-2018-gaza-freedom-flotilla-part-2-of-2/) - Cat Watters | July 11, 2018 {jathumbnailoff}
- [Photo journal by Cat Watters, in Spain, supporting the 2018 Gaza Freedom Flotilla Part 1 of 2](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/07/04/photo-journal-by-cat-watters-in-spain-supporting-the-2018-gaza-freedom/) - Cat Watters | July 4, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} x
- [We Must Reach Out To Tech Giant Workers Now](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/07/07/we-must-reach-out-to-tech-giant-workers-now/) - Richie Marini | July 6, 2018 On June 27, 2018, a small group of us consisting of members of The World Can’t Wait, Know Drones, Refuse fascism and World Beyond War set up an eight- foot long model of the U.S. military Reaper drone outside of Google offices in New York City. Why? Because Google was developing
- [Photo journal by Cat Watters, in Spain, supporting the 2018 Gaza Freedom Flotilla](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/07/04/cat-watters-brg-photo-journal/) - Cat Watters, July 2, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} Marny “Kit” Kittredge on the left, Barbara Briggs-Letson and myself stand with one of the paintings. My FB Livestream arriving in Gijon and the dock of the Flotilla, Short Livestream before losing signal,, with Ron Rousseau, crew member, A group who came to the port to support the Flotilla
- [Photo journal by Cat Watters, in Spain, supporting the 2018 Gaza Freedom Flotilla](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/07/03/photo-journal-by-cat-watters-in-spain-supporting-the-2018-gaza-freedom-flotilla/) - Cat Waters | July 4, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} x
- [Student Response to We Are Not Your Soldiers](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/06/28/student-response-to-we-are-not-your-soldiers/) - We Are Not Your Soldliers | June 28, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} We Are Not Your Soldiers had a very active year in New York City, touring as many schools as we have done anywhere around the country during the height of the war on Iraq. We did four full weeks of school visits – two in the
- [June 15 Marks 6,000 Days of Guantánamo:  Rights Groups Tell Donald Trump to Close the Prison,  Say “Not One Day More!”](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/06/15/june-15-marks-6-000-days-of-guantanamo-rights-groups-tell-donald-trump-to-close-the-prison-say-not-one-day-more/) - Andy Worthington | June 15, 2018 Today, June 15, 2018, is a depressing milestone in the long history of U.S. detention at Guantánamo Bay. Today the Guantánamo prison, set up after the 9/11 attacks, has been open for 6,000 days. Most of the men held at Guantánamo over the last 6,000 days (16 years, five
- [U.S. House of Representatives Rejects President's Designs on Iran](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/06/06/u-s-house-of-representatives-rejects-president-s-designs-on-iran/) - Curt Wechsler | June 5, 2018 Last week's unanimous vote against war with Iran was good news, largely ignored by the press. Many questioned the veracity of the story. It's up to us to substantiate Congressional admonition for peace with demonstrations of resistance to U.S. military intervention. Let's work to create the kind of political situation that forces an end to
- [BE the Trump Resistance](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/06/03/be-the-trump-resistance/) - Curt Wechsler | June 3, 2018 "I'll never forgive Trump and I won't stop talking about it," says Mike Mills, founding member of the alternative rock band R.E.M. "It's not just who he is and what he represents... It's what he's done to the American political process. He has allowed stupidity to be the coin of
- [ Protest Franklin Graham's Fascist America](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/05/30/protest-franklin-graham-s-fascist-america/) - Curt Wechsler | May 29, 2018 This week, Franklin Graham, son of the late Billy Graham, brings his "Decision America" tour to Berkeley to take a stand against California's "blue wall." Billed as religious "revivals", Graham's campaign-style rallies across California and the Pacific Northwest advance opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage. Join Refuse Fascism Friday June 1, 6:00
- [Thanks to U.S. Senate, Torture Is 'Legal'](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/05/18/thanks-to-u-s-senate-torture-is-legal/) - Curt Wechsler | May 17, 2018 UPDATE: Haspel Confirmed The Senate Intelligence Committee voted 10-5 to support Gina Haspel's nomination for CIA director Wednesday. Haspel's defense of torture practices she facilitated at a CIA black site in Thailand in 2002 -- that they were "legal" at the time -- disqualifies her from assuming the role of CIA director, argues professor
- [Why “Torture Doesn’t Work”](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/05/14/why-torture-doesn-t-work/) - Steven Jonas, MD, MPH | May 14, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} Intro., by Patrice Greanville: The appointment by Donald Trump of Gina Haspel, a CIA official directly involved in supervising torture, as head of the agency, has thrown the world of liberal pretensions and their mouthpieces into turmoil. Liberals do not mind imperialist crimes as bloody and
- [Gina Haspel Should be Prosecuted, Not Confirmed to Run the CIA](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/05/08/gina-haspel-should-be-prosecuted-not-confirmed-to-run-the-cia/) - Debra Sweet | May 8, 2018 The CIA nominee supervised detainee torture at a “black site” in Thailand Gina Haspel arrived to run “Detention Site Green” in late October 2002, after the harsh interrogation of Abu Zubeydah that reportedly reduced attendant personnel to tears. She supervised the interrogation of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who was subjected to enhanced interrogation
- [The Dangers of Mike Pence](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/05/09/the-dangers-of-mike-pence/) - Harley | May 9, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} The call to impeach Trump has been stated by many, but impeaching Trump means that Mike Pence would become the next president. To some, this is an even scarier option than Trump: not only because of his conservative beliefs, but because of his prior political experience and the controversial
- [This Nightmare Must End: The Trump/Pence Regime Must Go!](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/05/04/this-nightmare-must-end/) - refusefascism.org | March 22, 2018 In the Name of Humanity, We REFUSE to Accept a Fascist America We are horrified and angered at the shocking damage already done to lives here and around the world by the Trump/Pence regime. We recognize that they are poised to do far worse, including threatening WAR, even nuclear war.
- [Protests Across the U.S. and Around the World Demand: Hands Off Syria!](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/04/26/protests-across-the-u-s-and-around-the-world-demand-hands-off-syria/) - Debra Sweet | April 24, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} Last weekend, Trump's Make America Great Again move was airstrikes on what was reportedly the Syrian government's chemical weapons facility. The Pentagon could show no proof that chemical weapons had been used by the Syrian government in Douma, and said so; then suddenly the Pentagon had "proof," although
- [Thousands of Hearts and Minds](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/04/22/thousands-of-hearts-and-minds/) - Ed Kinane | April 21, 2018 To work against militarism and for social justice is to struggle for hearts and minds. We “educate, agitate, and organize.” We reach out to the public to mobilize its conscience. But the public is large and we are few. Most ways to reach the public are costly. Or shaped by
- [No 'Chinese Hoax,' Climate Change Cannot Be Ignored](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/04/19/no-chinese-hoax-climate-change-cannot-be-ignored/) - Curt Wechsler | April 18, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} Climate scientist Ben Santer fights 'alternative facts'. He's not alone. The consequences of global warming denial affect every person on the planet. Santer advises human actions must be part of the solution: "You jump through hoops. You do due diligence. You go down every blind alley, every rabbit hole. Over
- [Robert Fisk: Syrian War of Lies and Hypocrisy ](https://worldcantwait.org/2012/08/01/robert-fisk-syrian-war-of-lies-and-hypocrisy/) - By Robert Fisk | August 1, 2012 Has there ever been a Middle Eastern war of such hypocrisy? A war of such cowardice and such mean morality, of such false rhetoric and such public humiliation? I'm not talking about the physical victims of the Syrian tragedy. I'm referring to the utter lies and mendacity of
- [Mueller or Not, the Trump/Pence Regime Has Got to Go](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/04/14/mueller-or-not-the-trump-pence-regime-has-got-to-go/) - Curt Wechsler, April 14, 2018 As Friday the 13th goes dark in DC, impeachment sponsors should not despair. There is more than one way to depose a despot. "Impeachments take time: months, if not longer -- even with an enthusiastic Congress," notes Georgetown University's Rosa Brooks, weighing options to dump Trump. "And when you have a lunatic
- [It Will Take More Than a Blue Wave to Stop Fascism](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/04/08/it-will-take-more-than-a-blue-wave-to-stop-fascism/) - Curt Wechsler | April 7, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} "There's a lot of people hoping that Democrats somehow intervene," says Refuse Fascism organizer Raphael Kadaris. Or that a successful conclusion to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election will force Donald Trump's resignation or impeachment. But "the idea we that we can rely on
- [Indefinite Detention Is Torture](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/04/06/indefinite-detention-is-torture-d82/) - Curt Wechsler | April 5, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} Indefinite Detention Is Torture Habeas corpus, or the Great Writ, is the legal procedure that keeps the government from holding you indefinitely without showing cause. “The serious physical and psychological harm that results from such detention can constitute cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment,” charges The Center for Victims of
- [Indefinite Detention Is Torture](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/04/05/indefinite-detention-is-torture/) - World Can't Wait | April 2018 Download PDF
- [United States of Denial](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/03/31/united-states-of-denial/) - Curt Wechsler | March 30, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} From the American "foundational atrocity" of slavery to the ascendance of German Nazification in the 1930s, a refusal of collective responsibility hindered a national reckoning for state-sponsored terror. It also enabled the forced displacement of millions of "undesirables," a policy now embraced by President Trump, along with the hideous
- [A Failure of Accountability Made Gina Haspel's Nomination Possible](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/03/26/a-failure-of-accountability-made-gina-haspel-s-nomination-possible/) - Curt Wechsler | March 17, 2018 Few people have paid a professional price for involvement in America's torture program, notes Rogue Justice author Karen Greenberg. John Yoo, the author of the infamous 2002 memos declaring torture legal, remains a tenured professor at Berkeley. Steven Bradbury, who authorized "enhanced" interrogation techniques, now serves as General Counsel of the
- [The Mustache and The Sentry Team Up to Bomb North Korea](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/03/24/the-mustache-and-the-sentry-team-up-to-bomb-north-korea/) - Curt Wechsler | March 23, 2018 "There are few people more likely than Mr. Bolton is to lead the country into war. His selection is a decision that is as alarming as any Mr. Trump has made so far," asserts The New York Times Editorial Board. "Coupled with his nomination of the hard-line C.I.A. director, Mike Pompeo, as secretary of
- [Madiha Tahir podcast: Drones & The Military Present](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/03/17/madiha-tahir-podcast-drones-the-military-present/) - Click To Play This four-part series explores various aspects of how the present is shaped by war. To do so, we've invited anthropologists to help usmake sense of the current political moment. Episode 2 features an interview with Madiha Tahir, focusing on drones and remote warfare in Afghanistan, Pakistan and around the world. Madiha Tahir
- [War Is Peace, Bad Is Good, and Mike Pompeo Is a Diplomat](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/03/14/war-is-peace-bad-is-good-and-mike-pompeo-is-a-diplomat/) - Curt Wechsler | March 14, 2018 If confirmed as secretary of state, the former Kansas congressman "would become the first person to have served as both the United States' top spy and top diplomat," notes The New York Times reporter Scott Shane. "In the new job, Mr. Pompeo would no longer be constrained by the strictures
- [How Many People Does It Take to Drive Out an Oppressor?](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/02/25/how-many-people-does-it-take-to-drive-out-an-oppressor/) - Curt Wechsler | February 24, 2018 "We are still in the early stages of an authoritarian regime change," warns Salon writer Chauncey Devega. "We still have an aspiring authoritarian leader. Many people have gotten to the point where I was a year ago, which is recognizing that this situation is uncertain and the outcome depends upon us. Matters are not
- [The Guantanamo Bay Reboot, Part of the Vicious “America First” Fascism of the Trump/Pence regime.](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/02/20/the-guantanamo-bay-reboot-part-of-the-vicious-america-first-fascism-of-the-trump-pence-regime/) - Refusefascism.org | February 19, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} In his first State of The Union message, Donald Trump announced the signing of a new executive order to keep Guantánamo Bay open to the sound of applause. He said those who didn’t applaud his speech are traitors.. His remarks are a harbinger of new waves of prisoners, staying
- [The Changing Nature of Tyranny](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/02/15/the-changing-nature-of-tyranny/) - Curt Wechsler | Feburary 14, 2018 Whether Trump/Pence is a direct replica of the Nazi regime has little relevance compared to the serious challenges he poses, argues Henry Giroux at Truthout. When people with power and influence remain silent in the face of "lies and ruthless polices" of the Trump administration, they sanction state violence characteristic
- [Students Need Reality About U.S. Wars](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/02/15/students-need-reality-about-u-s-wars/) - World Can't Wait | Feburary 13, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} World Can't Wait began sending veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq into classrooms in 2007, as GW Bush, and then Obama, claimed the wars on Iraq and Afghanistan were being won. Not "won" and not over, as we know now. The Trump/Pence Regime has roared in with MAGA,
- [CLOSE GTMO TRUMP! Action from Thursday at Grand Central Station NYC](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/02/03/close-gtmo-trump-action-from-thursday-at-grand-central-station-nyc/) - Cat April Watters | Febuary 3, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} A group from World Can’t Wait, Witness Against Torture and the ACLU came to the main area of Grand Central Station on Thursday to say “NO!” to Trumps plan to keep Guantanamo open and fill it with more indefinite detainees. Jeremy Varon of Peaceful Tomorrows holding the
- [Guantánamo, Torture and the Trump Agenda](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/01/26/guantanamo-torture-and-the-trump-agenda/) - World Can't Wait | January 26, 2018 Andy Worthington on "Guantánamo, Torture and the Trump Agenda" at Revolution Books on January 16, 2018. {vimeo}252109700{/vimeo}
- [richie test](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/01/24/richie-test/)
- [Trump’s “Nuclear Posture Report”: Unrestrained Expansion of Nuclear Threats Against Entire World](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/01/24/trump-s-nuclear-posture-report-unrestrained-expansion-of-nuclear-threats-against-entire-world/) - Revolution Newspaper | January 24, 2018 The Trump regime recently issued a major document for expanding and developing its nuclear arsenal, and for widening the conditions under which the U.S. will hurl nuclear bombs at its adversaries. The "Nuclear Posture Review," written at the Pentagon under the direction of "Defense Secretary" James Mattis, is still
- [Poem of Protests](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/01/10/poem-of-protests/) - Richard Greve | Janurary 9, 2018 Some tweet at Starbucks against war, the madman at the helm oppression, occupation of the land & mind poverty, homelessness & decadence. Some march and picket, sing and chant against the awful crimes of our own government where criminals come to give their speeches. Others, braver, chain themselves to
- [Drone Organizers Bulletin](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/01/08/drone-organizers-bulletin/) - Nick Mottern, Knowdrones.com | January 7, 2018 FOCUS FOR 2018 – AFGHANISTAN. WHAT DO YOU THINK? In the weeks of the winter holidays - spending time with my family, cooking, sending cards, buying presents - I had gnawing at me that knowledge that I would be writing this new year's bulletin. [Continue reading...] TIME TO
- [Marking 16 years of Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/01/04/marking-16-years-of-guantanamo/) - Witness Against Torture | January 3, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} We invite you to join Witness Against Torture and partner organizations for a series of events in Washington, DC, calling for closing Guantanamo and ending torture. Highlights include: Thursday, January 11th, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm RALLY TO CLOSE GUANTANAMO AND STOP TORTURE White House, Lafayette Square,
- [Refuse Fascism in San Francisco](https://worldcantwait.org/2018/01/02/refuse-fascism-in-san-francisco/) - World Can't Wait | January 1, 2018 {{jathumbnailoff}} Continuing a process of active investigation - of leading, learning, and forging greater unity - Refuse Fascism is embarking on a National Organizing Tour to key cities this January: Saturday January 6 RefuseFascism Statewide Student Conference 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm 1590 Bryant Street, San Francisco Sunday January 7 RefuseFascism Mass Organizing
- [Timeline: War and Protest Post-9/11](https://worldcantwait.org/2015/03/20/timeline-war-and-protest-post-9-11/) - World Can't Wait | March 19, 2015 What happened since 9/11? There was a time before endless war, but here's a chronicle of the actions the government took since then, and the public protest that resulted. September 14, 2001 – Congress passes the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists, worded to contain military
- [Before You Go Along With and Give Your Silent Approval to the Murder of Tens of Millions Koreans, Take This Quiz and See How Much You Really Know!](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/12/06/before-you-go-along-with-and-give-your-silent-approval-to-the-murder-of-tens-of-millions-koreans-take-this-quiz-and-see-how-much-you-really-know/) - Revolution Newspaper | December 4, 2017 Click here to take the online quiz at refusefascism.org and check your answers. How many Koreans, and how many American troops, were killed in the Korean War, 1950-1953? About 100,000 U.S. troops, and about 1 million Koreans About 1 million U.S. troops and about 1 million Koreans About
- [How America Spreads Global Chaos](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/11/01/how-america-spreads-global-chaos/) - Nicolas J.S. Davies | October 31, 2017 {jathumbnailoff} The U.S. government may pretend to respect a “rules-based” global order, but the only rule Washington seems to follow is “might makes right” — and the CIA has long served as a chief instigator and enforcer, writes Nicolas J.S. Davies. As the recent PBS documentary on the American
- [The Building Boom at Guantanamo Bay Heralds a Rise in False Imprisonment](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/10/23/the-building-boom-at-guantanamo-bay-heralds-a-rise-in-false-imprisonment/) - World Can't Wait | October 23, 2017 "Eight years ago, when I wrote a book on the first days of Guantanamo, The Least Worst Place: Guantánamo's First 100 Days, I assumed that Gitmo would prove a grim anomaly in our history," remarks Carol Rosenberg. "Today, it seems as if that 'detention facility' will have a far
- [ Afghanistan in Our Sights](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/10/11/afghanistan-in-our-sights/) - Debra Sweet | October 11, 2017 {jathumbnailoff} Yes, Afghanistan is in our sights as people who care about humanity. And yes, the people of Afghanistan and the whole region are in the gun sights of the most destructive military force on the globe, commanded by a regime under the rubric of "America first." 15 years ago yesterday,
- [In Memoriam: M. Cherif Bassiouni](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/10/11/in-memoriam-m-cherif-bassiouni/) - Debra Sweet | October 11, 2017 {jathumbnailoff} We were saddened to hear of the death of M. Cherif Bassiouni on Sept. 25. He was everything the obituaries in newspapers across the country said he was: war crimes jurist, the “godfather of international human rights law,” human rights champion. What U.S. media failed to mention was
- [Hate Speech Isn't Free](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/09/16/hate-speech-isn-t-free/) - World Can't Wait | September 12, 2017 Defense of white privilege costs the disadvantaged dearly. Ask someone who's been there. American "free speech" law protects people against physical harm -- and tolerates unlimited emotional harm. Victims of hate speech suffer as much as or more than victims of hate crime argues Fordham Law Professor Thane Rosenbaum. The liberal defense
- [War on the World, Trump Style](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/07/26/war-on-the-world-trump-style/) - World Can't Wait | July 26, 2017 Donald Trump brags, stating in his inauguration speech: “We assembled here today are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city, in every foreign capital and in every hall of power. From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. From this day forward,
- [Stop the Desperation of Refugees, Stop Bombing Their Countries](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/07/26/stop-the-desperation-of-refugees-stop-bombing-their-countries/) - World Can't Wait | July 26, 2017 In year three of the largest world refugee crisis since WW II, the Trump/Pence regime has targeted refugees as a dangerous immigrant grouping. As was said by the presidential candidate himself: “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.”
- [“War on Terror” Veterans Dialog with HS and College Students](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/07/26/war-on-terror-veterans-dialog-with-hs-and-college-students/) - We Are Not Your Sodliers | July 26, 2017 At the Left Forum in NYC on June 3, 2017 veterans with the We Are Not Your Soldiers project of World Can’t Wait present what they do in high school and college classrooms where students have grown up under continual wars, know very little about them
- [ Antonia Cedrone Presente](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/07/20/antonia-cedrone-presente/) - Debra Sweet | July 20, 2017 {jathumbnailoff} The late Sharon Pavlovich, Richie Marini, Fran Korotzer, Antonia Cedrone; unknown NYPD. (But Antonia definitely had his badge number.) Our friend and colleague Antonia Cedrone died last month after an illness. Our favorite photo of her is this one, doing what she did countless times on the streets
- [FBI Nominee Denies Involvement with John Yoo's Handiwork](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/07/13/fbi-nominee-denies-involvement-with-john-yoo-s-handiwork/) - World Can't Wait | July 13, 2017 While Christopher Wray's time as principal associate deputy attorney general coincided with "torture memos" authored by John Yoo, he discounts testimony that he reviewed, let alone approved, content. "My view is that torture is wrong, it's unacceptable, it's illegal, and I think it's ineffective," Wray responded to questioning by the
- [Steven Bradbury 'Just Following Orders'? Or Working an Illegitimate System for Fame and Fortune?](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/07/04/1-of-11-steven-bradbury-just-following-orders-or-working-an-illegitimate-system-for-fame-and-fortune/) - World Can't Wait | July 4, 2017 From 2005-2009, Steven G. Bradbury was acting head of the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel under George Bush. During this time he authored the "torture memos" that contradict domestic and international law regarding the treatment of prisoners. In 2008, Bradbury was blocked from holding Senate-confirmable positions
- [    Shut Down Trump's Torture Prison at Guantanamo!](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/06/19/shut-down-trump-s-torture-prison-at-guantanamo/) - World Can't Wait | June 19, 2017 A day before International Day in Solidarity with Victims of Torture: JOIN US IN MIAMI TO PROTEST AGAINST TRUMP AND HIS TORTURE PRISON. Donald Trump has said he wants to revive and expand US use of torture. On Guantanamo, he said he wants to keep the prison open
- [What Can We Do to Stop the Extensive Air War Slaughter by the U.S. Led Coalition?](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/06/15/what-can-we-do-to-stop-the-extensive-air-war-slaughter-by-the-u-s-led-coalition/) - Nick Mottern, kNOwdrones.com | June 15, 2017 I would like to open a discussion of what we and others might do collectively to try to stop the extensive air war slaughter by the U.S. led coalition. Here is a link to the most recent report on this. There is no justification for what is happening...a
- [Thanks To Chelsea Manning](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/05/17/thanks-to-chelsea-manning/) - Download PDF Thanks to Chelsea Manning it's no secret... solitary confinement is 'no touch' torture U.S. largely BOUGHT Guantanamo prisoners your government keeps a tally of civilian casualties FBI trained Egypt's secret police official U.S. policy ignored prisoner abuse and torture in Iraq "rules of engagement" permit bombing of children
- [Devastating Picture of War in Iraq and Afghanistan from Wikileaks Files](https://worldcantwait.org/2010/07/26/emerging-picture-of-war-in-afghanistan-devastating/) - WikiLeaks, over the past year, has released some of the most damning evidence yet against the ongoing occuptions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Must read: US Response to Wikileaks: Diplomacy as Another Means of Warfare Defend Julian Assange and Wikileaks. Open Letter in Defence of WikiLeaks’ Right to Publish. Click for more info on: Guantánamo Files | Cablegate
- [The Silent Slaughter of the US Air War](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/05/10/https-consortiumnews-com-2017-05-09-the-silent-slaughter-of-the-us-air-war/) - Nicolas J S Davies | May 9, 2017 {jathumbnailoff} April 2017 was another month of mass slaughter and unimaginable terror for the people of Mosul in Iraq and the areas around Raqqa and Tabqa in Syria, as the heaviest, most sustained U.S.-led bombing campaign since the American War in Vietnam entered its 33rd month. Marine
- [Yemen in the Crosshairs: Trump's Decision to Visit Saudi Arabia First Speaks Volumes](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/05/08/yemen-in-the-crosshairs-trump-s-decision-to-visit-saudi-arabia-first-speaks-volumes/) - World Can't Wait | May 8, 2017 "If you care at all about children starving to death and selling billions of dollars worth of deadly weapons to one of the most brutal and repressive regimes on earth," notes journalist Danielle Ryan, "the only message Trump's visit to Riyadh will send is that barbaric contempt for
- [Trump Wants More Power - and He Wants It Quickly](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/05/01/trump-wants-more-power-and-he-wants-it-quickly/) - World Can't Wait | May 1, 2017 "My administration has brought profound change to Washington," said the President of his first 100 days in office. Dismantling the U.S. Constitution's separation of powers is his end game, using the institutional mechanisms designed to preserve democracy to undermine constitutional order. In Trump's first weeks in office, "he
- [Mother of All Bombers ](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/04/15/mother-of-all-bombers/) - World Can't Wait | April 13, 2017 {jathumbnailoff} Today the US military, at Trump's order, dropped an 11-ton bomb on Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan. It is being called the "mother" of all bombs - the largest bomb dropped in any war since the United States nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki. No to wars for empire
- [No Saviors When It Comes to Ending U.S. Aggression ](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/04/15/4-13-17-no-saviors-when-it-comes-to-ending-u-s-aggression/) - World Can't Wait | April 13, 2017 For those who truly care about the children of Syria and the expanding battlegrounds within the Trump/Pence Regime’s crosshairs, the past week has made starkly clear that there are no saviors. It’s up to us to end U.S. aggression. The mainstream media bombarded you with messages of how
- [Why the Democrats Cheer Trump When He Wages War…and Why We Must Not Join Them](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/04/12/why-the-democrats-cheer-trump-when-he-wages-war-and-why-we-must-not-join-them/) - revolution newspaper | April 10, 2017 All it took was Trump firing off 59 cruise missiles against Syria for most leading Democrats, who had been posing as staunch Trump opponents, to start singing his praises. Senator Chuck Schumer said it was "the right thing to do." The "militant" Senator Elizabeth Warren said the "Syrian regime
- [Protests in Cities Across the Country To Say NO To War On Syria](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/04/07/protests-in-cities-across-the-country-to-say-no-to-war-on-syria/) - World Can't Wait | April 6, 2017 Protests in Cities Across the Country – Find one near you or organize one. Bring Refuse Fascism’s NO! Donald Trump told us all along he would “bomb the shit out of” the Middle East. Thursday he sent 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles into a Syrian government airbase, in what
- [Spring Into Action To Refuse Fascism ](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/04/06/spring-into-action-to-refuse-fascism/) - World Can't Wait April 6, 2017 {jathumbnailoff} World Can't Wait is calling on our supporters to join in Refusefascism.org call for 10 Days of Resistance: *April 22 March for Science, Scientists and those who support science all over the country have called for a major march in Washington DC with satellite protests being held in 427
- [We Are Not Your Soldiers in NYC Schools and Beyond ](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/04/06/we-are-not-your-soldiers-in-nyc-schools-and-beyond/) - Stephanie Rugoff | April 5, 2017 {jathumbnailoff} Joe Urgo and Lyle Rubin speaking March 20, 2017 to college students Last week, We Are Not Your Soldiers visited classes in two colleges and three high schools in New York City. One of those high schools was a traditional large school, one was an alternative school and the
- [International Criminal Court to Investigate Illegally Sanctioned Torture](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/04/06/international-criminal-court-to-investigate-illegally-sanctioned-torture/) - World Can't Wait | April 5, 2017 "In a matter of weeks, the International Criminal Court (ICC) is expected to open a full-fledged investigation into the 'war crimes of torture and related ill-treatment, by United States military forces deployed to Afghanistan and in secret detention facilities operated by the Central Intelligence Agency,' " submits Loyola Law School International Human Rights
- [Trump's Face on New CNN TV Spot Warning      About War with N. Korea in Vet-paid Ads](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/04/04/trump-s-face-on-new-cnn-tv-spot-warning-about-war-with-n-korea-in-vet-paid-ads/) - Nick Mottern | March 29, 2017 Beale AFB, CA – President Trump's screaming face is depicted in a nuclear blast mushroom cloud in a controversial television commercial debuting on CNN and other cable networks in cities near a major drone base here in Marysville CA not too far from the CA capital in Sacramento. The
- [The U.S. War on Iraq Never Ended](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/03/26/the-u-s-war-on-iraq-never-ended/) - World Can't Wait | March 25, 2017 14 years after a coalition of Western forces invaded and occupied the sovereign state of Iraq, the world is still waiting for withdrawal of U.S. troops. The scores of Iraqis killed in recent American-led airstrikes in the northern city of Mosul, at the center of an offensive to
- [Lynne Stewart, Peoples' Lawyer](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/03/24/lynne-stewart-peoples-lawyer/) - World Can't Wait | March 24, 2017 {jathumbnailoff} We in the World Can’t Wait movement join with millions of people in mourning for Lynne Stewart, the renowned radical attorney, a woman with the whole world in her heart, and a dear friend. After years of battling breast cancer, and then recent strokes, Lynne died March
- [My Lai Massacre Anniversary](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/03/18/my-lai-massacre-anniversary/) - Mike Hastie, March 16, 2017 Today, March 16, 2017, is the 49th anniversary of the My Lai Massacre, located in Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam. It was Saturday morning, March 16, 1968, when approximately 115 U.S. Army soldiers of the Americal Division's Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry, landed in helicopters just outside the village of
- [Central High School, Little Rock Arkansas, 1957 – Racist Mob Rallies for White Supremacy and Segregation](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/03/17/central-high-school-little-rock-arkansas-1957-racist-mob-rallies-for-white-supremacy-and-segregation/) - Refusefascism.org | March 10, 2017 Christian fascist legislators in Arkansas are seeking to enact a law banning material by or about historian Howard Zinn from public or state-supported schools. This outrageous measure is in lockstep with the fascism the Trump/Pence Regime is out to impose. Betsy DeVos, Trump’s Secretary of Education is a staunch, longtime advocate
- [Call to Action to STOP the War on Yemen April 10, 2017](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/03/16/call-to-action-to-stop-the-war-on-yemen-april-10-2017/) - New York Catholic Worker Community | March 15, 2017 {jathumbnailoff} On April 10, 2017, members of the New York Catholic Worker community, the Upstate Coalition to End the Wars and Ground the Drones, and Voices for Creative Nonviolence will begin a week long fast in New York City. We will jointly hold a public presence
- [In the Name of Humanity, We REFUSE To Accept a Fascist America](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/11/11/in-the-name-of-humanity-we-refuse-to-accept-a-fascist-america/) - refusefascism.org | March 5, 2017 {jathumbnailoff} Read, Sign & Distribute The New Updated Refuse Fascism Call to Action: In the Name of Humanity, We REFUSE to Accept a Fascist America! Drive Out the Trump/Pence Regime! The Trump/Pence Regime is a Fascist Regime. Not insult or exaggeration, this is what it is.For the future of humanity
- [Drone Resisters Acquitted! ](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/03/05/drone-resisters-acquitted/) - upstatedroneaction.org | March 2, 2017 Four drone resisters, James Ricks, Daniel Burns, Brian Hynes, and Ed Kinane, from the 2015 big books action were found innocent of all charges at 11pm at the Dewitt Town Court. After deliberating for only about a half hour, the jury returned with a verdict of not guilty on all
- [Increased Drone Atrocities on the Way](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/03/04/increased-drone-atrocities-on-the-way/) - Nick Mottern, Knowdrones.com | March 3, 2017 Will U.S. drone killings increase under Donald Trump? The evidence says “Yes,” in part because expansion of the killer drone program was baked into cake by Barack Obama. Last year, the USAF was reported to have plans to increase daily drone combat patrols from 60 per day now
- [The Real 'Enemy of the American People' Sits in the White House](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/02/25/enemy-of-the-american-people/) - World Can't Wait | February 25, 2017 Author and journalist Naomi Wolf's eighth step to fascism was invoked by a Trump administration spokesperson Friday, in an unprecedented government attack on press freedom. Reporters from a bevy of distinguished news organizations -- the New York Times, CNN, the Los Angeles Times, the BBC, and the Guardian among them -- were denied
- [John Yoo Has 'Grave Concerns' Over Use Of Executive Power -- When It's Not to His Liking](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/02/07/john-yoo-has-grave-concerns-over-use-of-executive-power-when-it-s-not-to-his-liking/) - World Can't Wait | February 7, 2017 {jathumbnailoff} Why is the media pandering to the opinions of a war criminal? Does it really matter what John Yoo* thinks? Actually, it does. To give credence to the opinions of torture advocates serves to 'normalize' the insufferable attack on human rights promulgated under pretext of national security by the Bush regime,
- [War on Truth "A Funeral Pyre for Science"](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/02/06/war-on-truth-a-funeral-pyre-for-science/) - World Can't Wait | February 6, 2017 The Trump cabal of religious extremists, privatization advocates and racists, as described by Jeremy Scahill, suppresses the science that doesn't fit its agenda, "and that should terrify you," reports Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Hiltzik. "Nearly every day brings a new report of a federal agency told to shut down communications with
- [Trump Awards Campaign Chief with National Security Council Seat](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/02/01/trump-awards-campaign-chief-with-national-security-council-seat/) - World Cant' Wait | Febuary 1, 2017 {jathumbnailoff} The Opinion of Deputy Assistant Attorney General (a position previously held by torture advocate John Yoo) Daniel L. Koffsky came in handy to contravene the anti-nepotism statute hindering appointment of the President's son-in-law Jared Kushnerclear as senior White House adviser. But Deporter-in-Chief Donald Trump didn't bother to consult his
- ["Alternative Facts" from a Fascist White House](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/01/25/alternative-facts-define-a-confederacy-of-dunces/) - World Can't Wait | January, 25 2017 January 24's gag order on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and its 2,000 scientists "suppresses the science that doesn't fit [your government's] religious, political and economic agenda, forcing present and future generations to pay a terrible price." The original World Can't Wait Call to Drive Out the Bush Regime proves to be
- [First U.S. Drone Strikes Under Trump](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/01/24/first-u-s-drone-strikes-under-trump/) - World Can't Wait | January 24, 2017 {jathumbnailoff} Obama's policy of unprovoked attacks on sovereign nations continues. "The reliability of the determinations on who was slain in any given strike has been in substantial doubt during the Saudi war in Yemen," posts Jason Ditz at antiwar.com, "as most of the US special forces who had been spotting targets
- [Today Is Trump's First Big Work Day, His Effective Day One](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/01/23/today-is-trump-s-first-big-work-day-his-effective-day-one/) - World Can't Wait | January 23, 2016 Trump's "ambitious and specific list" for the day includes a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on members of Congress, a hiring freeze for federal workers, and removal of "criminal" immigrants. We can't wait to get back in the streets, starting today, We Refuse to Accept a Fascist, Illegitimate President.
- [Chelsea Manning Sentence Commuted](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/01/21/chelsea-manning-sentence-commuted/) - Revolution Newspaper | January 17, 2017 Welcome Manning’s Scheduled Release from Prison — Condemn Her Outrageous Seven-Year Imprisonment On January 17, President Obama announced that he was commuting the 35-year sentence of Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning.1 Manning is scheduled to be released in May 2017, rather than 2045. As of May, Manning will have served
- [Message From Emma, in the streets of D.C.](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/01/19/message-from-emma-in-the-streets-of-d-c/) - Emma Kaplan | January 19, 2017 Please read and consider this important message from Emma Kaplan, member of the World Can't Wait Steering Committee: My name is Emma and I am one of the many volunteers who came to Washington DC to STOP Trump and Pence from coming to power. Not waiting until Friday or
- [Take To The Streets-Stop the Trump-Pence Regime Before They Start](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/11/13/take-to-the-streets-protest-the-trump-inauguration-january-2017/) - Act Now to Stop The Illegitimate Fascist Trump-Pence Regime Before It Starts Bring D.C To A Halt! Join us in D.C. and Spread on Twitter and Facebook #NoFascistUSA #FloodDC. refusefascism.org JANUARY 16 Surround The Trump Hotel and SHUT IT DOWN 4 PM McPherson SquareI St. and 15th St. NW JANUARY 17BRING DC TO A HALT4PM
- [This Could Have Been Written Yesterday](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/01/17/this-could-have-been-written-yesterday/) - Curt Wechsler | January 16, 2016 Karen Greenberg has been on Obama's case a long time. As well she should. The author of The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First 100 Days reflected: "Above all, Obama has refused to punish those who designed, justified, carried out, and covered up torture. Without accountability, there is little to
- [NO TORTURE - CLOSE GUANTANAMO!](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/01/17/no-torture-close-guantanamo/) - World Can't Wait | January 11, 2017 {jathumbnailoff} On January 11, the 15th anniversary of the opening of the US torture prison at Guantanamo, there were protests around the country. In Washington DC, clad in orange jumpsuits and “Shut Down Guantánamo” t-shirts, our friends from Witness Against Torture took over the Hart Senate Building with a message
- [Trump Means War. He Won't Hesitate to Use the Tools Obama Employed. We Can't Wait to Stop Him.](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/01/17/trump-means-war-he-won-t-hesitate-to-use-the-tools-obama-employed-we-can-t-wait-to-stop-him/) - World Can't Wait | January 16, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} "We forget at our peril that Trump has made it clear through his political appointments that his administration will be the most militarist, warlike and jingoist administration in modern history" -- Marc Norton at 48hills.org. The president-elect may prove to be even more "peaceful" than 2009 Nobel Prize-winner Barack
- [ Disrupting Sessions ](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/01/16/disrupting-fascism/) - World Can't Wait | Janurary 10, 2017 On Tues. Jan. 10th, RefuseFascism.org protesters disrupted racist Senator Sessions confirmation hearing and were removed in handcuffs. They were dragged out chanting, "No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist USA” and "We refuse to accept a fascist America. We have to be in the streets starting January 14 to stop
- [General Flynn's War on Islam is a Cancer Without Bounds](https://worldcantwait.org/2017/01/04/general-flynn-s-war-on-islam-is-a-cancer-without-bounds/) - Curt Wechsler | January 3, 2017 "Rightist governments in Hungary and Poland are already cheering Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric" warns Washington Post editor Jackson Diehl; "the more moderate of the two leading candidates to become France's next president, François Fillon, authored a book titled Conquering Islamic Totalitarianism. Even Germany's Angela Merkel, the most prominent remaining defender
- [FAQ #2: Aren't they all fascists - Obama and Hilary too? ](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/12/30/faq-2-aren-t-they-all-fascists-obama-and-hilary-too/) - World Can't Wait | December 29, 2016 They are all members of the ruling class and led or hope to lead this empire. That doesn't make them inherently fascist. Even while Obama said the "They are on the same team," it doesn't mean that they play the same way. "Fascism is the exercise of blatant
- [FAQ #1: Are you saying Hilary should be President? Won't stopping Trump and Pence from taking office just give us Hillary? ](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/12/30/faq-1-are-you-saying-hilary-should-be-president-won-t-stopping-trump-and-pence-from-taking-office-just-give-us-hillary/) - World Can't Wait | December 29, 2016 The election of Donald Trump was not the will of the people. This election was illegitimate and his ascension to power would be even more illegitimate and so must not be allowed. No! We aren't saying Hilary should be president. In fact, World Can’t Wait was at the
- [Presidential Pardons: "A Surplus of Hypocrisy"](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/12/27/presidential-pardons-a-surplus-of-hypocrisy/) - Curt wechsler | December 26, 2016 The 'Land of the Free' houses almost 25 percent of the world's total prison population. President Obama has employed his constitutional authority to pardon 78 people this season, and commuted the sentences of another 153. Notably absent from the list of those discharged are political prisoners, among them Chelsea Manning, most prominent
- [Resistance to a Trump Regime Starts Now](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/12/18/resistance-to-a-trump-regime-starts-now/) - World Can't Wait | December 18, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} Live from Cooper Union in NYC & Everywhere via Livestream: Prevent the Trump / Pence Regime from Taking Power RSVP + Invite your friends to the Emergency Meeting Monday December 19 > Monday December 19 7:00 PM The Great Hall of The Cooper Union 7 East 7th
- [Threat of Martial Law "Makes Me Want to Burn a Flag," Says Truthout's William Rivers Pitt ](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/12/15/threat-of-martial-law-makes-me-want-to-burn-a-flag-says-truthout-s-william-rivers-pitt/) - Curt Wechsler | December 14, 2016 The fascist direction of Donald Trump's plans are confirmed by statements from his cabinet/advisors-in-waiting. "It's time to up the charges," the president-elect's pick for deputy national security adviserKT McFarland wrote of Chelsea (known as Bradley at the time) Manning in 2010. "Let's charge him and try him for treason. If he's found
- [Mark Hamill calls Donald Trump's Cabinet picks A who's who of really despicable people](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/12/11/mark-hamill-calls-donald-trump-s-cabinet-picks-a-who-s-who-of-really-despicable-people/) - Emma Kaplan | December 10, 2017 Mark Hamill, known for his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy, told the Daily Beast.."…. If you look at what's being assembled for our government its like, yikes." Its a who's who of really despicable people." Trump has filled his cabinet with a team
- [None Of This Had Anything To Do With 'Liberating' The Iraqi People](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/12/11/none-of-this-had-anything-to-do-with-liberating-the-iraqi-people/) - World Can't Wait | December 10, 2016 13 years after a coalition of Western forces invaded and occupied the sovereign state of Iraq, the world is still waiting for U.S. withdrawal of its troops. We are convinced that U.S. intent is not to "save" Iraqis, but to advance its own imperial agenda. Office of Special
- [Donald Trump's Cabinet of Generals Grows](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/12/09/donald-trump-s-cabinet-of-generals-grows/) - Curt Wechsler | December 8, 2016 From the tributes paid to Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense you'd expect retired Marine Corps General "Mad Dog" Mattis to be some kind of 'warrior poet'. Dig a little deeper. His quips about warfare are neither amusing nor benign. The "most revered Marine in a generation" advised his
- [Because humanity & the planet come first...](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/11/29/because-humanity-the-planet-come-first/) - November 30, 2016 Be part of resisting the horrors the Trump presidency brings by supporting World Can't Wait “That which you do not resist, you will learn – or be forced – to accept.” — From the original Call to Drive Out The Bush Regime Through the Bush years, World Can't Wait supporters did not
- [Showdown Looms at #StandingRock](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/11/29/showdown-looms-at-standingrock/) - World Can't Wait | November 28, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} The battle to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline is the expression of the determination of thousands of indigenous people coming together - the largest such gathering in over a century - and, through their perseverance and example, inspiring thousands more to join with them to stop another
- [Trump Installs His Fascist Team](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/11/22/trump-installs-his-fascist-team/) - revcom.us | November 22, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} Editor's note: Trump's team so far includes: The Fascist Resumé of Trump's Chief Strategist Steve Bannon One of Donald Trump's first decisions as president-elect was to name Steve Bannon his chief strategist and senior counselor. Bannon managed Trump's campaign. Before that he was the owner and hands-on force behind
- [ No Magical Thinking about Trump](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/11/22/no-magical-thinking-about-trump/) - Curt Wechsler | November 22, 2016 As speculation swirls around how bad a Trump regime will prove -- which promises he'll keep and which he will abandon -- magical thinking delays a proper response to the very real deployment of fascist rule in America. "That which you will not resist and mobilize to stop, you will learn or be
- [No, We Don't Have To Accept It](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/11/18/no-we-don-t-have-to-accept-it/) - Debra Sweet | November 16, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} It was good to get all your responses to the Trump election, and to the message we sent out, first posted on revcom.us: In the Name of Humanity, We REFUSE To Accept a Fascist America As we all work intensely to organize resistance to the fascist direction this
- [America—Up to Its Eyeballs in Mass Murder and Starvation in Yemen](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/11/08/america-up-to-its-eyeballs-in-mass-murder-and-starvation-in-yemen/) - Revolution Newspaper, revcom.us | November 14, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} While the presidential election campaign was going on, America was up to its eyeballs in the mass murder of thousands of people, and the starvation of millions more. These war crimes were never mentioned, and many may never have heard about the country being devastated: Yemen. Yemen
- [This Doesn't End Tuesday](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/11/08/this-doesn-t-end-tuesday/) - World Can't Wait, Steering Committee | November 7, 201 Our steering committee met this weekend and discussed what's on everyone's mind: this election. Here are some of our thoughts. This campaign has featured the most vicious open in-fighting in the last 100 years of U.S. history Trump has repeatedly called for locking up his opponent,
- [Withdraw Your Endorsement](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/11/03/withdraw-your-endorsement/) - Debra Sweet | November 1, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} One week away from the election, it's more clear than ever that the "choice" between a proven war criminal and a fascist patriarch is no choice at all. As we've been saying, the change we need is not on the ballot! World Can't Wait is looking beyond next
- [ Harold Koh: Hillary Clinton's Attorney General?](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/11/03/harold-koh-hillary-clinton-s-attorney-general/) - World Can't Wait, Chicago Chapter | November 1, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} At an event at the University of Illinois, Champaign, Law School titled "The First 200 Days, Foreign Policy Law Challenges for the Next Administration," Harold Koh spoke last Friday about his life as a top legal advisor to Clinton under Obama's Dept. of State. Having
- [Berkeley Law School Harbors a War Criminal: Indict, Prosecute, Disbar John Yoo](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/11/03/berkeley-law-school-harbors-a-war-criminal-indict-prosecute-disbar-john-yoo/) - Curt Wechsler, FireJohnYoo.org | November 1, 2016 Saturday October 29th World Can't Wait San Francisco and friends took a stand against 'Torture Professor' John Yoo and his handlers at UC Berkeley Law School. "Today we represent the views and the hearts of many more tens of millions of people who know that torture is a
- [Support Free Speech Rights at City College; Defy Arrests & Jailing of Revolution Club](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/11/03/support-free-speech-rights-at-city-college-defy-arrests-jailing-of-revolution-club/) - World Can't Wait, NYC Chapter | November 1, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} City College was for years a center of critical thinking, producing radical activists, artists and Nobel Prize winners. But now it allows the NYPD and the US military to actively recruit on campus. It has a major academic center named for Colin Powell, who argued
- [World Can't Wait Joins Anti-War Protest at Clinton Headquarters Saturday November 5](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/11/03/world-can-t-wait-joins-anti-war-protest-at-clinton-headquarters-saturday-november-5/) - World Can't Wait, NYC Chapter | November 1, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} Hillary Clinton is running on her competence to lead a "super-predator" military currently making unjust war on seven countries. She pledges support for secret operations including targeted killing even when civilians are killed, and threatens a "no-fly" zone over Syria similar actions which led to
- [Join the only Peace Contingent in the NYC Armistice/Veterans Day Parade!](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/11/03/join-the-only-peace-contingent-in-the-nyc-armistice-veterans-day-parade/) - World Can't Wait, NYC Chapter | November 1, 2016 On Friday, November 11, Veterans Peace Council, VVAW, IVAW, MFSO, USLAW, Granny Peace Brigade, World Can't Wait, Peace Action, WRL, Brooklyn for Peace, Code Pink and other peace & justice groups will be marching with VFP-Ch 034 in the only Peace Contingent in the annual NYC
- [Make Space for Peace: Fire John Yoo!](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/10/27/make-space-for-peace-fire-john-yoo/) - World Can't Wait, San Franciso Chapter | October 27, 2016 In a Time Magazine piece rebutting the Berkeley professor's opposition to a draft European Union "code of conduct" to regulate outer space, Jeffrey Kluger identifies the true nature of Yoo's vision: militarization of space. "Outer space has become the next frontier for American national security and business," opined Yoo in The
- [Harold Koh: Former Top Legal Advisor to Hillary Clinton & Legal Architect of U.S. Crimes against Humanity - Not Welcome!](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/10/27/harold-koh-former-top-legal-advisor-to-hillary-clinton-legal-architect-of-u-s-crimes-against-humanity-not-welcome/) - World Can't Wait, Chicago Chapter | Oct 27, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} Protest Koh’s speech at the University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign! When: 11:30 am, Friday, Oct. 28 Where: North Courtyard, Law Building Complex, 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave, Champaign, IL 61820 If you are on Facebook, please "join" and share the event there.►Email us if
- [Harold Koh: Legal Architect of U.S. Crimes Against Humanity - Not Welcome!](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/10/03/harold-koh-legal-architect-of-u-s-crimes-against-humanity-not-welcome/) - World Can't Wait, Chicago | October 2, 2016 Protest Koh’s speech at the University of Illinois Law School!When: 11:30 am, Friday, Oct. 28Where: North Courtyard, Law Building Complex, Peabody Drive, Champaign We live in a time of state-sanctioned murder of Black, brown, and poor people within the U.S. and beyond. Since Obama’s election in 2008,
- ['Torture Memos' Author John Yoo Belongs in Prison, Not Mentoring the Next Generation of Lawyers and Judges](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/10/22/torture-memos-author-john-yoo-belongs-in-prison-not-mentoring-the-next-generation-of-lawyers-and-judges/) - World Can't Wait, San Franciso Chapter, October 19, 2016 Not only is the professor still walking around free, the University of California fawns over law school employee John Yoo, criminal proponent for lawless detention policy that resulted in the torture and death of scores of illegally held prisoners of U.S. war of terror on the
- [Don't Lose Sight of War Crimes](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/10/22/don-t-lose-sight-of-war-crimes/) - Debra Sweet | October 19, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} I asked 15 people educated in the U.S. to point to Yemen and Syria on a map. 3 could. I don't blame people who don't know about the world, because they've been taught by a system which puts America first. However, the region throughout and beyond the Middle
- [None of Us Are Immune to the Violence of This System: Stop Mass Incarceration! Prosecute War Criminals!](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/10/22/none-of-us-are-immune-to-the-violence-of-this-system-stop-mass-incarceration-prosecute-war-criminals/) - World Can't Wait, San Franciso Chapter, October 19, 2016 What happens when you fail to prosecute key government contractors for war crimes and crimes against humanity? The widely discredited Bush-era legal theories of Torture Memo author John Yoo become "normalized." Law schools adopt the un-constitutional construct of 'unitary executive theory' in defense of imperial warfare. The human cost of U.S.
- [Mohamedou Slahi, author of Guantanamo Diary, Arrives home in Mauritania from GTMO](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/10/22/mohamedou-slahi-author-of-guantanamo-diary-arrives-home-in-mauritania-from-gtmo/) - Debra Sweet | October 19. 2016 {jathumbnailoff} We got to know Mohamedou Slahi through his persistence, and his writing. He is one of the few men held in Guantanamo who turned himself in to the U.S. in 2002 for questioning, knowing that he was not in support of al-Qaeda. This led to a nightmare of
- [U.S. War Crimes in Yemen ](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/10/18/u-s-war-crimes-in-yemen/) - Revolution Newspaper | October 15, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} Aftermath of the Saudi bombing of the funeral hall, Sana'a, October 8. (AP photo) On Saturday, October 8, hundreds of people gathered in Yemen’s capital Sana’a to mourn the death of the father of an official in the government backed by the Houthi movement and elements of the
- [San Francisco Fleet Week -- Whose Idea Was This, Anyway?](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/10/05/san-francisco-fleet-week-whose-idea-was-this-anyway/) - World Can't Wait, San Francisco Chapter | October 5, 2016 Once again, Bay Area residents and visitors suffer the noise and vibration, pollution, and fear of a mid-air crash as fighter jets terrorize small children, seniors, pets, and local wildlife. The U.S. Military establishment is in town to recruit kids to sign up to go kill for Empire.
- [Why Do Some War Crimes (in Syria) Get More Coverage Than Others (in Yemen)? The New York Times “Interpreter” Explains It... Away](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/10/15/why-do-some-war-crimes-in-syria-get-more-coverage-than-others-in-yemen-the-new-york-times-interpreter-explains-it-away/) - revcom.us | October 10, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} Here’s a question for you: Why do some wars—like Syria—get more coverage in the U.S. media than others—like Yemen? The American press is full of Syria coverage: not a day goes by without another gut-wrenching description of life under siege in what’s left of the city of Aleppo and
- [We Protested the 15 Years of the Devastation of Afghanistan](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/10/15/we-protested-the-15-years-of-the-devastation-of-afghanistan/) - World Can't Wait | October 13, 2016 On Friday October 7, we marked the sad anniversary of fifteen years of war against Afghanistan. World Can’t Wait and other activist groups including Veterans for Peace, Granny Peace Brigade, the Raging Grannies, War Resisters League and NYS Green Party protested against the war outside the military recruting
- [15 years after the U.S. Invasion of Afghanistan: Anti-war protest in Minneapolis - Stop Endless U.S. Wars](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/10/04/15-years-after-the-u-s-invasion-of-afghanistan-anti-war-protest-in-minneapolis-stop-endless-u-s-wars/) - For release | October 3, 2016 Saturday October 8 protest in Minneapolis to Stop Endless U.S. Wars 1:00 pm - Gather at Lake St & Hiawatha Ave South in Minneapolis 1:45 pm - March 2:15 pm - Closing program at Walker Community UMC, 3104 16th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN To mark 15 years since the
- [When Are 5,000 Soldiers Not Ground Forces?](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/10/04/when-are-5-000-soldiers-not-ground-forces/) - Curt Wechsler | September 29, 2016 When the President says so. Deployment of 600 more troops to Iraq is "consistent with Mr. Obama's policy not to commit American ground forces again in Iraq," says the White House. Really? Seven years after "ending" the war, with over one million Iraqi deaths attributed to the conflict, characterization of U.S. intervention in
- ["The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons"](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/09/27/the-degree-of-civilization-in-a-society-can-be-judged-by-entering-its-prisons/) - Curt Wechsler of FireJohnYoo.org | September 26, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} "The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons," wrote Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky in The House of the Dead. The cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment — torture — inflicted on disfranchised subjects, from Pelican Bay in California to Bagram, Afghanistan, must not only end; the
- [Hillary Clinton’s National Security Advisers Are a “Who’s Who” of the Warfare State](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/09/27/hillary-clinton-s-national-security-advisers-are-a-who-s-who-of-the-warfare-state/) - Zaid Jilani, Alex Emmons, and Naomi LaChance with The Intercept | September 26, 2016 The list of key advisers — which includes the general who executed the troop surge in Iraq and a former Bush homeland security chief turned terror profiteer — is a strong indicator that Clinton’s national security policy will not threaten the
- [Snowden & Manning](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/09/19/snowden-manning/) - Chicago World Can't Wait Chapter | Septemeber 16, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} “Snowden,” Oliver Stone’s latest film opening this week, is about a young man’s journey of discovery and his courage in going where the evidence took him until, finally, he felt compelled to take action he would never have imagined, let alone considered, at that journey’s
- [Come Out with Outraged People](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/09/19/on-sunday-9-11-the-scene-downtown/) - Debra Sweet | September 16, 2016 On Sunday 9/11, the scene downtown near the WTC was very subdued. We covered a large sidewalk area with anti-war displays, including a drone model and large banners. No one in authority said a word, though we had applied for no permits. MANY fewer people walked by than we
- [From Moscow to Gaza, Dakota to the Bay Area, the Human Right to Water is Inviolate](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/09/19/from-moscow-to-gaza-dakota-to-the-bay-area-the-human-right-to-water-is-inviolate/) - Debra Sweet | September 16, 2016 "Due to global warming, widespread drought and increasingly polluted water systems, the projected availability of clean freshwater in years to come to meet the rising demands of a growing global population is among the most daunting human challenges of this century," writes Joachim Hagopian at Global Research. "In the same
- [2016: The US Is At War With Seven Countries (Posters)](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/09/18/2016-the-us-is-at-war-with-seven-countries-posters/) - World Can't Wait | September 2016 Download PDFs: Pakistan Syria Somalia Libya Iraq Yemen Afghanistan Neither Candidate
- [Chelsea Manning on Hunger Strike](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/09/14/chelsea-manning-on-hunger-strike/) - Debra Sweet | September 9, 2016 Note: Chelsea Manning has ended the hunger strike after her demands were met! On September 9, the 45th anniversary of the murderous attack by NY State police on the Attica prisoners, whistle-blower and former Army intelligence officer Chelsea Manning announced that she began a hunger strike: “Today, I have
- [9/11 No Excuse for Expanding War of Terror](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/09/14/9-11-no-excuse-for-expanding-war-of-terror/) - Curt Wechsler, World Can't Wait Steering Committee member, in San Francisco | September 10, 2016 "Our grief is not a cry for war," messaged a grouping of artists drawn together by the events of September 11th, 2001. Once again, it's time for those who share this same sensibility — all of us who want a better world
- [Truth Be Told, It's Up to Us - Stop U.S. Wars For Empire](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/09/14/truth-be-told-it-s-up-to-us-stop-u-s-wars-for-empire/) - Debra Sweet | September 10, 2016 It's no secret that government leaders conspire to advance U.S. hegemony in the Middle East with their illicit 'war on terror' response to the September 11, 2001 destruction of the World Trade Center in New York City. That horrific event advanced the criminal program of your government, sacrificing liberty
- [Schedule A "We Are Not Your Soldiers" Visit To Your School](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/09/14/schedule-a-we-are-not-your-soldiers-visit-to-your-schoo/) - Debra Sweet | September 9, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} We Are Not Your Soldiers, a project of World Can’t Wait, will start its tenth year of bringing recent veterans of U.S. wars to speak in high schools and colleges. The need to stop US wars for empire against peoples around the world is more urgent than ever.Contact
- [ Veterans Organization Supports Colin Kaepernick](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/09/09/veterans-organization-supports-colin-kaepernick/) - Veterans For Peace | September 8, 2016 St. Louis, MO. Veterans For Peace, a national organization made up of military veterans and military members, released a statement in support of Colin Kaepernick. To question his patriotism and use smear tactics to quiet him is in direct contradiction to the spirit of the right to freedom
- [ TELL OBAMA: U.S. MILITARY OUT!! ](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/08/28/tell-obama-u-s-military-out/) - World Can't Wait, Hawaii Chapter | August 27, 2016 This morning's Advertiser announced that President Obama will addressing Pacific leaders and philanthropists at the East West Center on Wednesday evening sometime between 5:30-7:30. We'll be there and invite you to join us at a signholding against the crimes of the U.S. Military in the Pacific.
- [Tell Them About Yemen](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/08/27/tell-them-about-yemen/) - Debra Sweet | August 26, 2016 When people living in the U.S. express disbelief, or shock, that the U.S. is involved in overt wars & secret ops in 7 Muslim countries, because Obama "wouldn't do that," tell them about Yemen. 1. Saudi Arabia's ongoing air war on Yemen, the poorest country in the region, has
- [He Will Never Be Allowed To Tell What They Did To Him](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/08/27/he-will-never-be-allowed-to-tell-what-they-did-to-him/) - Debra Sweet | August 26, 2016 Abu Zubaydah is the "poster child for the torture program, and that’s why they never want him to be heard from again,” said Joseph Margulies, his attorney. Andy Worthington, who has written many articles on Zubaydah over 10 years, summarizes: Seized in a house raid in Faisalabad in Pakistan
- [Anti-War Activists Protesting The Air & Water Show Provide Spectators A Chance to Use the Thinking Part of Their Brains](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/08/27/anti-war-activists-protesting-the-air-water-show-provide-spectators-a-chance-to-use-the-thinking-part-of-their-brains/) - Chicago chapter, World Can't Wait | August 26, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} The annual Chicago Air & Water Show, sponsored by Shell Oil and Boeing, is the largest such free public display of deadly military airpower in the country. Jets screech across the skies above the Chicago lakefront for most of a weekend, projecting the sounds that
- [Close Guantanamo Never... or Expand It?](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/08/17/close-guantanamo-never-or-expand-it/) - Debra Sweet | August 16, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} Trump's plan: Asked about Guantánamo in the past, Trump has said he would like to “load it up with bad dudes.” He wouldn’t specify to the Herald whether as president he would again allow terrorism suspects captured abroad to be transferred to the detention center. “I want to
- [George Homanich 1948-2016](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/08/17/george-homanich-1948-2016/) - Debra Sweet | August 16, 2016 We mourn the death of George Homanich last week in Binghamton, New York. George and his wife Judy have protested many times at Hancock AFB, the Syracuse NY drone base. They frequently made the trip to NYC to join protests to stop US wars, against killing by police, "stop
- [U.S.A.: Force for Good in the World? Or Neck-Deep in Blood? ](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/08/16/u-s-a-force-for-good-in-the-world-or-neck-deep-in-blood/) - Revolution Newspaper | August 15, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} Very regularly over the last 11 years, since World Can't Wait was formed to drive out the Bush regime, I've received suggestions, and sometimes grand plans for how to raise the demand to abolish nukes, the military machine, the drones, spying, and so forth. Honest people think: if
- [3 Years Later, Under Court Order, Obama Administration Releases Redacted Drone Strike "Playbook"](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/08/10/3-years-later-under-court-order-obama-administration-releases-redacted-drone-strike-playbook/) - Debra Sweet | August 10, 2016 In May 2013, Obama finally acknowledged the U.S. military targeted killing program, and said he would explain how people are chosen to be killed. But it still took an ACLU lawsuit to get the material made public. As if it's all a game, the administration refers to the guidelines
- [Neither Candidate running for president will stop the U.S. war on the world... it's up to us](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/08/10/neither-candidate-running-for-president-will-stop-the-u-s-war-on-the-world-it-s-up-to-us/) - Debra Sweet | August 10, 2016 Last week I asked for your responses to the Democratic Party organizing people to chant "USA! USA!" to drown out chants of "No More War!" at their convention. No surprise -- everyone who wrote expressed disgust at the the naked, chauvinist expression of supoprt for imperialist war from the
- [We demand: Drop the Charges on Gregory "Joey" Johnson and RNC16 Now!](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/08/05/we-demand-drop-the-charges-on-gregory-joey-johnson-and-rnc16-now/) - The World Can't Wait | August 5, 2016 On July 20 outside the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Gregory "Joey" Johnson was surrounded by a circle of members of the Revolution Club who created a safe space for him to burn the American flag. The area was crowded with many police and pro-Trump people. Police
- [Did You Expect The Democrats to Chant USA! USA?](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/08/04/did-you-expect-dems-to-chant-usa-usa/) - Debra Sweet | August 3, 2016 World Can't Wait, in coalition with other groups, formed a small yet politically important presence in Philadelphia last week outside the convention. Thanks to the generosity of the Arch Street United Methodist Church we had the use of the sidewalk outside the building (which was around the corner from
- ["No More Endless War" Speak-Out Planned During DNC](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/07/27/no-more-endless-war-speak-out-planned-during-dnc/) - What: Speak-out to Stop Endless U.S. Wars When: Wednesday July 27 4:00 pm Where: 420 Chestnut Street, south side of plaza, Philadelphia World Can't Wait will stage anti-war speak-out today with the message that, “no one seeking the position of Commander in Chief will stop the war on terror or end the culture of violence,
- [We Won't Choose Between A Fascist & A War Criminal](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/07/26/we-won-t-choose-between-a-fascist-a-war-criminal/) - World Can't Wait | July 26, 2016 "Brothers and sisters, this is the real world that we live in," says Bernie Sanders. Indeed. And Sanders' fidelity to the imperialist system that enforces U.S. hegemony over that world promises ever greater hardship and misery for all of humanity. The emails that worked to undermine the Sanders
- [No More Endless War Protests Planned During DNC in Philadelphia](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/07/19/no-more-endless-war-protests-planned-during-dnc-in-philadelphia/) - Daily Anti-War Truth Displays and a Wednesday Speak-Out Will Expose And Oppose Endless War For Immediate Release July 19, 2016 Protesters will be in the streets of Philadelphia during the Democratic National Convention with the message that, “no one seeking the position of Commander in Chief will stop the war on terror or end the
- [The Damage Clinton Has Done](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/07/20/the-damage-clinton-has-done/) - The World Can't Wait Steering Committee | July 19, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} Like many of you, we are aghast at the fascist freak show in Clevend, watching extreme racist caricatures like the guy from Duck Dynasty be lifted up to the main stage and allowed to bolster the "law and order" platform of the Republicans. This
- [Spread The Anti-War Message During Convention Season](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/07/19/spread-the-anti-war-message-during-convention-season/) - World Can't Wait | July 19, 2016 Suggested tweets for speaking out during the RNC / DNC. Copy / paste / share at will... Hillary Clinton and the Democratic War Party aren’'t the answer to Trump'’s Fascist War Party. #WeRejectTheseChoices It's a system problem, not just a politician problem. #RNC #DNC #WeRejectTheseChoices http://org.salsalabs.com/o/1170/p/salsa/web/common/public/signup?signup_page_KEY=8428 Choosing the “lesser
- [Dismantle the Empire... STOP KILLER DRONES NOW!](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/07/17/desimate-the-empire-stop-killer-dones-now/) - World Can't Wait | July 15, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} Download Front (PDF) Download Back (PDF)
- [No More Endless Wars!](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/07/17/no-more-endless-wars/) - World Can't Wait | July 15, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} Download Front (PDF) Downlaod Back (PDF)
- ["Still I Rise" -- Hands Up!](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/07/17/still-i-rise-hands-up/) - world can't wait | July 13, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} Download The PDF
- [Why we're going to Philadelphia and how you can help](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/07/14/why-we-re-going-to-philadelphia-and-how-you-can-help/) - Curt Weschler, Steering Committee Member, The World Can't Wait | July 12, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} The ruling class faced fresh challenges to political legitimacy last week with the murder, by police, of two more men of color struggling to subsist within a brutal system of repression and dispossession. Public outrage over the deaths of Alton Sterling
- [Protest the Biggest Cause of Global Warming](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/07/11/protest-the-biggest-cause-of-global-warming/) - Debra Sweet | July 11, 2016 The U.S. military is the single biggest consumer of oil — 100 million barrels per year. The massive environmental sacrifice associated with production threatens to overwhelm the ability to provide decent livelihood for billions of earths' inhabitants. {jathumbnailoff} • World Can't Wait is organizing a contingent called "Humanity and
- [Demand a Truthful Accounting of Drone Strikes](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/07/11/demand-a-truthful-accounting-of-drone-strikes/) - Debra Sweet | July 11, 2016 Yielding to pressure from critics of his killer drone practice, President Obama released fictional figures on civilian casualties this past Friday. In a classic "bury the news over the holiday weekend" move, and after delaying the promised disclosure for many months, the Obama administration said that, since 2009, the
- [From CloseGuantanamo.org: Please Send in Photos Reminding President Obama that, on U.S. Independence Day, He Has Just 200 Days Left to Close Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/07/05/from-closeguantanamo-org-please-send-in-photos-reminding-president-obama-that-on-u-s-independence-day-he-has-just-200-days-left-to-close-guantanamo/) - Debra Sweet | July 5, 2016 This Sunday, July 3, President Obama will have just 200 days left of his presidency; 200 days, in other words, to fulfill the promise he made, on his second day in office, to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay. On January 22, 2009, he actually promised to close Guantánamo
- [Protest the War Parties!](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/06/16/protest-the-war-parties/) - World Can't Wait | June 16, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} July 18-21: The Republican National Convention in Cleveland, (see counterrnc2016.org) July 24-28: Democratic National Convention — Philadelphia You're outraged at the bigotry, hatred and murder that is being whipped up against black people, the LGBTQ community, women, immigrants, and Muslims. You see how politics-as-usual fuels a
- [Unnecessary Suffering: The Legacy of Depleted Uranium](https://worldcantwait.org/2014/11/03/unnecessary-suffering-the-legacy-of-depleted-uranium/) - Carol Dudek | November, 2014 Iraq was the fertile crescent of antiquity, the vast area that fed the entire Middle East and Mediterranean, and introduced grains to the world. It was Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilization, that propelled us forward with its invention of writing, domestication of animals and settled life. Now its groundwater and
- [Cheers to Abortion Rights Fighters](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/07/05/cheers-to-abortion-rights-fighters/) - Debra Sweet | July 5, 2016 On Monday with a 5-3 decision in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt SCOTUS overturned HB2; a Texas law requiring abortion clinics to have surgical facilities and doctors to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. This law was critical to be overturned as it would close the majority of
- [Cheers to Jesse Williams](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/07/05/cheers-to-jesse-williams/) - Debra Sweet | July 5, 2016 Sunday night Jesse Williams (Dr. Jackson Avery on Grey's Anatomy) delivered a powerful acceptance speech to the BET's Humanitarian Award. Over the past couple years Williams has participated in various Black Lives Matters protests including in Ferguson after the murder of Michael Brown. Last month he starred in and
- [ Protest the War Parties! 2016 Conventions Flier](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/06/26/protest-the-war-parties-2016-conventions-flier/) - World Can't Wait | June 26, 2016 Download Front in English (PDF) Download Back in English (PDF) Download Front in Spanish (PDF) Download Back in Spanish (PDF) Read the full call to action >
- [Stop Israeli Crimes Financed by the US - Not in Our Name](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/07/03/stop-israeli-crimes-financed-by-the-us-not-in-our-name/) - Barbara Lyons, World Can't Wait Chicago Chapter | July 3, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} I am here today representing World Can’t Wait. Our nation-wide organization was formed to mobilize to stop the “war OF terror” launched by the Bush regime, and we have been fighting ever since against the ever-expanding US wars and the torture and repression
- [New Revelations of CIA Torture—and the Terrible Consequences of U.S. Role in the World](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/06/28/new-revelations-of-cia-torture-and-the-terrible-consequences-of-u-s-role-in-the-world/) - Revolution Newspaper | June 20, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} The first and second of Bob Avakian’s “3 Things that have to happen in order for there to be real and lasting change for the better” (May 1, 2016) are (1) “People have to fully confront the actual history of this country and its role in the world
- [An Aging Muslim Prisoner, Jailed For 23 Years After FBI Entrapment, Petitions For Presidential Clemency](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/06/21/an-aging-muslim-prisoner-jailed-for-23-years-after-fbi-entrapment-petitions-for-presidential-clemency/) - Carol Dudek | June 21, 2016 Click here to sign a petition to commute Mohammed Saleh's sentence. Mohammed Saleh was a co-defendant in the 1993 seditious conspiracy case, US v Rahman. Known as the “landmarks bombing” case, it was the test-trial for the concept of preemptive prosecutions. The FBI paid over $1 million to an
- [3 Indications of U.S. "Commitment to Justice & Accountability" Over Torture](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/06/16/3-indications-of-u-s-commitment-to-justice-accountability-over-torture/) - Debra Sweet | June 16, 2016 1. It's Official: Obama Is NOT Closing Guantanamo Reuters reported this week that the Obama administration has quietly ceased efforts to Close Guantanamo. 2. Rolling Stone: Why a Guantanamo Detainee Would Refuse a Chance to Leave "We're not a travel agency," the State Department says in response to Guantanamo
- [Giving Heart to People All Over the World](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/06/15/giving-heart-to-people-all-over-the-world-in-the-wake-of-the-orlando-massacre-by-resisting-and-opposing-u-s-wars-for-empire/) - Jill McLaughlin | June 15, 2016 In the Wake of the Orlando Massacre by Resisting and Opposing U.S. Wars for Empire When I woke to the news Sunday morning June 12th about the horrific massacre at the LGBTQ night club, Pulse in Orlando FL, my heart was very heavy and my gut twisted. As speculation
- [ Teaching Peace: We Are Not Your Soldiers Visits NYC High Schools to Reveal Devastation Caused by U.S. Military](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/06/03/teaching-peace-we-are-not-your-soldiers-http-www-wearenotyoursoldiers-org-visits-nyc-high-schools-to-reveal-devastation-caused-by-u-s-military/) - World Can't Wait National Office Staff | June 3, 2016 Visit We Are Not Your Soldiers for more information or to schedule a speaking engagement at your school. “Have you killed before?” a wide-eyed student asked him. Jeremy answered that he never pulled the trigger, but he does regret every day, every hour, the
- [Appeal from U.S. to World: Help Us Resist U.S. Crimes](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/06/03/appeal-from-u-s-to-world-help-us-resist-u-s-crimes/) - Nicolas J. Sandy Davies | June 3, 2016 World Can't Wait and War Criminals Watch endorse this message by Nicolas J. Sandy Davies: Since the end of the Cold War, the United States of America has systematically violated the prohibition against the threat or use of force contained in the UN Charter and the Kellogg
- [Truth Can't Be "Disappeared"](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/06/03/truth-can-t-be-disappeared/) - Curt Wechsler | May 18, 2016 CIA destruction of the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture fails to erase the history of, or culpability for the horrors practiced at Guantanamo. No one will be able to put that particular genie back in the bottle. U.S. and international law provide no statute of limitations on the
- [ Obama administration gears up to transfer Gitmo detainees](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/05/26/obama-administration-gears-up-to-transfer-gitmo-detainees/) - Debra Sweet | May 24, 2016
- [Obama on Tour to Shore up the Empire](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/05/25/obama-on-tour-to-shore-up-the-empire/) - Debra Sweet | May 25, 2016 The commander in chief is making highly provocative visits to countries the United States did the most significant damage to in the last century. He's in Vietnam, where more than 2 million were killed in the illegitimate U.S. war on the people. Napalm, B-52 bombers, "tiger cages," and the words
- [Cheers to Ellen Chenoweth, creator of the George W. Bush Presidential Library Augmented Reality Project](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/05/20/cheers-to-ellen-chenoweth-creator-of-the-george-w-bush-presidential-library-augmented-reality-project/) - Debra Sweet | May 19, 2016 Reality according to the "The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum": Reality added, thanks to the Bush Library Augmented Reality Project: The George W. Bush – Presidential Library Augmented Reality Project (GWB – PLARP), presents additional information and context, alongside the information that is presented by the museum.
- [Midwest "Break Free from Fossil Fuels" Protesters Rally Against BP Refinery](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/05/19/report-from-wcw-at-the-midwest-break-free-from-fossil-fuels-action/) - World Can't Wait Chicago Chapter | May 18, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} Members of World Can't Wait Chicago joined impassioned groups and individuals from across the Midwest at the BP Refinery in Whiting, Indiana on May 15 to say no to fossil fuels. This was one of dozens of coordinated actions around the world (more here). After
- [In Saving for Your Future, Are You Supporting Drone Attacks and Prisons? ](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/05/14/in-saving-for-your-future-are-you-supporting-drone-attacks-and-prisons/) - Amanda Bass and J. Celso Castro Alves, Truthout | May 10, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} Twenty-two-year-old Samantha Morris is a social worker at an Alabama-based nonprofit organization who works hard to attend to the needs of men and women recently released from prison or still incarcerated. When she began her job in 2015, she declined the nonprofit's
- [Join us at these three great  World Can't Wait Panels at Left Forum](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/05/09/join-us-at-these-three-great-world-can-t-wait-panels-at-left-forum/) - Debra Sweet | May 9, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} Close Guantánamo Now or Move Guantánamo North? Session 2: Sat 12:00 pm - 1:50pm in 3321 North Hall Building (between 9th and 10th Ave. Across the street from the main John Jay building. Entry on North side of 59th St.) Facebook Event (click to invite friends!): https://www.facebook.com/events/1342299235783901/ More
- [ When is it OK to bomb a hospital?](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/05/07/when-is-it-ok-to-bomb-a-hospital/) - Debra Sweet | May 6, 2016 We received this article as one of many responses to WAR CRIMES EXCUSED... ARE WE ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS? 2 May 2016. A World to Win News Service. The al-Quds hospital was one of the very few remaining in Aleppo and the only one with facilities and personnel
- [Some People Want to Talk about the Democrats, War & Torture](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/05/04/some-people-want-want-to-talk-about-the-democrats-war-torture/) - Debra Sweet | May 4, 2016 Larry Wilmore, who hosted the White House Correspondent's dinner last weekend, didn't go soft on Obama for not closing Guantanamo. Other than Trump and Cruz, he's almost the only one to remind people the prison is still open, as it's not a subject for discussion among Democrats. {jathumbnailoff} The
- [War Crimes Excused... Are We Asking the Right Questions?](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/05/04/war-crimes-excused-are-we-asking-the-right-questions/) - Debra Sweet | May 4, 2016 16 people in the U.S. military will not be prosecuted for repeated bombings of the Médecins Sans Frontières(Doctors Without Borders) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, last October 3. After a six-month investigation, the Pentagon says the 16 will face administrative sanctions because they "failed to comply with the law of
- [The War Parties Convene July 2016](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/05/04/the-war-parties-convene-july-2016/) - Debra Sweet | May 4, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} The War Parties Convene July 2016 These unjust, immoral, illegitimate wars need to be opposed, especially when the eyes of the world are concentrated on these conventions. If you want to be involved in protests at the Republican Convention in Cleveland July 15-18, or the Democrats' Convention in
- [A Vote for the Democrats Would Be a Vote for War Crimes](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/05/03/a-vote-for-the-democrats-would-be-a-vote-for-war-crimes/) - Revolution Newspaper | May 2, 2016 {jathumbnailoff} The New York Times ran a feature, "How Hillary Became a Hawk," in its magazine May 1, 5 years after Obama & Clinton cheered on the killing of Osama bin Laden and his family members. "Throughout her career she has displayed instincts on foreign policy that are more
- [Hidden Costs of US Air War](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/04/27/hidden-costs-of-us-air-war/) - Nicolas J S Davies | April 26, 2015 USA Today reported on April 19 that U.S. air forces bombing Syria and Iraq have been operating under new, looser rules of engagement since last fall. The war commander, Lt Gen Sean McFarland, now orders air strikes that are expected to kill up to 10 civilians without prior approval
- [The Change We Need is Not on the Ballot](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/03/01/the-change-we-need-is-not-on-the-ballot/) - World Can't Wait | March 1, 2016 You could do a lot of damage by putting your hopes, and your resources and time, behind a candidate for president in 2016. Why? There is no one seeking to be Commander in Chief in 2016 from either party who will: stop targeted killing by the U.S. military;
- [Drone Operators Now to be Considered Combatants](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/04/22/drone-operators-now-to-be-considered-combatants/) - Debra Sweet | April 21, 2016 Brian Terrell of Voices for Creative Non Violence writes, "Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III authorized RPA aircrews to log combat time when flying an aircraft within designated hostile airspace, regardless of the aircrew's physical location." We already knew that members of the National Guard
- [New Releases of John Yoo's Promotion of Torture, Surveillance](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/04/22/new-releases-of-john-yoo-s-promotion-of-torture-surveillance/) - FireJohnYoo.org | April 21, 2016 The Justice Department recently released another of the now-notorious Office of Legal Counsel memos written by John Yoo -- memos that authorized torture, warrantless wiretapping, and indefinite detention," reports Patrick Toomey for justsecurity.org. "The new memo, written as a 'letter' to then-presiding FISC Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in May 2002, addresses
- [Tariq Ba Odah, hunger striker, released from Guantanamo](https://worldcantwait.org/2016/04/22/tariq-ba-odah-hunger-striker-released-from-guantanamo/) - Debra Sweet | April 21, 2016 The best known of the prisoners is Tariq Ba Odah, on hunger strike since 2007. Even when he went to federal court last year with a demand to be released, the Obama administration fought it. Andy Worthington reports: After more than eight years on a permanent hunger strike, he

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Meri Ka Ra, KRST Unity Center Mark Ruffalo Rebecca Shaeffer, Georgetown Law Student at Feb. 4 DC Rally David Swanson at Feb. 4 DC Rally Sunsara Taylor at the Feb. 4th Rally in DC Gore Vidal: “President Jonah” Howard Zinn: A Message to Students Endorsers of the Call to Drive Out the Bush Regime Include: Imam Talib Abdur-Rashid, Mosque of Islamic BrotherhoodJames AbourezkMumia Abu-JamalACT UP, NYCPam AfricaVincente Alba, Laborers Union Local 108, New YorkAlberto Lovera Bolivian Circle, New YorkAllison AimeeAris AnagnosAnti-FlagArab American Community CoalitionCarlos Arango, Director, Casa Aztlan*Edward Asner Asociación Tepeyac, New YorkAxis of JusticeRosa Ayala, Justice for Janitors*Russell BanksFather Luis Barrios, Iglesia San Romero de Las Americas, NYCRev. 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(testified in Dover against intelligent design)Francis Fox PivenMichael Franti, musicianAaron Freeman, comedianreg e. gaines, poet & playwrightMartin Garbus, attorneyDeborah Glick, NY State AssemblywomanGlobal Justice and Peace Ministries, Riverside ChurchFrances Goldin, literary agentBill Goodman, Center for Constitutional RightsSam Greenlee, filmmaker & poetAndré Gregory, theater directorAndy Griggs, Exec. Board of United Teachers of LAJose Guerrero, artist & muralist, ChicagoLawrence Guyot, former SNCC member and former Chairman of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic PartyNina Hagen, singer, “mother of punk”Paul Haggis, film director, “Crash”Haitian Coalition for JusticeSam Hamill, Poets Against War*Suheir Hammad, poetKathleen Hanna, Le TigreDavid Harris, writer, founder of The Resistance*Stephen Hays, Board of Woodstock Film FestivalJohn Heard, actorJon Hendricks, artistJon Hendrix, jazz singer/lyricistHermandad MexicanaWarren Hern, MD, MPH, PhD, dir. 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- [Debra Sweet](https://worldcantwait.org/category/organizers/debra-sweet/) - 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. Debra's Regular E-Newsletter Subscribe to the E-Newsletter
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- [Bus Tour](https://worldcantwait.org/category/organizers/bus-tour/) - Reports from stops on the bus tour: Ohio (July 30 – Aug. 1): Stolen Elections, Biker Gangs and Mega-Churches Bakersfield, CA (July 3): West Coast Bus Tour Disrupts “In God We Trust” Celebration Indianapolis (July 28): Punk Rockers in the Fast Lane of History Arkansas (July 23-26): Protesting Cheney, debunking a creationist museum, holding an “untraditional marriage ceremony” between church & state, and organizing for October 5. Report from Jackson, MS, (July 15-22), where Operation Save America, a theocratic group with ties to the Bush regime was trying to shut down the last abortion clinic in Mississippi. New Orleans, July 4: Bus Tour joins public housing residents protesting to get back inside their homes Daily Journal, July 2-14 Scroll down for more reports, interviews, and news coverage from the bus tour. Start your own bus tour:While the main bus tour has finished, plans are underway to hit the road in Pennsylvania to confront anti-abortion Democrat candidate for Senate Bob Casey. The world is crying out for people to resist Bush's horrific agenda and for dozens of new bus tours and car caravans to hit the road. Large or small, the tours need to be launched with a Cindy Sheehan spirit of confronting the ugly manifestations of the Bush Regime at their front doors, and they must aim to galvanize millions for the October 5 protests.
- [The Call to Drive Out the Bush Regime](https://worldcantwait.org/category/about-world-cant-wait-d52/the-call-to-drive-out-the-bush-regime/)
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- [Dennis Loo](https://worldcantwait.org/category/organizers/dennis-loo/) - Dennis Loo is an award-winning sociologist, co-editor of Impeach the President: the Case Against Bush and Cheney, Associate Professor of Sociology at Cal Poly Pomona and an honors graduate in Government from Harvard. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California at Santa Cruz. He is a former journalist and his research specialties include polling, public policy-making, social movements, and criminology.He can be reached via his blog: http://dennisloo.blogspot.com
- [Sunsara Taylor](https://worldcantwait.org/category/voices-of-resistance/sunsara-taylor/) - Sunsara Taylor is a writer for Revolution Newspaper and sits on the Advisory Board of The World Can't Wait – Drive Out the Bush Regime. She has appeared on/in The New York Times, The O'Reilly Factor, CNN's Showbiz Tonight, Fox's Hannity & Colmes, Fox & Friends, the Alan Colmes Radio Show, and her writing has appeared in Revolution (revcom.us), TruthDig.com, TruthOut.org, CounterPunch.org, OnlineJournal.com, OpEdNews.com, SmirkingChimp.com, and numerous blogs.
- [Allen Lang](https://worldcantwait.org/category/organizers/allen-lang/) - Allen Lang is the National Student and Youth Coordinator for The World Can't Wait! Drive Out The Bush Regime. Allen got his start as a political organizer after witnessing the horrors that suffocate millions of sweatshop workers in the 3rd World and being inspired by the anti-Globalization movement that burst on to the scene during the 1999 Seattle WTO and IMF protests. As a member of the Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade, he led student walkouts and demonstrations protesting the U.S. invasion of Iraq, and was part of shutting down a military recruitment center during the March 5th 2003 Moratorium to Stop the War. After visiting the West Bank of Palestine with the International Solidarity Movement in 2002, he organized an East Coast Speaking Tour. He has lead workshops to stop military recruitment in high schools and has organized progressive film festivals in Utah and Philadelphia.
- [G.I. Resistance](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/gi-resistance/)
- [Immigrants](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/immigrants/) - "The World Can’t Wait organizes people living in the United States to repudiate and stop the fascist direction initiated by the Bush Regime, including: the murderous, unjust and illegitimate occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan; the global “war of terror” of torture, rendition and spying; and the culture of bigotry, intolerance and greed." -from World Can't Wait's mission statement adopted 2009 Included within the fascist direction that we work to reverse is the "culture of bigotry, intolerance and greed." Here we answer some frequently asked questions on our support for immigrant rights: Doesn't "illegal" mean illegal? No human being can be illegal. Laws change and can be just or unjust, and we are not bound by whatever is "on the books" at any given moment. Torture has been legalized, but we will not stop protesting and resisting this crime against humanity until torture stops being carried out in our names. Would the invasion of Iraq be any more acceptable if it was technically legal? While slavery is now illegal, it was once the law of the land. It is unethical to silence our opposition to discrimination against immigrants, documented or undocumented, because of whatever laws are instituted. Why are you opposed to Arizona's new law, SB1070? This law is a serious step in a fascist direction, and differs from all other state laws. It states that law enforcement must ask for proof of citizenship or residency from anyone they "suspect" is illegal. This means racial profiling on a massive scale, as anyone brown-skinned can expect to be questioned and potentially detained any time they leave the house. This law discriminates against all Latinos; but even worse, further isolates and marginalizes undocumented immigrants who live in fear of being suddenly separated from their families, imprisoned, and deported. For more read Arizona's anti-Immigrant Law is Inhumane & Illegitimate. However, Arizona is not the only problem. For an idea of the suffering imposed on immigrants detained in other parts of the US by the federal government, see Letters from an Immigrant Detainee. But don't illegal immigrants drive down wages, drain the economy and social services? These are the main talking points which have snookered people. However, they are factually untrue. In fact, there is no correlation between wages going down and immigrants. In addition, immigrants have contributed billions of dollars in Social Security and Medicare, without ever hoping to draw these benefits themselves. Their input has even been factored into government budgets – budgets which, by design, require their input without benefit in order to work! See the New York Times: Illegal Immigrants Are Bolstering Social Security With Billions and Cost of Illegal Immigration May Be Less Than Meets the Eye But if that's not true, why do I hear it so often? How could so many people be wrong? Well, have you ever heard the term "scapegoating?" There's no denying the global economy is seriously unsteady and people are being affected by it in the US. But that is what you have to look at: the global economy. Recent immigration from Mexico, for instance, cannot be separated from the effect that NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement) has had on Mexico's industry and agriculture (Download Oxfam report). Markets flooded with US-subsidized corn imports have driven many Mexican farmers out of business and off their land, while factories once set up by US corporations have closed down in search of even cheaper labor in China or other places in Asia. The economic forces affecting people's livelihoods, whether here or in other parts of the world, are guided by profitability and greed, not by immigrants seeking a better life for themselves or their families through low-paying jobs here. "If the immigrant pickers did not come north across the border, the strawberries would." -from the New York Times You have to look deeper to discover what is really at work here. Protesters marching in Arizona recently carried a banner that said: “There is no problem with immigration; there is a problem with capitalism."
- [Military Recruitment](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/anti-recruitment/) - Get involved in the movement to stop military recruiters: wearenotyoursoldiers.org
- [Torture and Detention](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/anti-torture/) - Frequently Asked Questions (scroll down for article archives and further resources) “If anyone acts like they don’t know their government is torturing people on a widespread and systematic scale, they are choosing NOT to know. We have to continue to lead people to act against this — going out to people, into classes, to institutions, and on worldcantwait.org. Too many people have learned to accept this, there is not nearly enough opposition to the revelations about these top level torture meetings — but this is something that can change quickly if a beginning core acts with moral clarity…” -Debra Sweet, Director of World Can’t Wait Download this flier Torture + Silence = Complicity! Act Now to Stop Torture! Has Obama put an end to torture, rendition, and indefinite detention? Facts you need to know: 1. Obama admits Bush officials tortured, but refuses to prosecute them. Cheney has bragged about authorizing water boarding of detainees. In January 2009, Obama told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, that he believed water boarding was torture. Torture is a violation of Geneva Conventions. The Obama administration is, therefore, not only morally, but legally, required to prosecute Bush Regime officials for torture. 2. Under Obama, the U.S. is still holding detainees without charges or trial. During the campaign Obama declared habeas corpus to be “the foundation of Anglo-American law.”Habeas corpus is your right to challenge your detention. It is a 900-year- old right. Without habeas corpus there are no restraints on a government’s powers to detain and punish. Contrary to his rhetoric, the Obama administration is continuing the Bush Regime’s policies of denying prisoners habeas corpus rights and has even adopted the same arguments made by Bush. In February 2009, the Obama administration declared in Federal Court that it would not grant habeas corpus rights to detainees in U.S. custody in Bagram, Afghanistan. In March 2009 Obama’s Justice Department claimed that Guantanamo prisoners who were detained before June 2008 had no habeas corpus rights. On May 21, 2010 the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of the Obama administration, holding that three prisoners who are being held by the U. S. at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan cannot challenge their detention in U.S. courts. 3. Don’t be fooled just because Obama isn’t using the term “enemy combatant” The Obama administration will no longer use the term “enemy combatant,” but it’s a change in name only: in the same court filing in which it made this announcement, Obama’s Justice Department made clear that it would continue to detain prisoners at Guantanamo without charge. As the NY Times put it: “[T]he [Obama] Justice Department argued that the president has the authority to detain terrorism suspects there without criminal charges, much as the Bush administration had asserted. It provided a broad definition of those who can be held, which was not significantly different from the one used by the Bush administration.” Meanwhile, Obama’s executive orders do not ban indefinite detention. In addition, at his confirmation hearing, Obama’s Attorney General Eric Holder said: “There are possibly many other people who are not going to be able to be tried but who nevertheless are dangerous to this country… We’re going to have to try to figure out what we do with them.” Holder suggested prisoners could be detained for the length of their war of terror which, as we know, has no set end point. 4. Guantanamo is still open. The prison at Bagram is growing and torture is being committed. According to Reuters, abuse of prisoners worsened shortly after the election of Obama: “Abuses began to pick up in December 2008 after Obama was elected, human rights lawyer Ahmed Ghappour told Reuters. He cited beatings, the dislocation of limbs, spraying of pepper spray into closed cells, applying pepper spray to toilet paper and over-forcefeeding detainees who are on hunger strike.” Earlier this year Scott Horton reported in Harper’s Magazine on three murders of detainees in 2006 at Guantanamo that the military tried to cover up as suicides. More is coming out about torture at Bagram Detention Center in Afghanistan. Recently Andy Worthington reported on the detention and torture of three teenagers in his article, “Torture and the ‘Black’Prison,” or What Obama is Doing at Bagram (Part One).” On June 7, 2010 Chris Floyd of Empire Burlesque wrote that under the Bush Regime medical personnel experimented on detainees to prove that the techniques used did not constitute torture. The chilling history of Nazi medical experimentation on those in concentration camps lurks in this revelation. (http://chris-floyd.com/articles/1-latest-news/1976- echoes-of-mengele-medical-experiments-torture-and- continuity-in-the-american-gulag.html) This is a violation of Geneva Conventions and there is evidence that these experiments are going on under Obama. 5. Obama is continuing rendition. During his confirmation hearing, new CIA director Leon Panetta made it clear the Obama administration will continue rendition. Rendition is the practice of kidnapping somebody in one country and shipping them to another country for detention. Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), said “Rendition is a violation of sovereignty. It’s a kidnapping. It’s force and violence…Once you open the door to rendition, you’re opening the door, essentially, to a lawless world.” Obama supporters have attempted to draw the distinction between this practice and “extraordinary rendition,” defined as the practice of transferring somebody to another country knowing that they will be tortured. During his confirmation hearing, Leon Panetta said that under the Bush administration, “There were efforts by the CIA to seek and to receive assurances that those individuals would not be mistreated.” So Panetta is embracing the practices of the Bush Regime by continuing rendition! Panetta then added, “I will seek the same kind of assurances that those individuals will not be mistreated.” (emphasis added) Articles on Torture and Detention:
- [Jamilah Hoffman](https://worldcantwait.org/category/organizers/jamilah-hoffman/) - Jamilah Hoffman is a young World Can't Wait organizer in Houston, who is “determined to leave this world a better place than she found it”.
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- [Iraq](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/the-war-of-terror/)
- [Obama](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/obama-watch/)
- [Palestine](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/palestine/)
- [Reproductive Rights](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/reproductive-rights/) - Abortion, Morality and the Liberation of Women is now available on YouTube. {youtube}tIjq0xT3iw4{/youtube}
- [The Culture of Bigotry](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/the-culture-of-bigotry/) - "The World Can’t Wait organizes people living in the United States to repudiate and stop the fascist direction initiated by the Bush Regime, including: the murderous, unjust and illegitimate occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan; the global “war of terror” of torture, rendition and spying; and the culture of bigotry, intolerance and greed." -from World Can't Wait's mission statement adopted 2009 To understand the Tea Party and other movements representing the "Culture of Bigotry" also see these topics: Immigrants Theocracy Reproductive Rights Real History Lessons
- [Theocracy](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/theocracy/)
- [Actions](https://worldcantwait.org/category/actions-d94/actions/)
- [Join the Debate; Build and Sharpen the Resistance!](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/join-the-debate-build-and-sharpen-the-resistance/)
- [Army Experience Center Shut Down!](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/army-experience-center-shut-down/)
- [Haiti](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/haiti/)
- [Police State Repression](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/police-state-repression/) - Know Your Rights! Committee to Stop FBI Repression Booklet from the Center for Constitutional Rights Available in English, Spanish, Urdu, and Arabic Article from Revolution newspaper: history of political repression in the US, myths and facts for activists Also see: Ten Years Later: Surveillance in the Homeland (a joint project of the ACLU of Massachusetts and Truthout)
- [Environment](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/environment/)
- [Call to Action](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/call-to-action/) - What You Can Do Now Find a local World Can’t Wait chapter Volunteer for World Can’t Wait Bring the We Are Not Your Soldiers Tour to your school Join the campaign to Fire John Yoo Protest the war criminals when they come to your community; join War Criminals Watch Sustain World Can’t Wait, and support this movement Contact the national office or sign up for the e-newsletter
- [Afghanistan & Pakistan](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/afghanistan/) - For More Than Ten Years the Richest Country in the World Has Been “At War” With the Poorest Country in the World Find out more about covert drone warfare and the unjust, immoral occupation of Afghanistan:
- [Wikileaks](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/wikileaks/) - WikiLeaks has released some of the most damning evidence yet against the ongoing occuptions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Must read: US Response to Wikileaks: Diplomacy as Another Means of Warfare Defend Julian Assange and Wikileaks. Open Letter in Defence of WikiLeaks’ Right to Publish. Manning: a Tale of Liberty Lost in America Click for more info on: Guantánamo Files | Cablegate | Collateral Murder Video | Iraq War Diary | Afghan War Diary
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- [Real History Lessons](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/real-history-lessons/) - Followers of Glenn Beck have described themselves as "students of history" and "historians." Everyone who opposes Beck's racist, reactionary agenda needs to know and bring out the real history of the U.S. and the world in order to, and as part of, politically opposing this agenda.
- [Crimes are Crimes](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/crimes-are-crimes/) - Click to download full-size PDF of ad that appeared in the NY Times Who signed and why? Watch video. Read why more than 2,000 people have signed this statement already. More comments here. Sign Crimes Are Crimes – No Matter Who Does Them Download new poster: Commanders Change – But These Wars Are STILL Wrong! End the Wars in Afghanistan & Iraq! Find out more about the outrages which have prompted this statement Download PDF of the ad which appeared previously in The New York Review of Books, The Nation, The Humanist, and Rolling Stone online Why donate to publish this statement? Miller Francis, former writer for Rolling Stone, sent this quote from Bertolt Brecht to explain why he donated: “Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties. He must have the courage to write the truth when truth is everywhere opposed; the keenness to recognize it, although it is everywhere concealed; the skill to manipulate it as a weapon; the judgment to select those in whose hands it will be effective; and the cunning to spread the truth among such persons.” Crimes Are Crimes – No Matter Who Does Them Intro October 2010: On the ninth anniversary of America’s longest war, the occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq remain bloody, employing more contractors, while drones rain death upon Pakistan. In the months since this statement was written, US courts have ruled that innocents who have been tortured may not sue, while the Obama administration defends those who directed that torture be used. When leaking evidence of war crimes is criminalized, remaining silent is a crime. It has become common knowledge that Barack Obama has openly ordered the assassination of an American citizen, Anwar al-Aulaki. Without trial or other judicial proceeding, the administration has simply put him on the to-be-killed list.* Whistleblowers in the military leaked a video showing U.S. troops firing on an unarmed party of Iraqis in 2007, including two journalists, and then firing on those who attempted to rescue them, including two children. As ugly as this video of the killing of 12 Iraqis was, the chatter recorded from the helicopter cockpit was even more monstrous. The Pentagon says that there would be no charges against these soldiers; and the media absolves them of blame. “They were under stress,” the story goes; “Our brave men and women must be supported.” Meanwhile, those who leaked and publicized the video came under government surveillance and are targeted as “national security” threats. The Pentagon acknowledged, after denials, a massacre near the city of Gardez, Afghanistan, on February 12, 2010. 5 people were killed, including two pregnant women, leaving 16 children motherless. The U.S. military first said the two men killed were insurgents, and the women, victims of a family “honor killing,” but the Afghan government accepts the eyewitness reports that U.S. Special Forces killed the men, (a police officer and lawyer) and the women, and then dug their own bullets out of the women’s bodies to destroy evidence. Top U.S. military officials have now admitted that U.S. soldiers killed the family in their house. Just weeks earlier, a story broken in Harper’s by Scott Horton carried news that three supposed suicides of detainees in Guantánamo in 2006 were not suicides, but possible homicides carried out by American personnel. This passed almost without comment.** In some respects, this is worse than Bush. First, because Obama has claimed the right to assassinate American citizens whom he suspects of “terrorism,” merely on the grounds of his own suspicion or that of the CIA, something Bush never claimed publicly. Second, Obama says that the government can detain you indefinitely, even if you have been exonerated in a trial, and he has publicly floated the idea of “preventive detention.” Third, the Obama administration, in expanding the use of unmanned drone attacks, argues that the U.S. has the authority under international law to use such lethal force and extrajudicial killing in sovereign countries with which it is not at war. Such measures by Bush were widely considered by liberals and progressives to be outrages and were roundly, and correctly, protested. But those acts which may have been construed (wishfully or not) as anomalies under the Bush regime, have now been consecrated into “standard operating procedure” by Obama, who claims, as did Bush, executive privilege and state secrecy in defending the crime of aggressive war. Unsurprisingly, the Obama administration has refused to prosecute any members of the Bush regime who are responsible for war crimes, including some who admitted to waterboarding and other forms of torture, thereby making their actions acceptable for him or any future president, Democrat or Republican. End the complicity of silence. * On 9/24/10 the Justice Department asserted that “state secrets” bar any examination of Obama’s order. ** On 9/29/10 a U.S. federal court dismissed a suit by the victims’ families on grounds of “national security.”
- [Cheers](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/cheers/)
- [Libya](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/libya/) - The war in Libya growing more illegal by the day The illegal war in Libya Corporate Media’s Capital Crimes Against Libya – and Humanity McKinney Fact-Finders Show Libyan Deaths, Injuries Not “Propaganda” Apartheid, Sand Nigger Style: The Tunisian Model for a New Colonialism in Libya? Veterans for Peace: Statement on Military Intervention in Libya History shows us that this type of intervention rarely goes without blowback and unintended consequences, perhaps with a $1.4 trillion deficit and a domestic budget in crisis our best outcome would be to support peaceful alternatives and not add to the violence of a Libyan civil war at all. Phyllis Bennis: U.K. Sends Troops into Libya as International Coalition Expands Mission to Include Regime Change (Democracy Now! Interview April 19, 2011) Debra Sweet: This is no "Humanitarian Intervention" in Libya Flier: Are the U.S. Wars on the Middle East wrong because they cost so much? Margaret Kimberley: Obama, Libya, and Our Challenge: the True Anti-War Movement Must Reawaken Revolution Newspaper: True Stories of U.S. "Humanitarian" Intervention William Blum: Barack "I'd kill for a peace prize" Obama Jill McLaughlin: Don’t be Confused: U.S. “Intervention” in Libya is Immoral and Illegitimate Too Sunsara Taylor (video): No Good Can Come from U.S. Led Intervention in Libya! Kathleen Barry: Libyan Liberation – Is There Another Way? Middle East Research and Information Project: Of Principle and Peril Watch: Left Forum Panel on Resisting War with Pardiss Kebriaei, Matthis Chiroux, Eric Stoner and Debra Sweet Hamid Dabashi: Moral bankruptcy in Libya war
- [Covert Drone War](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/covertpredatordroneswar/) - The use of Predator and Reaper drones (unmanned flying vehicles that are often armed with video-guided missiles) by the US military and CIA is a largely untold story of the “Global War on Terror / Global Contingency Operation” – yet has caused thousands of deaths in Pakistan and Afghanistan, many of whom are women and children.
- [Occupy](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/occupy-wall-st/) - Occupy Wall St. and Everywhere to Stop U.S. Wars for Empire! …this movement faces a true crossroads. Will it be dispersed, driven into the margins, or co-opted? Or will it come back stronger? This question now poses itself, extremely sharply. Find an occupation near you at occupytogether.org We in The World Can’t Wait express our enthusiastic solidarity with the morally and physically courageous youth of Occupy Wall Street and all others now forming occupations in their cities. They have not resigned themselves to accepting the way the world is, but are boldly exposing the towering crimes and audacious lies of this nation’s financial and political elites. They are righteously demanding that it all end and in doing so, enduring brutal attacks by police and the corporate media’s malign neglect. These actions are an extremely welcome development and a gust of fresh air in the suffocating and poisonous atmosphere that the major parties, the Tea Partiers, and their billionaire sponsors have been propagating and imposing, in this, the “land of the free.” We call on all people to stand with these path-blazing youth and those oppressed by our government, here and around the world. Put your energies, your funds, your thoughts, and your bodies on the line to give voice to the most exploited, ignored, and oppressed who have suffered under the U.S. government’s economic, military, and social crimes here and around the globe. The future is unwritten, which one we get us up to us. Flier: Occupy Wall St. and Everywhere to End US Wars for Empire Download or order stickers More materials Articles:
- [About World Can't Wait](https://worldcantwait.org/category/about-world-cant-wait-d52/about-world-cant-wait/) - World Can’t Wait is a national movement formed to halt and reverse the terrible program of war, repression and theocracy that was initiated by the Bush / Cheney regime and the ongoing crimes that continue to this day. Founded in 2005, the original mission of The World Can’t Wait – Drive Out the Bush Regime was to “create a political situation where the Bush administration’s program is repudiated, where Bush himself is driven from office, and where the whole direction he has been taking U.S. society is reversed.” Through protests in hundreds of cities involving tens of thousands of people, this movement was launched. Tens of thousands signed and many donated to publish the Call to Drive Out the Bush Regime (which was printed as a full-page ad in The New York Times, USA Today, and multiple local papers in 2005 and 2006). More on the history of World Can’t Wait. Based on the truth and holding to principle, the organization has continued to mobilize serious political resistance aimed at actually stopping the “war OF terror” with all its associated outrages of political repression, brutal torture and more which continue under the Obama administration. In 2010, World Can’t Wait published the statement Crimes are Crimes – No Matter Who Does Them in The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, The Nation, The Humanist, and Rolling Stone online. In 2013, World Can’t Wait published the statement Close Guantanamo Now in The New York Times and The Progressive. Mission statement: World Can’t Wait mobilizes people living in the United States to stand up and stop war on the world, repression and torture carried out by the US government. We take action, regardless of which political party holds power, to expose the crimes of our government, from war crimes to systematic mass incarceration, and to put humanity and the planet first. World Can’t Wait’s continuing projects are: War Criminals WatchWe Are Not Your SoldiersFire John Yoo! Contact World Can’t Wait What people are saying about World Can’t Wait How you can get involved: Crimes are crimes. Sign this statement and spread it. Support Chelsea Manning, accused Wikileaker Find a local World Can’t Wait chapter Volunteer for World Can’t Wait Bring the We Are Not Your Soldiers Tour to your school Join the campaign to Fire John Yoo Protest the war criminals when they come to your community; join War Criminals Watch Sustain World Can’t Wait, and support this movement About this website: This web site may contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance the understanding of humanity’s problems and hopefully to help find solutions for those problems. We believe this constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. A click on a hyperlink is a request for information. Consistent with this notice you are welcome to make ‘fair use’ of anything you find on this web site. However, if you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond ‘fair use’, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. You can read more about ‘fair use’ and US Copyright Law at the Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School. Contact the editor.
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- [Syria](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/syria/) - NO U.S. Bombing of Syria! No Matter If Congress Says It’s Legal — It’s Unjust, Immoral & Illegitimate FIND or ORGANIZE a protest near you Learn more about the US’ recent (and more distant) history of unjust wars and occupations, carried out in the name of “humanitarian concerns” and “national interests:” Afghanistan | Covert Drone War | Iraq | Libya Barack Obama is selling the planned US Cruise missile bombing of Syria as a “humanitarian” act in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack. Bombing Syria will kill more civilians, polarize the situation further, and invite even more intervention and weapons into the country, making it more likely that the civil war could expand into an extremely dangerous regional conflagration. Moreover, launching an attack on a country that isn’t threatening yours is the supreme international war crime. The bloody Syrian civil war – where big powers are funding both sides – has already killed 100,000. Atrocities have been committed by both the Assad government and the mixed group of pro-Western and Islamic Fundamentalist opposition. None of the warring parties offer a future for the 23 million Syrians, many who are refugees from U.S. and Israeli wars on Iraq and Palestine. This planned U.S. airstrike on Syrian is already unpopular, but that doesn’t mean Obama won’t do it. The British Parliament, which George Bush bullied into supporting the US war on Iraq, said “no” to bombing Syria, and the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll shows only 9% of those polled favor U.S. military intervention. Obama is now amping up his argument, demanding Congressional approval for his planned attack, bowing to some pressure that he include them. But the Obama administration says even if Congress doesn’t endorse his plans, he won’t be bound by their vote. His argument for intervention is directed at other countries governments, at pressuring Congress to come along, and at you, to go along with the war crimes he plans. People in this country have to get visibly and loudly into the streets in protest; on the airwaves, on the Internet, and everywhere, to denounce this coming attack. No, not in our name! Humanity and the planet come first. No to U.S. planetary domination. Download flier to distribute.
- [Infectious Diseases](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/infectious-diseases/)
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- [The Expanding War on the World](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/the-expanding-war-on-the-world/)
- [Sudan's Struggle](https://worldcantwait.org/category/features/sudan-struggle/) - Sudan’s Struggle Edited by Carol Dudek from news reports beginning October 2021