“As the talk shop charades continue at these conferences, the big powers scramble to find and burn even more ‘unconventional’ and carbon polluting fossil fuels.” Orpheus Reed | December 1, 2013 The…
Penny Lane: What We Learned This Week About Double Agents at Guantánamo
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…
President Obama Interrupted by Former UC Berkeley Student Senator at Immigration Speech in San Francisco
Sara Grossman | November 25, 2013 President Barack Obama was caught by surprise Monday when a former UC Berkeley student government official interrupted his speech on immigration, demanding Obama take more action…
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Think Globally; Act Now to Put Humanity and the Planet First!
November 2013 “…in the name of safety, fear or revenge, American presidents cannot be allowed to arrogate to themselves the power of judge, jury and executioner.” — From the May 2013 Close…
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…
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…
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…
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…