Miller Francis | July 11, 2013 Like many people, I’ve been riveted by the George Zimmerman trial. I call it “the George Zimmerman trial” because that’s what it is, but the more…
New Revelations of Widespread Surveillance Call for Widespread Protest
Debra Sweet | July 12, 2013 Edward Snowden is still stuck in the Moscow airport, having been offered asylum by Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela. It’s unclear whether any government will challenge the…
My Life at Guantanamo
Moath al-Alwi | July 7, 2013 A detainee at the US prison explains that hunger striking is the only way left to cry out for life, freedom and dignity. A month ago,…
Torture Lawyer John Yoo, Drafted Legal Rationale for NSA Spying, Protested in San Francisco
Rebecca Bowe | July 10, 2013 Former U.S. Department of Justice attorney John Yoo is no stranger to protests. He’s responsible for drafting controversial memos under the Bush Administration to provide legal…
30,000 California Prisoners Join Hunger Strike
Larry Everest | July 11, 2013 Prisoners are rising above years of torment, torture and vilification to assert their humanity As of this writing, thousands of prisoners remain on hunger strike across…
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…
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…
Flier: We Indict the US Government for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity
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1000+ March for Bradley Manning in SF Pride
San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of World Can’t Wait | July 6, 2013 In San Francisco’s biggest-ever Pride parade, this year the Bradley Manning contingent was the largest of all the non-corporate…
Andy Worthington Talks About the Guantanamo Hunger Strike
July 5, 2013 Journalist Andy Worthington was interviewed on the Michael Slate Show – KPFK-LA, more than 150 days into the hunger strike at Guantanamo and more than a month after Obama…