by Andy Worthington | June 4, 2013 Monitoring the hunger strike — and pointing out that President Obama must keep his promises — are both hugely important, especially as the media, and…
Bradley Manning & Guantanamo: Resistance More Relevant than Ever
by Debra Sweet | June 4, 2013 Saturday, we gathered at Ft. Meade for the largest support action for Bradley Manning during the three+ years of his imprisonment before trial. I saw…
S. Brian Willson’s Latest Guantanamo Fast Solidarity Statement – June 4th, 2013
by Brian Willson | June 4, 2013 My Personal Fast I have been on a 300-calorie-a-day indefinite hunger strike since Sunday evening, May 12. As of today, having completed 23 days of…
Obama’s Speech: Not a Step in the Right Direction, But Justification for Assassination, Torture, and Unjust War
by Revolution Newspaper | May 30, 2013 On May 23, President Barack Obama delivered a major speech on drones, Guantánamo, and the “war on terror.” The speech was packaged as a new…
Protests for Bradley Manning Around the Country
As Bradley Manning’s military trial finally begins, people gathered (and through this week are still gathering) in cities around the country and around the world to demand his freedom. See more at…
Free Bradley Manning: The World is Not the Enemy
by Emma Kaplan | May 31, 2013 Bradley Manning is set to go to court martial on June 3rd at Fort Meade, Maryland. He has been charged with 22 violations, the most…
An Appeal from Daniel Ellsberg
by Daniel Ellsberg | May 28, 2013 During the Vietnam War I worked in the Pentagon under Robert McNamara. In Vietnam, my background as a Marine officer allowed me to walk with…
High Stakes in the Cruel and Unjust Trial of Bradley Manning
from Revolution Newspaper | May 24, 2013 The trial of Bradley Manning is set to begin on June 3, at Ft. Meade, Maryland. Manning is a U.S. Army private charged with 22…
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…