from World Can’t Wait, Hawai’i | April 27, 2013 It was 9am on a beautiful Hawai`i morning. Our drone replica was loaded into the truck. Our car windows were painted, and signs…
A Warning from Guantánamo – 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…
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…
“It is Indisputable that the United States Engaged in Torture”: So When Do the Prosecutions Begin?
by Andy Worthington | April 24, 2013 “It is indisputable that the United States engaged in the practise of torture.” These powerful words are from “The Report of the Constitution Project’s Task…
Dallas Morning News Claims Bush Never Lied
by David Swanson | April 23, 2013 George W. Bush should be given an indictment, not a library. An online email action is letting the Department of Justice know the facts about…
“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…
Debra Sweet Speaks Truth to Empire
April 17, 2013 Debra Sweet was interviewed on “Speak Truth to Empire” on KFCF 88.1 FM, in Fresno, California on April 17, 2013. She talked about World Can’t Wait the Iraq and…
Prison hunger strike holds at just over half Guantánamo’s prisoners
A prison spokesman says 84 of the 166 captives had missed enough meals or become malnourished enough to meet the detention-center definition of a hunger strike. by Carol Rosenberg | April 21,…
Guantánamo Hunger Strike: Harrowing Account of Call with Younus Chekhouri
by Andy Worthington | April 21, 2013 As the prison-wide hunger strike continues at Guantánamo, and even the authorities are admitting that 84 of the remaining 166 prisoners are on hunger strike…
British Prisoner Shaker Aamer May Die in Guantanamo Because of Secret Detention Deal
By Kevin Gosztola | April 21, 2013 His hunger strike is approaching its seventieth day. He is beyond the point where experts say “irreversible cognitive impairment and psychological damage” can result yet…