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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Sundan’s 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…
Sudan’s 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…
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…
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…
Sudan’s 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….