Debra Sweet, director of World Can’t Wait, was interviewed by The Michael Slate Show (KPFK-LA) live from the protests in DC on January 11, 2013 on the continuing, outrageous existence of the…
Ahead of Inauguration, Report Explores Militarized Approach to Protest Policing
For immediate release by the National Lawyers Guild January 16, 2013 Next Monday, January 21, over 3,000 law enforcement officers and some 13,000 military troops will descend on the Washington Mall. The…
The bombing of Mali highlights all the lessons of western intervention
by Glenn Greenwald January 14, 2013 As French war planes bomb Mali, there is one simple statistic that provides the key context: this west African nation of 15 million people is the…
Protest Torture & Zero Dark Thirty
“Zero never acknowledges that torture is immoral and criminal. It does portray torture as getting results.” -David Clennon • Click here to download flyer to take to your local movie theater in…
Protests Against the Eleventh Anniversary of Guantanamo
Press coverage from multiple cities Protesters gather in US capital to demand closure of Gitmo (Borneo Bulletin) About 200 protesters in the US capital marked the 11th anniversary Friday of the arrival…
Guantanamo Prisoners Cleared for Release (Posters)
55 posters depicting Guantanamo detainees who have been cleared for release, but are still held unjustly. Download (8½ x 11 JPGs): Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Posters courtesy Christian…
Death of a Prisoner: Tragic Return Home of a Guantánamo Bay Detainee
The filmmaker Laura Poitras follows the tragic return home to Yemen of a Guantánamo Bay prison detainee, Adnan Latif. Video posted by The New York Times.
Guantanamo Remembered by Detainees
A panel discussion with former detainees, organized by British organization Cageprisoners and webcast live on January 10, 2013: On 11 January 2002, the first of nearly 800 prisoners was sent to the…
Guantanamo Remembered: 11 Years On
A panel discussion with former detainees, organized by British organization Cageprisoners and webcast live on January 10, 2013: On 11 January 2002, the first of nearly 800 prisoners was sent to the…
Please Write to the Forgotten Prisoners in Guantánamo on the 11th Anniversary of the Opening of the Prison
by Andy Worthington Friday January 11 is the 11th anniversary of the opening of the Bush administration’s “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, an ongoing legal black hole, and an…