by Kevin Gosztola When President Barack Obama was elected president, he and his administration planned to overhaul Bush detention policies and repair America’s image in the world. This specifically included ending torture,…
Julian Assange and What is at Stake
By Dennis Loo Newsflash: While this article was being prepared, news came from London that Julian Assange managed to escape from his house arrest and formally requested political asylum at Ecuador’s Embassy…
Still No Accountability for Torture
By Andy Worthington Last week, the bad news from the Supreme Court was not just manifested in the court’s decision to abdicate its responsibilities towards the prisoners held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba,…
UN Expert: CIA Drone Strikes “A War Crime”
by Jack Serle The UN’s expert on extrajudicial killings has described a tactic used by the CIA and first exposed by a Bureau investigation as ‘a war crime’. Earlier this year the Bureau…
U.S. Hand in Honduran Massacre
By Laura Carlsen Hilda Lezama was taking passengers back upriver to the township of Ahuas after a fishing expedition in a remote area of the Mosquito Coast in Honduras. In the pre-dawn…
In Drones We Trust: Christians and the Kill List
By William Alberts In broad daylight, without a Christian murmur, President Obama has placed a “kill list” on the altar of “American values.” An unconstitutional, international law-violating, indifferent to innocent civilians, anti-American-breeding…
Obama’s Killing Machine
By Chris Woods Revelations that President Barack Obama presides over key aspects of secret kill-list machinery that has sentenced thousands to death by drone have disturbed many. Torture and extraordinary rendition under…
June Week Against Torture
Sunday June 24: Washington DC March Against Torture, Guantánamo & the NDAA Please join us in the fight against torture, Guantánamo and the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) this June, Torture…
The Political Persecution & Inhumane Punishment of Pfc. Bradley Manning
This article first appeared on the site Revolution: Interview with Kevin Gosztola Revolution: Can you first give our readers an overview of the case? Gosztola: Pfc. Bradley Manning is an…
Amnesty International: Shameless Shill for U.S. Wars
by Ann Wright and Coleen Rowley The new Executive Director of Amnesty International USA (AI) – Suzanne Nossel – is a recent U.S. government insider. So it’s a safe bet that AI’s decision…