Raymond Nat Turner | 2021 “…there are known knowns. There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns—things we do not know we know…” —an infamous War Criminal…
Biden’s Slow Progress on Closing Guantánamo
Andy Worthington | June 17, 2021 An article last week by NBC News — “Biden quietly moves to start closing Guantánamo ahead of 20th anniversary of 9/11” — was widely shared by opponents of…
June 13: Iranian political prisoners face sham trial – Regime repression sparks global movement for prisoners’ freedom
Larry Everest | June 11, 2021 “June 13 is going to be a make-or-break day for my mother, Nahid Taghavi, and other Iranian political prisoners,” says Mariam Claren. “These prisoners—who never should…
June 13: Iranian political prisoners face sham trial – Regime repression sparks global movement for prisoners’ freedom
Tweet June 11, 2021 For Immediate Release Contact: Larry Everest 202 556 3906 press@freeiranspoliticalprisonersnow.org Twitter @IranPrisonEmerg Interviews available June 13: Iranian Political Prisoners Face Sham Trial Vicious Wave of Repression Sparks Global Movement to Free…
The outrage that won’t go away
Debra Sweet | April 30, 2021 Justice-loving people were happy when Obama ordered Guantanamo closed; some were incredulous that he never took the actions he could have to actually close it. Trump,…
Is US Ending the “good” War in Afghanistan?
Debra Sweet | April 23, 2021 {jathumbnailoff} The political and military leaders who run the U.S. have real problems in the Middle East. Twenty years of their “war on terror” has failed…
Call for a Global Ban on Weaponized Drones
Debra Sweet | April 14, 2021 Announcing BanKillerDrones, an international grassroots campaign working to ban aerial weaponized drones and military and police drone surveillance. Our friend Nick Mottern of KnowDrones.com and other…
Daniel Hale
Debra Sweet | April 14, 2021 We met Daniel Hale in 2013 at the “drone summit,” a gathering of activists to stop US drone warfare in Washington DC. He was trained and…
“Unmanned” is a short feature film dealing with the conflicts of a drone pilot…
Debra Sweet | April 13, 2021 “Unmanned” is a short feature film dealing with the conflicts of a drone pilot stationed somewhere in the United States. Its 21 minutes register with viewers…
US Military Closes Camp 7, Guantánamo’s “High-Value Detainee” Prison Block, Moves Men to Camp 5
Andy Worthington | April 8, 2021 In news from Guantánamo, the US military announced yesterday that it had shut Camp 7, the secretive prison block where Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other so-called…