Curt Wechsler | June 5, 2018 Last week’s unanimous vote against war with Iran was good news, largely ignored by the press. Many questioned the veracity of the story. It’s up to us to substantiate Congressional admonition for…
BE the Trump Resistance
Curt Wechsler | June 3, 2018 “I’ll never forgive Trump and I won’t stop talking about it,” says Mike Mills, founding member of the alternative rock band R.E.M. “It’s not just who he…
Protest Franklin Graham’s Fascist America
Curt Wechsler | May 29, 2018 This week, Franklin Graham, son of the late Billy Graham, brings his “Decision America” tour to Berkeley to take a stand against California’s “blue wall.” Billed as religious…
Thanks to U.S. Senate, Torture Is ‘Legal’
Curt Wechsler | May 17, 2018 UPDATE: Haspel Confirmed The Senate Intelligence Committee voted 10-5 to support Gina Haspel’s nomination for CIA director Wednesday. Haspel’s defense of torture practices she facilitated at a CIA black site in…
Why “Torture Doesn’t Work”
Steven Jonas, MD, MPH | May 14, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} Intro., by Patrice Greanville: The appointment by Donald Trump of Gina Haspel, a CIA official directly involved in supervising torture, as head of…
The Dangers of Mike Pence
Harley | May 9, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} The call to impeach Trump has been stated by many, but impeaching Trump means that Mike Pence would become the next president. To some, this is…
Gina Haspel Should be Prosecuted, Not Confirmed to Run the CIA
Debra Sweet | May 8, 2018 The CIA nominee supervised detainee torture at a “black site” in Thailand Gina Haspel arrived to run “Detention Site Green” in late October 2002, after the harsh…
This Nightmare Must End: The Trump/Pence Regime Must Go!
refusefascism.org | March 22, 2018 In the Name of Humanity, We REFUSE to Accept a Fascist America We are horrified and angered at the shocking damage already done to lives here and…
‘This Is Not America. This Is Not Who We Are.’ Except It Is.
Curt wechsler | May 3, 2018 {jathumbnailoff} The U.S. “War on Terror” has always been about persecuting Muslims, torture being the modus operandi of a cruel system of institutionalized Islamophobia. The nomination of Gina Haspel to head…
NO BAN, NO WALL IV
Cecile Pineda | May 1, 2018 One of my readers recently remarked that, by addressing themes of immigration, and immigrant detention and deportation, this newsletter seemed to be wandering off topic. I…