San Francisco Chapter, World Can’t Wait | May 18, 2015 About a dozen anti-torture activists marked the 10th year of World Can’t Wait protests at the UC Berkeley Law Commencement on May…
All the President’s Psychologists
Debra Sweet | May 9, 2015 “If professionals were watching, the government argued, the program must have been safe.” Credit goes to dissident psychologists for staying on the case for more than…
Yemen: Another Impoverished Country Crushed by US Bombs
Debra Sweet | May 9, 2015 Six weeks of bombing by U.S. close ally Saudi Arabia has brought about a desperate situation in Yemen. The Saudi government said weeks ago it would…
Wars & Protests: Anniversaries to Reckon With
Debra Sweet | May 9, 2015 It’s worth thinking about how imperialist wars start; how they can end up; how opposition develops externally and domestically. Sometimes waging wars make the aggressor less…
Obama & U.S. Imperialism: Pushing Yemen Deeper into Hell
Larry Everest | May 5, 2014 The United States claims to be the good guys in the world. Fighting terrorism. Standing with the downtrodden. Promoting democracy. Representing law and “human rights.” Bullshit….
What to Say to People Who Drone on About How Good Drones Are
Debra Sweet | April 29, 2015 A few points on the U.S. drone war which will not surprise you, but should be in your arsenal of arguments for people who think drones…
In Memoriam: Sharon Pavlovich 1940-2015
World Can’t Wait | April 29, 2015 Our beloved friend Sharon Pavlovich died April 20, a stalwart of World Can’t Wait since the Bush regime years; a thinker, human rights proponent, teacher……and…
Veterans Group Calls for the Immediate Withdrawal of the Maryland National Guard from Baltimore
Veterans for Peace | April 28, 2015 St. Louis, MO. Veterans For Peace would like to extend our condolences to the family of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old Black man who died in…
Drone Pilot With PTSD Confined Without Charges by the Air Force
Nick Mottern | April 28, 2015 As the Obama government attempts to justify its drone program, Staff Sergeant Shane R. Owens, a drone sensor operator suffering from PTSD from having been involved…
Blackwater’s Nisour Square Massacre, a Glimpse of U.S. Mass Murder in Iraq
Larry Everest | April 27, 2015 These contractors were not “rogue” operatives; they are a key part of how the U.S. wages war Monday, April 13, four Blackwater contract killers were sentenced…