(1 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Protests in U.S., London, and Mexico City Demand: Shut Down the U.S. Torture Camp at Guantánamo - World Can't Wait Protesters across the U.S. and at U.S. embassies in London and Mexico City last week demanded the closure of the U.S. torture camp at Guantánamo Bay first set up by the Bush regime on January 11, 2002. The camp has operated seven years under Obama, as long as it did under Bush, though Obama promised in 2009 to close it within a year.

(3 comments) SHARE        Monday, November 30, 2015
What Sorts of Public Gatherings Get Banned During a Crisis? Leaders of 150 governments are meeting this week for the UN climate change conference. A huge protest was planned for Sunday, but was banned. Soccer games, shopping and festivals continue; it's only protests against polluting governments -- and presumably, war -- which are banned.

(2 comments) SHARE        Thursday, April 30, 2015
What to Say to People Who Drone on About How Good Drones Are 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 are an acceptable form of mass murder.

(5 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Obama Wants U.S. "Comfortable" with Vast Surveillance Barack Obama pulled out the "we're not Big Brother" line again Friday in the ongoing to effort to bamboozle people alarmed about the vast National Security Agency surveillance of whole populations exposed by Edward Snowden. The important thing to him is not that the surveillance is curtailed, but that you feel comfortable with it.

(14 comments) SHARE        Saturday, July 27, 2013
Does the U.S. and its Commander in Chief Operate like a "Global George Zimmerman?" Cornel West, on Democracy Now! Monday, went right after Obama's statement about Trayvon Martin. Immediately Dr. West caught all kinds of criticism, for criticizing the President -- a situation I personally identify with. I heartily support and agree with Dr. West's comments. I would like to hear what you think.

(4 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Manning Trial Coming to Conclusion: All Out to Support Closing arguments in Bradley Manning's court martial begin Thursday at Ft. Meade. The government has been allowed by the judge to keep the "aiding the enemy" charge against Bradley...

(3 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Indict the Criminals Responsible for Vast Government Spying -- Hands Off Edward Snowden WE DEFEND Edward Snowden for his courageous action in revealing vast, unlawful surveillance by the United States. WE CALL on others to join us in opposing the U.S. government's plans to gain custody of him, to try and imprison him on espionage charges. WE JOIN with a large section of the U.S. population and billions worldwide in outrage at the unconstitutional, illegitimate surveillance of whole populations by the U.S

(3 comments) SHARE        Sunday, May 19, 2013
Why Obama Can & Should Close Guantanamo NOW Obama, however, as people rightly point out, has promised to close Guantanamo. For his own reasons, whatever they may be, he repeats what most of the world thinks, that the continued existence of the illegal prison in Guantanamo, set up to avoid U.S. law by the Bush regime, doesn't serve the U.S. public image as the land of freedom and democracy.

(5 comments) SHARE        Friday, March 29, 2013
The Guantanamo Hunger Strike Starts to Get Attention... and Gets More Dangerous On day 50 of the continuing hunger strike at Guantanamo this week over 30 of the 166 prisoners were confirmed on strike, possibly 100-130 At least eleven are being force fed. The physical condition of the inmates is dire. On Monday the International Red Cross arrived .

(40 comments) SHARE        Sunday, September 2, 2012
12 Steps to Overcoming Addiction to Voting for the "Lesser of 2 Evils" Were you opposed to the policies of the Bush regime? Did you used to think critically and attend anti-war protests but now find yourself justifying Obama's wars in Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan & Pakistan? Are you unsatisfied with Obama but stay with him out of fear of Mitt Romney becoming president? If you answered yes to more than one of these questions, you are probably in a self-destructive relationship with the Democrats

(3 comments) SHARE        Friday, August 3, 2012
Torture called legal for 10 years, but "we don't torture" Ten years ago today, lawyers for the Bush Regime sent memos up the chain of command which quickly reached the military and the CIA. The August 1, 2002 "torture memos" authored by attorneys in the Office of Legal Council at the White House gave the green light to torture, calling it "harsh interrogation" and completely legal.

(5 comments) SHARE        Friday, May 11, 2012
War Criminals to Meet in Chicago, But Somehow Protest Will be the Danger? The most heavily armed empire in world history occupies and has destroyed whole countries, has a system of indefinite detention and torture for Muslims in place, and is expanding secret military operations across the region. But the biggest danger to peace is some hundreds or thousands of people protesting the Chicago meeting of the NATO military alliance next week?

(3 comments) SHARE        Friday, October 28, 2011
Despite Police Violence, Occupations are "SO Not Over" Occupy Oakland is back, bigger than ever, and for the time being, the city has backed off with the heavy police presence, at least for now. Occupy Wall Street is sending them $20,000 and new tents. We need our own version of mass support for the occupations. If you can't get to one right now, get into print, get online, get on the phone, and weigh in: "Hands off Occupy!

(3 comments) SHARE        Monday, October 10, 2011
To General Atomics: Stop Making DRONES General Atomics is a manufacturer of parts for drones. Given the 10th anniversary of the US occupation of Afghanistan, and the mobilization of an occupation/encampment which began on October 6, at Freedom Plaza in Washington, we quickly decided to protest General Atomics.

SHARE        Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Why is the U.S. war in Afghanistan such a central issue? With more than 1,100 U.S. bases in countries around the world, U.S. power amounts to a world-wide empire, and the U.S. has a larger military budget than all other countries combined. Think about the destruction of the global environment caused by this military machine, the largest user of fossil fuels in the world, again, more than most countries.

(3 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Just what is it we're being told to "never forget" as we remember the events of 10 years ago? Looking back at what the Bush regime did at the time:

(1 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, July 5, 2011
The Cruel Lie: Bombing To Liberate Women A heartbreaking and infuriating downward spiral for Afghan women-- Women are NOT doing better.

SHARE        Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Caught in between; searching for alternatives to Empire & Fundamentalism Our approach is not to throw up our hands, saying "there is no good solution," but rather to seek solutions that would be in the interests of humanity. Hearing those ideas will in turn stimulate people to see beyond a simple polarity of U.S. empire or Islamic government, both of which currently reinforce each other.

(43 comments) SHARE        Thursday, March 31, 2011
This is no "Humanitarian Intervention" in Libya I've talked to a number of people in the last 10 days who describe themselves as "hoping for the best" from the US intervention into the North African country of Libya. They choose to believe the US arguments that the intervention is 1) for humanitarian reasons limited to "saving civilian lives"; 2) is legitimate because it has the backing of the UN and NATO. But the facts don't support those hopes.

(1 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, March 30, 2011
This is no "humanitarian" intervention in Libya The people of Iraq suffered under a no-fly zone for 12 years, when 500,000 children died due to the sanctions. No-fly zones are hardly no-killing zones; they only mean that much of the killing is from the air. There is no way an anti-war movement should support this U.S. intervention.