From Democracy Now | Original Article The United States struck a deal with the Philippines earlier this month to expand its military presence in its former colony to four additional bases, part…
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2/8/23 How US Took Out the Nord Stream Pipeline
By Seymour Hersh From ScheerPost | Original Article The New York Times called it a “mystery,” but the United States executed a covert sea operation that was kept secret—until now Nord Stream…
2/6/23 War as Crime of Aggression: Reed Brody on Prosecuting Putin & Probing Western Leaders for Other Wars
From Democracy Now | Original Article As the war in Ukraine nears the one-year mark, we speak with veteran war crimes prosecutor Reed Brody about a growing movement to hold Russian…
1/27/23 More Guantanamo 21st anniversary events and coverage
By Andy Worthington The Close Guantanamo site received 154 photos of five former prisoners, and campaigners across the US and the UK for our poster marking 7,671 days of Guantanamo’s existence on…
1/26/23 Ron DeSantis accused of illegal acts of torture against Guantanamo detainees when he was a Navy JAG officer
By Dan Christensen From Florida Bulldog | Original Article Former Guantanamo inmate Mansoor Adayfi’s depiction of himself being nasally force fed. “We had no rights at #Guantanamo. We had no power. We…
1/26/23 What can the United States bring to the peace table for Ukraine?
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies From Nation of Change | Original Article The United States bears its share of responsibility for this crisis that is destroying Ukraine and placing the…
1/25/23 Doomsday Clock Moves Closer to Midnight: Peace Activist Frida Berrigan Demands Nuclear Disarmament
From Democracy Now | Original Article On Tuesday, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists reset the Doomsday Clock for 2023 to 90 seconds to midnight, warning the world is closer to global…
1/23/23 Free Julian Assange: Noam Chomsky, Dan Ellsberg & Jeremy Corbyn Lead Call at Belmarsh Tribunal
From Democracy Now | Original Article Former British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, famed linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky and others gave testimony Friday at the Belmarsh Tribunal…
Debra Sweet @ Jan. 11, 2022 Close Guantanamo Now Rally in NYC
Video credit: Joe Friendly Text of Debra Sweet’s Introductory Remarks We’re here today because it is unbelievably 21 years since the Bush/Cheney regime set up a prison outside the law in…
1/16/23 Close Guantanamo NOW Global Rallies
Outside main public library, NYC, January 11, 2023. Credit: Ellen Davidson New York City NY World Can’t Wait initiated the rally in which we gathered outside the main branch of the NY…
1/12/23 Night Raids: Victims of CIA-Backed Afghan Death Squads Known as “Zero Units” Demand Accountability
From Democracy Now | Original Article We speak with journalist Lynzy Billing, whose investigation for ProPublica details how CIA-backed death squads, known as Zero Units, have yet to be held accountable for…
1/10/23 Day 1 Reflection: Dawn at the Pentagon
By Frida Berrigan, Witness Against Torture Courage, Muslim brothers, you do not walk alone. We will walk with you and sing your spirit home. Courage, Muslim brothers, we seek your liberty. We…
11/9/22 Timeline: “Torture, Psychology, and the War on Terror”
From the Coalition for an Ethical Psychology January 11, 2023 marks Guantanamo’s 21st anniversary as a “war on terror” prison where hundreds of men and boys have been subjected to degrading treatment,…
1/8/23 American Exceptionalism on Full Display
By Rebecca Gordon From TomDispatch | Original Article Why This Country Might Want to Lower Its Expectations Let me start with a confession: I no longer read all the way through newspaper…
1/5/22 What We Know About U.S.-Backed Zero Units in Afghanistan
By Lynzy Billing From ProPublica | Original Article Deadly night raids. Faulty U.S. intelligence. A “classified” war loophole. Reporter Lynzy Billing’s investigation offers an unprecedented insight into the civilian casualties of Afghanistan’s…