Seth Farber’s presentation at World Can’t Wait’s “Close Guantanamo or Move Guantanamo North” panel at the Left Forum in NYC on May 21, 2016. Panel with Debra Sweet, Seth Farber and Omar…
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The complete text of the International Committee of the Red Cross on “The Treatment of Fourteen ‘High Value Detainees’ in CIA Custody” (February 2007), along with its transmittal letter to the
4-13-16 “National Bird:” A film by Sonia Kennebeck
By Debra Sweet 3 courageous whistleblowers break the silence about the U.S. drone war – a decision that will change their lives forever In describing the reach of the secret U.S. drone/surveillance…
4-3-16 “Inside Drone Warfare” Symposium
The “Inside Drone Warfare” symposium was held at the University of Nevada/Las Vegas School of Law on March 30, 2016 – in the shadow of Creech AFB, the largest drone control and…
7-1-15 Deep Into Drones, Drone Wars & Secret Ops: What’s the “War on Terror” Coming To?
This panel was presented at the Left Forum in NYC on May 30, 2015. Deep Into Drones, Drone Wars & Secret Ops: What’s the “War on Terror” Coming To? The invasions…
5-18-15 Taking the Reality of U.S. Torture to a University of Chicago Student Group
By Chicago World Can’t Wait From Chicago World Can’t Wait | Original Article Jill McLaughlin and Lina Thorne of Chicago World Can’t Wait speaking to the University of Chicago students On Thursday…
4-21-15 NYU Law Students Rountable: Beyond Empire
More than 390 New York University Law students, students at other NYU schools, NYU faculty and alumni, non-profit and student organizations, intellectuals, experts, and other community members have signed a Statement of…
1-22-15 Horrified, Inspired & Learning a Lot about Guantanamo
By Debra Sweet In this country of unending wars, vast surveillance of whole populations, targeted killing, “enhanced interrogation,” and secret ops. the existence of the US torture camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,…
10-20-14 Epidemic of Birth Defects in Iraq
By Carol Dudek From worldcantwait.net | Original Article On Tuesday, Oct. 14, Columbia University’s School of Public Health hosted a presentation by two prominent researchers who have been documenting the shocking increase…
10-10-14 Videos of Climate Crisis: The Roots of the Problem
The panel examines underlying economic, political and philosophical roots of the climate crisis. The science is clear: what are the obstacles preventing action commensurate with the crisis? Speakers address the capitalist economic…
8-16-14 Stop Israel’s Ongoing War Crimes Against the People of Gaza
On August 5, World Can’t Wait put out a call to Stop Israel’s War Crimes & Crimes Against Humanity on the People of Gaza. The mission was to bring the reality of…
7-2-14 Imperialist Wars & Global Ecological Degradation
A World Can’t Wait Panel at the Left Forum, June 1, 2014 With 1100+ bases, the US military is the single largest user of fossil fuels in this century, while at the…
7-2-14 Bringing CUNY into the US War Machine — Students and Faculty Rise Up
A World Can’t Wait Panel at the Left Forum, June 1, 2014 CUNY has restored ROTC on a number of campuses after it was driven out by protest 40 years ago. General…
6-18-14 Playing with Drones
Eleven Play is a Japanese dance group that incorporates advanced technologies directly into their practice. This piece incorporates drones into the performance. Surrounded by an all-white stage, sprinkled with black computer monitors…
6-5-14 Report on our Left Forum Panels
By Debra Sweet Memorable moments from the World Can’t Wait panels this weekend at the Left Forum, attended by 240, and soon to be available on video: Vast Surveillance of Whole Populations:…
5-8-14 Three Reports on the Rutgers Teach-In on Condoleezza Rice on May 6, 2014
By Deanna Gorzynski, World Can’t Wait volunteer The palpable excitement and satisfaction of the Rutgers students successwith exiling war criminal Condoleezza Rice from their commencementexercises didn’t take long for me to see….