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…
Category: Speeches & Public Statements
8-7-15 Support the Ad to Reach US Drone Operators in the Air Force Times
Act now to get this letter to drone operators into Air Force Times > The U.S. drone war is escalating. Please join U.S. military veterans who are raising money to put this…
7-10-15 UK Celebrities & Politicians Publish Open Letter Calling for Shaker Aamer’s Release from Guantanamo
By Debra Sweet There is a substantial outcry coming from the UK because the Obama administration — despite promises to close down Guantanamo, and let those designated for release leave — still…
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…
6-29-15 Take Action Against Drone War
By Debra Sweet Above, French artist JR’s giant poster in Pakistan, “Not A Bug Splat,” as seen from a drone. Veterans Urge Drone Operators to Refuse Orders to Fly “The people signing…
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…
4-18-15 Statement of No Confidence in Harold H. Koh
Click here to sign this statement initiated by NYU law students. “A functionary, when he really is nothing more than a functionary, is really a very dangerous gentleman.” – Hannah Arendt, 1964…
2-12-15 Fordham faculty petitions to revoke CIA director’s honorary degree
By Canton Winer From USA Today | Original Article CIA Director John Brennan takes questions from reporters during a press conference art CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., on Dec. 11, 2014.(Photo: Jim…
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,…
1-14-15 Open letter by 21 prominent Poles concerning the CIA secret detention site In Stare Kiejkuty, Poland
This letter was originally published on Dec. 18, 2014. You can read it in Polish and see all the signatories here. If you would like to add your signature – you do…
12-12-14 Tell Christian University: Fire Alberto Gonzalez
From Faithful America | Original Article Interrogators forced food into a detainee’s rectum. Others were forced to stand for hours on broken feet. One detainee died after suffering hypothermia. But today, one…
11-24-14 New & Urgent Campaign to Save Shaker Aamer from Guantanamo
By Debra Sweet We Stand With Shaker is a new campaign calling for the release from Guantánamo of Shaker Aamer, a legal British resident, with a British wife and four British children,…
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…