By World Can’t Wait Many of us are deeply grateful to Bradley Manning for telling us about things in Iraq and Afghanistan that we suspected but were not certain about. Two playwrights…
Category: Speeches & Public Statements
7-6-13 We Indict the US Government for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity
By the Steering Committee of World Can’t Wait From World Can’t Wait | Original Article The U.S. government is prosecuting Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden who exposed war crimes and crimes against…
6-17-13 Stopping Indefinite Detention by the US: Guantánamo & Bagram Panel at the Left Forum
A multi-media presentation with an ongoing slide show of art against torture. Eleven years since the building of the US prison at Guantánamo, and nine years after disclosures of prisoner abuse at…
6-10-13 Whistleblowers Speak Out at War Criminals Watch Left Forum Panel
By Thomas Altfather Good From Next Left Notes | Original Article Whistleblowers and Supporters(L to R):Thomas Drake, Jesselyn Radak, Kevin Gosztola and Debra Sweet (Photo: Thomas Altfather Good / NLN) NEW YORK…
5-8-13 Close Guantanamo NOW Ad to Appear in The New York Times Next Week
By Debra Sweet We’ve been pondering hard on what more we can do to create a political situation where Obama has to back down, release at least a few of the…
4-8-13 Videos from World Can’t Wait Panel at Historians Against the War Conference
On Sunday, April 7, 2013, H. Candace Gorman esq. spoke at the Third National Conference of Historians Against the War called “The New Faces of War,” which was held at Towson University….
3-4-13 Open Letter from Habeas Councel to Commander at Guantanamo
From The Guantanamo Blog | Original Article March 4, 2013 Rear Admiral John W. Smith, Jr Commander, Joint Task Force Guantánamo U.S. Naval Station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba Captain Thomas J. Welsh,…
2-6-13 Interview in French on Zero Dark Thirty
By Rémi Sulmont From RTL | Original Article A brief interview with Nancy Van Ness of the New York City chapter of World Can’t Wait. Zero Dark Thirty : l’affiche Le film…
1-28-13 2013 PBS Drone Coverage Brought to You by Drone Makers
From Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting | Original Article Lockheed’s Nova sponsorship violates underwriting rules The PBS Nova broadcast “Rise of the Drones” was sponsored by drone manufacturer Lockheed Martin–a clear violation…
1-22-13 Lupe Fiasco Gets Booted from Inauguration Concert for Criticizing Obama
From World Can’t Wait | Original Article Cheers to Lupe Fiasco for doing an extended version of his politically charged song Words I Never Said while performing at an Inauguration concert January…
1-14-13 Dark, Zero-Femenism
By Zillah Eisenstein From Zillah Eisenstein WebBlog | Orignal Article The film starts with a black blank screen and the voices from people stuck in the trade towers on that fateful day,…
1-10-13 Two Pieces on “Zero Dark Thirty” by Karen Greenberg
by Karen Greenberg From TomDispatch | Original Article Tomgram: Karen Greenberg, How Zero Dark Thirty Brought Back the Bush Administration We got Osama bin Laden — and now, for millions of Americans,…
1-13-13 Zero Dark Thirty, or How People Lose Their Humanity
By Annie Day From Revolution Newspaper | Original Article I was shaking as I walked out of Zero Dark Thirty, the new film about the CIA’s 10-year search for Osama bin Laden….
1-4-13 A Letter to Kathryn Bigelow on Zero Dark Thirty’s Apology for Torture
By Naomi Wolf From The Guardian | Original Article By peddling the lie that CIA detentions led to Bin Laden’s killing, you have become a Leni Riefenstahl-like propagandist of torture. Director Kathryn…
12-18-12 Why “Torture Doesn’t Work” Doesn’t Work: Dealing with “Zero Dark Thirty”
By Steven Jonas, MD, MPH From The Greanville Post | Original Article Jessica Chastain as Maya, the obsessed linchpin in the hunt for Osama. Both the actress and the character she plays…