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Reminder: Last Call to Sign the White House Petition to Close Guantánamo

By
Curt Wechsler, The World Can't Wait
on February 3, 2012 12:56 PM | | TrackBacks (0)
On January 13th, Andy Worthington introduced a new Close Guantanamo Now! 
campaign to his Bay Area audience. Find video of the event, A Conversation With 
Truthout Journalist Jason Leopold, here.

It's three years since Obama promised to close Guantánamo.

Sign the petition at "We the People" urging him to honor his promise. 25,000 signatures are needed by February 6 to secure a response, so please sign up, and spread the word.

Please note, crucially, that you do not have to be a US citizen or a US resident to sign the petition. When registering (which you must do first), just leave the box blank that asks you for your zip code.

The White House site does not make it easy to add your signature, but please persist. Advice to overcome the obstacles here. Guantánamo CAN be closed, and those of us who care will continue working hard to make that day a reality.

Obama's "disappearance" program: the nightmare continues for one of his victims

By
Curt Wechsler, The World Can't Wait
on January 31, 2012 1:22 PM | | TrackBacks (0)
000744.jpgForcibly returned to Algeria in 2010, former Guantanamo 
prisoner Abdul Aziz Naji has been sentenced to three years 
in prison. 

Charges were based on unsubstantiated accusations the US 
administration made against him in 2002. But the cruel 
outcome of this case rests squarely on the shoulders of the 


photo c/o The New York Times "Guantanamo Docket"

the corrosive effects of torture

By
Curt Wechsler, The World Can't Wait
on January 30, 2012 2:15 PM | | TrackBacks (0)
While not the last word on the subject of reparations -- Jose Padilla can appeal the decision and his separate suit against John Yoo is still pending -- the Fourth Circuit's decision to excuse unlawful detention undermines the principle that government officials should be held accountable for their illegal conduct.

Obama administration has "entrenched a system of arbitrary detention."

By
Curt Wechsler, The World Can't Wait
on January 30, 2012 2:11 PM | | TrackBacks (0)
navipillay.jpg"It is ten years since the US Government opened the prison at Guantánamo, and now three years since 22 January 2009, when the President ordered its closure within twelve months. Yet the facility continues to exist and individuals remain arbitrarily detained -- indefinitely -- in clear breach of international law.  
- Navi Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights

never Safe, Legal, Ethical or Effective

By
Curt Wechsler, The World Can't Wait
on January 29, 2012 2:36 PM | | TrackBacks (0)
Four Psychologists at the Gates of Hell: A Fable for Our Time

the courage to think different

By
Curt Wechsler, The World Can't Wait
on January 29, 2012 12:55 PM | | TrackBacks (0)
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When people stand up together to resist the crimes of their government, including wars of aggression, something beautiful can emerge.

"To me, the most important reason that the Occupy movement must take a leadership role in pushing back against the current demonization of Iran is that the idea of accepting people -- even those who look different from oneself -- is so central to the entire Occupy movement - Joe Scarry


Why Occupy Wall Street Should Lead the "No Iran War!" Resistance

action/events coming up:

By
Curt Wechsler, The World Can't Wait
on January 29, 2012 10:00 AM | | TrackBacks (0)

March 3: Czars, Libya, and Recent Developments

March 15: Sustaining Resistance to John Yoo

March 22: Marjorie Cohn - The United States and Torture 

military commissions: the rules keep changing

By
Curt Wechsler, The World Can't Wait
on January 27, 2012 11:37 AM | | TrackBacks (0)
An Interview with Colonel Morris Davis

shaming the torture apologists: students key to exposing complicity

By
Curt Wechsler, The World Can't Wait
on January 23, 2012 3:45 PM | | TrackBacks (0)
graduationprotestmontage3-thumb-275x221-thumb-275x221.jpgThe University of California's advocacy for the U.S. 
Torture State began with a rather banal defense of 
employee John Yoo, whose conduct and work at 
the Bush/Cheney Justice Department fell far outside 
established ethical standards. Berkeley Law Dean 
Christopher Edley sticks with his misapplication of 
the principle of 'academic freedom' to provide safe 
harbor to his subordinate, despite repeated 
rebuttals from those who correctly understand that 
unethical, criminal and immoral action in the service 
of government are not protected.

Photo montage: students at the 2008 Berkeley Law graduation raise a banner as an airplane circles overhead

"the more we can educate the better! Clearly, the more we can reach outside our 
'anti-torture groups' to the larger uninformed, apathetic public, the better, either through 
demonstrations or through sharing such news and photographs with those friends, 
relatives, and citizenry who are not paying attention to the issues of war, war crimes and 
war blowback -- Coleen Rowley, former FBI Special Agent

Can the President Kill a U.S. Citizen without a Trial?

By
Curt Wechsler, The World Can't Wait
on January 20, 2012 6:44 PM | | TrackBacks (0)
There are people who actually debate this. Unfortunately, the answer is YES, and 
Obama HAS. The question is: why do we allow it? What are we going to do to stop 
the practice? And, if it's not "OK" to do this to Americans, what does this say about 
how we treat "others"?

prosecutor from Nuremberg war crimes trials challenges John Yoo's diatribe against International Criminal Court

By
Curt Wechsler, The World Can't Wait
on January 19, 2012 3:43 PM | | TrackBacks (0)
"In a very real sense, the world no longer has a choice between force and law. If civilization is to survive, it must choose the rule of law. -- President Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1958 warning

see Law Always Beats War by Benjamin B. Ferencz

Guantanamo commander, defense lawyers in showdown

By
Curt Wechsler, The World Can't Wait
on January 18, 2012 10:30 AM | | TrackBacks (0)
Rear Admiral David Woods summoned to testify in court

Video: "Guantánamo Forever?"

By
Curt Wechsler, The World Can't Wait
on January 18, 2012 10:29 AM | | TrackBacks (0)
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On the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Bush administration's, now Obama's prison at Guantanamo Bay, anyone with a heart, a conscience or a respect for the rule of law calls for closure of that facility and accountability for those who enable its continued use.

torture inquiry "without precedent"

By
Curt Wechsler, The World Can't Wait
on January 18, 2012 10:27 AM | | TrackBacks (0)
French judge seeks Guantanamo access
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