On October 3rd, the United States bombed a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Despite the fact that the hospital provided GPS coordinates to the U.S., despite the nine-foot flag on the roof marking the building as a hospital, and despite repeated pleas by hospital staff to U.S. officials to stop the bombings, the U.S. continued to …
The Senate Torture Report released in December 2014 reads worse than even the foulest imaginings of Hieronymus Bosch: sleep deprivation, isolation and sensory deprivation, forced nudity, rectal feeding and rectal rehydration, waterboarding, beatings, threatening detainees with the rape of their mothers and harm of their children, chaining detainees to the ceiling for days clothed in …
Published on Truthout In over 40 years, despite multiple court cases in two different countries (some lost, some won, some won and later overturned), hunger strikes, protests, media events, petitions to the UN, and even Kickstarter campaigns, the exiled people of the Chagos Islands, some 300 miles south of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean, …
Here’s one story: September 11, 2001, terrorists from al-Qaeda who hated the American way of life hijacked four passenger airlines and drove them into buildings in a coordinated attack against America and all it stands for. In response, America launches a war against these terrorists as a way to protect our homeland. Here is another …
This powerful image is what readers of The Guardian woke up to this morning: The world – especially the United States and the devout supporters of Israel – most certainly DO stand disgraced, and have for some time. In the more than three week campaign against Palestine, the body count of Palestinians continues to climb. …
Capitalism dominates the globe. It has become so enmeshed into the cultural narrative that it seems almost axiomatic. Private owners (of capital) control the means of production. The goal: build profits. The best part about it is that if everyone pursues self-interest, the market will grow and society will benefit. The invisible hand helps the …
“Before any strike is taken, there must be near-certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured — the highest standard we can set.” – President Barack Obama “Before any strike is taken,” President Obama assured us in his speech this May on U.S. Drone and Counter-terrorism policy, “there must be near-certainty that no civilians …
A terrifying group of four miscreants descended upon the German Embassy yesterday, demanding all number of ludicrous things and terrorizing embassy staff with their homemade cardboard signs and left-wing propaganda. The four hippie commies who smugly arrived by bike and on foot, stood outside of the embassy gates, menacingly waving at passersby and occasionally sitting … Continue reading
Join us in urging the German government to order the U.S. to close the Ramstein Air Base used for drone surveillance and drone attacks around the world. German human rights organizations have been pushing to close this base and are asking organizations in the U.S. to join the call. Sponsored by the US Foreign Policy … Continue reading
Baltimore on Tuesday night (28th): Continue reading
Hi everyone – I’ve written a lot of late on the plight of the Chagossian people and their struggle to return home to the Chagos Islands. For more than 40 years, the Chagossians have been petitioning the U.S. and U.K. governments to return home after being forced into exile to make room for a U.S. … Continue reading
Spring Rising event info below. I’ll see you all in DC! SCHEDULE OF EVENTS WEDNESDAY MARCH 18 David Rovics 5 – 7:30 pm Meet & Greet 7:30 pm Concert – David Rovics & friends Plymouth United Church of Christ 5301 N. Capital Street NE Donation THURSDAY MARCH 19 9:00 am – 1:00 pm “Challenging Congress” … Continue reading
From Free Rodney Reed http://justice4rodneyreed.org/: Stop the Execution of an Innocent Man! Stop the Execution of an Innocent Man! BREAKING NEWS: We have just learned that the execution of Rodney Reed has been stayed for now, by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA). The fight isn’t over until a new trial is granted, but this is great … Continue reading
Film Screening and panel discussion of John PIlger’s “Stealing A Nation” and the struggle for justice of the Chagossian Islanders. The Chagossians were forcibly removed from their islands during the late 1960s and early 1970s by the U.S. and U.K governments in a brutal campaign to make way for the U.S. military base, “The Footprint … Continue reading
An event that the U.S. Foreign Policy Activist Cooperative held at American U “In SOLIDARITY with ALL VICTIMS of the U.S. WAR on TERROR and ALL VICTIMS of U.S. STATE-SPONSORED VIOLENCE.” Our display intended to name the names of some of the victims of U.S. drone wars – victims that are so often children – and … Continue reading
Here’s a round-up of Black Cat in 2014. I haven’t been writing as much as I’d like, being pulled away too often by work and completely engrossed in my Grad Program and my activism projects. Still a good year with a lot of great posts. More to come, so STAY TUNED! -Alyssa Here’s an excerpt: … Continue reading
The following is a re-post of an article by Anna Kaminski at CodePink. My organization at American University – the US Foreign Policy Activist Cooperative – is now partnering with CodePink to fight the very issue that Anna addresses in her piece. It is vital that we build the next generation of activists. The University … Continue reading
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