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RT interview: Bagram, Gitmo victim: ‘Ticking time bomb intel is falsity, people say anything to stop torture’
Former Bagram and Guantanamo detainee Moazzam Begg, who was subject to abuse and mentioned in the Senate committee report, dismissed claims that CIA torture could be justified, sharing his own experience with RT. He once made up facts to end the torture. RT.com December 13, 2014 Click here to view the video READ MORE: 10 More
Dahr Jamail: Tortured and Raped by Israel, Persecuted and Imprisoned by the United States
"There is Islamaphobia, and it's moved from being a personal tool of oppression to structural and institutional," [Abudayyeh] explained. "Even non-prominent Muslims are being caught up in law enforcement entrapment on both coasts now. The majority of the prominent Muslims caught up in that net have in common that they are Palestinian organizers and are More
Kathy Kelly: Another 58.6 Billion for U.S. Troops in Afghanistan?
Americans have a right to learn about people bearing the consequences of U.S. war, but there is scant incentive to exercise this right in a society where militarism is glorified and military spokespeople continually assure the U.S. public that U.S. militarism has improved the lives of women and children in Afghanistan. By Kathy Kelly HuffingtonPost.com More
Peter Brown: Torture, U.S. National Security Council Reverses Position
In contrast to positions previously taken by the U.S. government, the delegation will affirm that U.S. obligations under Article 16, which prohibits cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, do not apply exclusively inside the territorial United States. By Peter Brown November 12, 2014 Editor's Note: Also note the upcoming workshops this Friday listed below. More
Glenn Greenwald: UN Report Finds Mass Surveillance Violates International Treaties and Privacy Rights
“The hard truth is that the use of mass surveillance technology effectively does away with the right to privacy of communications on the Internet altogether,” the report concluded. By Glenn Greenwald The Intercept First Look Media 15 October 2014 The United Nations’ top official for counter-terrorism and human rights (known as the “Special Rapporteur”) More
Syria Emergency Response by WAMM members Meredith Aby, Marie Braun and Sarah Martin
Meredith Aby, Marie Braun, and Sarah Martin from Women Against Military Madness speak out about the new wars in Syria and Iraq during Peace Week, 2014. Speeches given on September 23, 2014 at the Syria Emergency Reponse action at the Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota Marie Braun, WAMM Thank you for coming here today to speak More
WAMM Newsletter: #Gaza Under Attack
Gaza Under Attack Fall I Index for WAMM Newsletter Fall I 2014 BDS: State Board of Investment Hearing This is an important meeting, coming as it does after the latest assault on Gaza. We're hoping to pack the room and out into the halls with people holding signs showing the human rights abuses that we, as More
▶ Please join us at the Climate Convergence for People, Planet and Peace over Profit, Sept. 19-21!
Please join us at the Climate Convergence for People, Planet and Peace over Profit, Sept. 19-21. Come to NYC or bring Convergence to your community by holding a solidarity event wherever you are.[vimeo http://vimeo.com/90085232]Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and More
Thor Benson: Putting the Police Under Surveillance
"Thankfully, many black Americans are rising up against a society that allows them to be killed for selling cigarettes or walking in the street, but it remains to be seen whether those not in danger will join the struggle." By Thor Benson truthdig.com August 21, 2014 Shutterstock In some places in America, a black man More
Ebony, Bob Butler: What Happened to Freedom of the Press?
BOB BUTLER, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS, WRITES THAT THE ARREST OF TWO JOURNALISTS IN FERGUSON REMINDS HIM OF 1964 By#TEAMEBONY August 15, 2014 Press freedom in Ferguson: Is this 1964 or 2014? Fifty years ago, America's living rooms were interrupted with images of peaceful protesters in Selma or Washington or More
Bruce Gagnon: Who Values Life the Most?
One familiar refrain from politicians... Young boy in Syria sleeps between the graves of his parents Bruce Gagnon Organizing Notes August 10, 2014 One familiar refrain from politicians and media in the US is that 'we value life' more than others around the world This is of course totally ridiculous absurd and spin intended to provide More