Powerful Music Video about the hunger strike at Guantánamo
This is a must see video about the hunger strikers at Guantánamo Bay Detention Center. It was published on May 13th and is a song and poem with photos of the hunger strikers and names of all the...
View ArticleJust what did President Obama say about closing Guantanamo?
On Thursday afternoon President Obama gave a speech about his views on where the United States stands on issues of counter terrorism. It was a far ranging speech including the types of threats that we...
View Article“Close Guantanamo” Letter to the editor, by Mabel Leon, published in the...
Today I received an email from Mabel Leon in which she said that my previous blog about closing Guantanamo had inspired her to write a letter to the Daily Gazette ~~ and that it had been published on...
View ArticleCome Meet Medea Benjamin!
Do you remember the woman who interrupted President Obama’s May foreign policy speech to demand closure of the US prison at Guantanamo? And the president’s response: “I’m willing to cut that young...
View Article2 Veterans to break their 80 day and 59 day fasts Sunday evening during an...
Elliot Adams and Tarak Kauff, both long time members of the New York chapter of Veterans for Peace, will be ending their long fasts in support of the Guantanamo hunger strikers at a local mosque this...
View ArticleThe Day the Light Went on in Washington, guest post by Paul Rehm
A light shone brightly in a corner of Washington, Saturday afternoon…a light that illuminated what this country could be…a light that brought tears of amazement to the eyes of those accustomed to the...
View ArticleMake Guantanamo History! The Albany demonstration on Friday, May 23, 2014
On the Friday preceding Memorial Day about 20 plus adults and one small representative of a very new generation {who will hopefully not need to live with Torture as a policy of his country} met in...
View ArticleFacing Taboos
The many claims and issues and accusations surrounding the recent prisoner of war exchange that freed US soldier Bowe Bergdahl have suggested to me we might want to really discuss some topics we are...
View ArticleMnnnnn…..Wondering, Venting, Facing Frustration
I don’t have any profound subject coming to mind to write about this week. Also, after many decades of having the various media types give us year end lists and year end reviews, I am somewhat...
View ArticleWar-making & Diplomacy: Candidate Positions?
Whoever wins the presidency this year will not only have a finger on the US nuclear trigger – the president will also make endless decisions about how the US deals with conflict zones and potential...
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