Why prisoners cleared by the Bush administration, cleared by the US courts, and cleared by President Obama’s Detention Policy Task Force are still held, and why 18 men could be freed tomorrow. Full article.
Author: mara.ahmed
CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY – HD TRAILER
Michael Moore’s next film explores the root causes of the global economic meltdown and takes a comical look at the corporate and political shenanigans that culminated in what Moore has described as the biggest robbery in the history of this country.
first screening in canada
to canada on july 31st – “the muslims i know” will be screened at 6:30 pm on saturday august 1, 2009 at the rogers theater, living arts center, mississauga, ON. the screening will be part of muslimfest.
canandaigua lake sunset – july 2009
William Shatner Reads Sarah Palin’s Exit Speech
brilliant!
recorded for storycorps
did a recording session for national public radio’s storycorps on july 24th, 2009. talked with my friend greta about marriage, art and activism thru film. the recording will be archived in the library of congress!
Feingold: White House is Whistling Past Afghan Graveyard
Feingold said he is increasingly disturbed by the war in Afghanistan, where troop levels are escalating by the month, US casualties are mounting and the insurgency is expanding. “It appears that no one even asked the president about [Afghanistan] at his [July 22] press conference after apparently thirty or thirty-one Americans were killed in Afghanistan last month. How is that possible?” Feingold asks. Full article.
Pakistan president Asif Zardari bans jokes ridiculing him
zardari is such an unmitigated moron!
Pakistan’s president, Asif Zardari, has been accused of suffering from a sense of humour failure after banning jokes ridiculing him. Full article.
We Are All Africans
Racial discrimination is perhaps the most superficial of all prejudices. And this is borne out not simply by an examination of the causes, but also by the scientific data surrounding our common ancestry. Full article.
A Perfect World – ColbertNation.com
hilarious! especially holder on a witch’s broom!
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In Pakistan, Those Who Survive Drone Attacks May Well ‘Die Slowly’ in Refugee Camps
UN humanitarian envoy Abdul Aziz Arrukban warned on June 22nd that the millions of Pakistanis displaced during the military’s offensive against the Swat Valley would “die slowly” unless the international community started taking notice of the “unprecedented” scope of the crisis. Full article.
EJI Continues Challenges to Death-in-Prison Sentences for 13- and 14-Year-Old Children
The United States is the only country in the world where people are sentenced to die in prison for offenses committed as children. Full article.
A Child At Guantánamo: The Unending Torment of Mohamed Jawad
However, the most shocking detail to emerge from Maj. Montalvo’s visit to Afghanistan was his announcement that recent research indicated that Jawad was not 16 or 17 when seized (in contrast to the Pentagon’s claim that he was 18), but that he was in fact just 12 years old. Full article by Andy Worthington.
A Letter to Obama on Torture: Alice Walker
“If one keeps company with cruel people, one loses, bit by bit, one’s own compassion.” Alice Walker
Read Alice Walker’s letter to Obama.
US may create terror interrogation unit
The Obama administration is considering creating a special unit of professional interrogators to handle key terror suspects, focusing on intelligence-gathering rather than building criminal cases for prosecution. Full article.