Or
are they just wrong, immoral, unjust, and against humanity's interests?
The World Can't
Wait organizes people living in the United States to repudiate and stop the
fascist direction initiated by the Bush Regime, including: the murderous,
unjust and illegitimate occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan; the global
"war of terror" of torture, rendition and spying; and the culture of
bigotry, intolerance and greed. This direction cannot and will not be reversed
by leaders who tell us to seek common ground with fascists, religious fanatics,
and empire. It can only be possible by the people building a community of
resistance - an independent mass movement of people - acting in the interests
of humanity to stop, and demand prosecution, of these crimes.
It's time to get
people everywhere to recognize the NATO summit in Chicago for what it is: not a
meeting of US-led peacemakers, but a shameless planning session for high-tech,
state-sponsored murder. On May 20
and 21 the biggest war criminals in the world will be convening HERE, and the
eyes of the world will be on Chicago.
Can we seize this opportunity to turn the tables on NATO and the smug US leadership that thinks it can get away with anything? YES! - but only with YOUR participation and support. The World Can't Wait will be mobilizing to bring people from around the country to Chicago to join us in these protests.
International media must see thousands of us demanding that our governments stop committing war of aggression. Help us make that happen. With you involved, we CAN change the fate of our world.
Calendar of events here
c/o the Center for Constitutional Rights:
Today, a federal judge granted class certification in a
lawsuit challenging the New York Police Department's (NYPD) stop-and-frisk
practices as unconstitutional and racially discriminatory. The ruling will allow all persons unlawfully
stopped and frisked since January 2005 to be plaintiffs in the lawsuit. In 2011, the NYPD reported a record
685,724 stops--a 600 percent increase since Raymond Kelly took over as NYPD
commissioner in 2002. Eighty-four percent of those stopped were Black or
Latino, and 88 percent of persons stopped were not arrested, nor did they
receive summonses. The numbers for the first quarter of 2012 show yet another
record rate of stops--over 203,500 between January and March, an average of
2,200 per day. At the current rate, the NYPD is on track to stop over 730,000
New Yorkers this year--more than 40,000 stops over the record-setting annual
stops in 2011.
Join us Monday, May 21, 2012, at 4:30 pm PST for a critical conversation about the NYPD's stop, question and frisk policy. Presented by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), Culture Project, and Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), panelists will discuss the history of the policy, its impact on communities of color and implications for policing practices nationwide. Featuring CCR Executive Director Vincent Warren and special guest Rha Goddess!
Watch the event LIVE on our event page!
"The 'War on Terror' is a hoax, one that has been successfully used to destroy the US Constitution and to complete the transformation of law from a shield of the people into a weapon in the hands of the state. By destroying habeas corpus, due process, and the presumption of innocence, the "War on Terror" has destroyed our security. -- Paul Craig Roberts
see The Case of the Missing Terrorists
assassination, indefinite detention, rendition, surveillance -- in the dark, with no oversight, constraints or transparency.
The World Can't Wait organizes people living in the United States to repudiate and stop the fascist direction initiated by the Bush Regime, including: the murderous, unjust and illegitimate occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan; the global "war of terror" of torture, rendition and spying; and the culture of bigotry, intolerance and greed. This direction cannot and will not be reversed by leaders who tell us to seek common ground with fascists, religious fanatics, and empire. It can only be possible by the people building a community of resistance - an independent mass movement of people - acting in the interests of humanity to stop, and demand prosecution, of these crimes.
VIDEO: Drones to patrol US protests?
This would be a huge deal. An EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center) commentator suggests that such a move crosses the line of what the public will accept, motivating a stand against not-so-incremental expansion of the American security state.
The Rise of the Killer Drones: How America Goes to
War in Secret
Drones are playing an increasingly central role in American foreign policy. Politicians exploit clandestine war with degrees of detachment. Americans are spared the sight of soldiers returning in body bags. Never have so few killed so many. Contrary to what pundits like
Rachel Maddow suggest, killing by remote control has changed the way we fight.
Why 60 years after the murder of Emmitt Till are children still gunned down as "suspicious" for lacking a MUNI pass, or judged guilty for the innocence of walking in a neighborhood?
MIRRORPIX / GETTY
March 19/20 was the 9th anniversary of Shock & Awe; the US invasion of Iraq. U.S. troops, at least those under the Defense Department, have been moved out. Thousands of private contractors and State Department troops remain. The country was destroyed. Nothing good has come of the invasion and occupation.
In San Francisco, Bay Area Iraq Veterans Against the War, Civilian Soldier Alliance, and American Friends Service Committee presented
EYES WIDE
OPEN: the Human Cost of War
City Hall Plaza
481 pairs of Combat Boots, each one representing a California service member who died in Iraq, and civilian shoes to represent the at least 864,531 Iraqi Civilians who have lost their lives.
After reading names of the dead, vets observed one second of silence for each soldier suicide since 9/11, blocking the street in front of City Hall for an hour and 45 minutes.
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