Authored by Brett Wilkins via Common Dreams Two decades after they were tortured by U.S. military…
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‘Do The Right Thing’: Assange Supporters Urge As Biden Mulls Dropping Case
By Brett Wilkins President Joe Biden this week for the first time said his administration is…
Modern Genocide: America’s Post 9/11 “War on Terror” Killed Over 4.5 Million People — Study
By Brett Wilkins “The United States government, while not solely responsible for the damage, has a…
Bipartisan US Bill Aims to Prevent AI From Launching Nuclear Weapons
By Brett Wilkins In the name of “protecting future generations from potentially devastating consequences,” a bipartisan…
Top Bush Lawyer Admits Guantánamo Military Commissions “Doomed From the Start”
By Brett Wilkins Ted Olson – the former US solicitor-general in the George W. Bush administration…
6 Million Afghans Facing Famine as US Refuses To Return $7 Billion in Seized Funds
By Brett Wilkins “Biden should immediately reverse his executive order,” said one humanitarian. “With millions of…
Biden Ripped for $1 Billion UAE Arms Deal Days After Khashoggi Lawyer Sentenced
By Brett Wilkins Progressives this week decried the Biden administration’s approval of a nearly $1 billion…
Assange Makes Final Appeal Against US Extradition
By Brett Wilkins In a last-ditch effort to avoid extradition to the United States, lawyers for…
“All of These Guys Belong in Prison” — CIA Torture Described in Vivid Detail by Psychologist
By Brett Wilkins One of the psychologists paid tens of millions of dollars by the U.S.…
“A Non-Starter” — Critics Slam Amtrak Request for DHS Watchlist Screening of Passengers
By Brett Wilkins Civil liberties defenders sounded the alarm Wednesday after Amtrak asked the Transportation Safety…
“Anti-Democratic and Cowardly”: US Building New Secret Courtroom at Guantánamo
By Brett Wilkins Human rights advocates and attorneys representing Guantánamo Bay detainees on Thursday decried a…
“Inappropriate Giveaway of Galactic Proportions”: Outrage Over $10 Billion Taxpayer Gift to Bezos Space Obsession
By Brett Wilkins Activist Post Editor’s Note: We don’t agree with the progressives’ plans for spending…
“Historic Victory”: US Judge Rules Guantánamo Detainee’s Imprisonment Illegal
By Brett Wilkins Two weeks after a review board cleared Guantánamo Bay prisoner Asadullah Haroon Gul…
Antiwar Voices Blast Biden Over “Absurd” $500 Million Saudi Military Contract
By Brett Wilkins Peace and human rights advocates on Friday accused President Joe Biden of breaking…
CIA Torture Cover-Up Still Looms Over 9/11 Trials at Guantánamo
By Brett Wilkins U.S. war crimes in the so-called War on Terror were back in the…