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Left, Wars and War Capitalist Economy
A guide for the U.S. antiwar movement
Originally published: Covert Action Magazine
by Matt McKenna and Jeremy Kuzmarov
August 19, 2021
photo:antiwarcommittee.org
Since the Vietnam War, the...
Italy Confirms 14 Life Sentences for Operation Condor Killers
Initially, the judges were analyzing accusations against 20 criminals. During the process, however, the Court found that three defendants had already died and asked...
Leaked docs reveal senior MI6 operative implicated in torture led British...
By Kit Klarenberg
Jul 9, 2021
photo: © Reuters / Toby Melville
Millions was spent clandestinely setting up and paying a network of ‘journalists’ to pump out...
UN’s torture expert condemns persecution of Julian Assange as efforts to...
6 Jun, 2021
Efforts to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from Belmarsh Prison in the UK were ramped up this week ahead of the G7...
Ten years since WikiLeaks and Assange published the Guantánamo Files
By Oscar Grenfell
30 April 2021
Last week marked a decade since WikiLeaks published a tranche of 779 secret files from the US government’s Guantánamo Bay...
The Empire does not permit to US Presidents to close Guantanamo....
Karen Greenberg, The Guantánamo Conundrum
May 4, 2021
It seemed obvious enough to me in 2006. When you included the CIA’s “black sites” around the globe...
The history of the Shin Bet’s use of torture, and what...
Israel outlawed torture more than two decades ago, yet years later evidence of the state’s security services exerting abuse continue to surface
By Sarmad Ishfaq
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US shuts once-secret Guantanamo prison unit, moves prisoners
April 4, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — A once-secret unit within the Guantanamo Bay detention center that had fallen into disrepair has been closed and the...
Judge Juan Guzmán Tapia: A Tribute
National Security Archive Remembers an Icon of Justice, Truth, And Dignity
Judge Guzmán Was First Chilean Judge to Prosecute Augusto Pinochet for Human Rights Crimes
Photo...
‘Holding our breath’: Will Biden keep his promise and shut Guantanamo...
President-elect is expected to close prison camp before its 20th anniversary next year, analysts say
By Sheren Khalel
13 January 2021
There are few who are expected...