Tuesday, March 04, 2014


Fallujah When will the U.S. destruction of Iraq end?
This month, as we're speaking to students who were in middle school, or younger, when the Bush regime invaded Iraq 11 years ago, we're launching a crowd-sourced effort to tell the story of more than 20 years of U.S. aggression against the Iraqi people.

Crowd-sourced means we're calling on you to help ask the right questions, and search for the answers. Why did the US invade Iraq? Will the U.S. destruction of Iraq ever end? How did the occupation affect Iraqis?

You can contribute to this project via email, Facebook or Twitter.

Send your suggestions for the best articles; films, books, posters, and analysis, going back to the Persian Gulf War of 1990, through the sanctions and Clinton's bombing of Iraq; the Bush regime's invasion & occupation, and the Obama era's "dirty wars."

We're also calling for content and designers for a series of posters on the theme:  From the U.S. government to Iraqi people: Bombing, sanctions, occupation, destruction of a whole society
Please join in now with your initial ideas.



Examining and Understanding the Arrest of Moazaam Begg, Former Guantanamo Prisoner and Human Rights Activist
by Jill McLaughlin
Moazaam Begg was captured in 2002 in the western imperialist “war on terror”. The British citizen of Pakistani descent was held for a time at Bagram Airforce Base in Afghanistan and then transferred to Guantanamo Bay Detention Center where he was detained without charge or trial for three years before he was released and repatriated to the U.K.

Since his release Begg has spoken out about his ordeal, but has also courageously spoken out on the abuses of the U.K. Government in numerous other cases of alleged torture and abuse. Most recently Begg had been investigating and writing about abuses of the U.K. government in Syria. Begg had gone to Syria to talk to victims who claim that the U.K. government had sent prisoners to Syria to be tortured.

In a recent article by Glenn Greenwald and Murtaza Hussain it is noted that Begg was repeatedly harassed by the U.K. Government with repeated interrogations and having his passport taken from him in December 2012.

Begg’s arrest for terrorism related reasons now is suspicious and dubious given his history as a former Guantanamo detainee and now human rights activist investigating the U.K. government involvement in torture in the endless U.S. led war of terror.

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Chicago Discussion on The Ethics of Hunger Strikes & Forced Feeding

On February 27, World Can’t Wait Chicago was part of a coalition effort to screen Doctors of the Dark Side  and host a panel to discuss it. February marks the one year anniversary  of the hunger strike at Guantanamo so the Chicago Coalition to Shut  Down Guantanamo wanted to dig more deeply into the ethical and legal  questions it poses. The event surpassed many of expectations. All three  speakers added depth and specific information to what was already a  powerful film.
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Images from February 26: A Day of Outrage and Remembrance for Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis
More at stopmassincarceration.net
New York City, Union Square Photo: Cat Watters
Atlanta
Atlanta, Five Points MARTA Station
New York City, Times Square  Photo: Joel Simpson
Hundreds of people in 20 cities and campuses marked the 2 year anniversary of the killing of Trayvon Martin with Protesters observe five minutes of silence with their fists in the air during a Day of Outrage and Remembrance for Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis.  The theme was NO More! Stopmassincarceration.net has reports and will be announcing further plans to change how U.S. society views mass incarceration.  MORE PHOTOS and even more.
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*March 6th Conference Call
We'll be talking about project to commemorate the invasion of Iraq in 2003. When will the U.S. destruction of Iraq end? New participants welcome. Register for dial-in info.



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Calendar:
Thursday March 6
12 - 2 pm Student film series at York College opens with Outside the Law: Stories of Guantanamo.
We are glad to be a part of a new initiative at York College, where military recruiters are preying on students at this large public university.  The public is invited. Room 4D01 All Classroom Building
York College / CUNY
94 - 20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd
Jamaica, NY 11451
Saturday March 8 International Women's Day events Find out more at stoppatriarchy.org.
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Debra Sweet, Director, The World Can't Wait

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