William Fisher Interviews Dr. Jeanne Theoharis   IPS 4/15/10
For the past almost three years, a U.S. citizen, Syed Fahad Hashmi, has been held in isolation in a federal detention centre in New York City.
April 2010
Monthly Archive
Thu 15 Apr 2010
Treatment of New York Detainee Is “Legalized Torture”
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Thu 15 Apr 2010
Reprieve sues the British Government over the two men rendered by the UK to Bagram
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Reprieve on the Today programme this morning: We launched litigation today to force the UK Government to reveal the identity of the second of two men the British handed over to the US military in 2004. These men are now languishing in the American prison at Bagram airbase, Afghanistan. (more…)
Mon 12 Apr 2010
Whose justice? Preemptive prosecution in the “War on Terror”
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Panel discussion with Laila Al-Arian, writer and producer for Al Jazeera English
April 21, 2010 Â 5.00 pm 204 Maxwell Hall, Maxwell School, Syracuse University sponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies Program (more…)
Mon 12 Apr 2010
Jo Comerford TomDispatch 4/11/10
If you’re an average American taxpayer, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have, since 2001, cost you personally $7,334, according to the “cost of war” counter created by the National Priorities Project (NPP). They have cost all Americans collectively more than $980,000,000,000. (more…)
Wed 7 Apr 2010
“The Day the Internet Lost” read a full-banner headline onHuffington Post yesterday. The New York Times held a wake for the Internet reporting that Internet service providers can now “block or slow specific sites” and demand that content producers now “pay a fee to ensure delivery of material.” (more…)
Wed 7 Apr 2010
Albany Common Council Passes Resolution Supporting Review Of Terror Prosecutions
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Albany, NY ——The City of Albany’s Common Council passed an amended resolution on Monday that urges the U.S. Justice Department to implement the recommendation of its own Inspector General and establish an independent panel to review the convictions of Muslims who have been “preemptively prosecuted” (more…)
Wed 7 Apr 2010
U.S. War-Fighting Numbers to Knock Your Socks Off
Tom Engelhardt TomDispatch 4/06/10
In my 1950s childhood, Ripley’s Believe It or Not was part of everyday life, a syndicated comics page feature where you could stumble upon such mind-boggling facts (more…)
Tue 6 Apr 2010