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U.S. imperialism comes home

Posted on September 22, 2014 by franklindmitryev

From the September-October 2014 issue of News & Letters: World in View column As with the torture of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib, how imperialist oppression is tied to domestic repression in the U.S. was shockingly apparent in the heavily militarized police presence … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged ABU GHRAIB, criminal injustice system, Defense Department, Ferguson Missouri, Gerry Emmett, imperialism, Iraq, Michael Brown, Police, Police brutality, prison system, SCI-Greene, state security, worker | Leave a comment

Support striking prisoners!

Posted on July 4, 2013 by franklindmitryev

Since February, prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have carried on a massive hunger strike to protest indefinite detention in abusive conditions with no end in sight…. On July 8th California prisoners being held in solitary confinement at the Pelican Bay “security housing unit” (SHU) for indeterminate periods will resume their hunger strike. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged ABU GHRAIB, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, criminal injustice system, Elliott Adams, Emmitt Sparkman, George Annas, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay hunger strike, Indiana Inmate 1776, Iraq war, Norman Lowry, Pelican Bay SHU hunger strike, prison industrial complex, prisoners' hunger strike, Solitary confinement, Sondra Crosby, Tarak Kauff, torture, War in Afghanistan (2001–present) | 1 Comment

Close Guantanamo

Posted on February 24, 2013 by franklindmitryev

From the January-February 2013 issue of News & Letters: Close Guantanamo Los Angeles—On Jan. 10, 150 activists gathered outside the downtown Federal Building to protest the ongoing torture and indefinite detentions of Muslim prisoners for a decade, without charges. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged ABU GHRAIB, Amnesty International, Bagram, Barack Obama, Casey Kasem, Central Intelligence Agency, Extraordinary rendition by the United States, Global TV, Guantanamo, Immigrant Communities for Justice and Peace, indefinite detention, Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace, KPFK, surveillance state, torture, Zero Dark Thirty | Leave a comment

Reverse convictions by tortured confessions

Posted on February 23, 2012 by franklindmitryev

From the January-February 2012 issue of News & Letters: Reverse convictions by tortured confessions Chicago—Twenty-four Black men are still in jail almost 40 years after the first allegations of torture were brought against the Chicago Police Department. In every case, … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged ABU GHRAIB, African American, Anita Alvarez, Black, Burge, CAARPR, Chicago, Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Chicago Police Department, criminal injustice system, death penalty, FBI, Goldston report, Guantanamo, human rights violations, Illinois, Javan Deloney, Joey Mogul, John Byrne, John Yucaitis, Jon Burge, Judge Paul P. Biebel Jr, Mark C. Clements, NAACP, National Coalition of Black Lawyers, Peter Dignan, Police Brotherhood, Police brutality, race, racism, Richard Devine, Richard M. Daley, Sanders report, Standish Willis, torture, U.S. mass incarceration | 1 Comment

Stop the culture of torture

Posted on November 18, 2010 by franklindmitryev

From the Nov.-Dec. 2010 issue of News & Letters: Forum: Stop the culture of torture Chicago–At the end of September the Illinois Coalition Against Torture gave venue to torture victims and their primary lawyer at “Jon Burge GUILTY–beyond the trial.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged ABU GHRAIB, Chicago, criminal justice, Dick Cheney, Jay Bybee, John Yoo, Jon Burge, Prison, prisoners, racism, torture, United Nations Convention Against Torture, United States | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: ABU GHRAIB

U.S. imperialism comes home

Support striking prisoners!

Close Guantanamo

Reverse convictions by tortured confessions

Stop the culture of torture

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