Chicago World Can't Wait

01/11/2025

A powerful online event commemorating 23 years of Guantanamo.

Hear first-hand testimonies from those who were detained in Guantanamo Bay, sharing their stories of resistance and courage.

Learn about the case of Abu Zubaydah — the forgotten prisoner from Gaza, wrongfully detained and tortured.

A powerful reminder that the fight to close Guantanamo and seek accountability is still ongoing.

Watch live at 1 pm ET, noon CT, 10 am Pacific on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/live/xzg6eTUb2gM

09/02/2024

https://www.pressenza.com/2024/08/september-1-7-veterans-in-25-cities-demonstrate-for-gaza/

“September Days of Solidarity with Palestine,” will see members of Veterans For Peace from California to New Hampshire conduct protests and educational

08/08/2024

https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/08/07/nuclear-resisters-in-german-prisons/

A pair of front-line nuclear weapon abolitionists are incarcerated in a German prison camp this week, while hundreds of activists and reporters like me

06/01/2024

While assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency, Maj. Harrison Mann said he was enabling policies that violated his conscience. As an Army officer assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency he resigned in protest over the United States’ support for Israel, which he said had “enabled and empowered” the killing of Palestinian civilians.
https://www.wearenotyoursoldiers.org/army-officer-resigns-in-protest-of-u-s-support-for-israel-in-gaza/

04/09/2024

This should run on every television channel in this heartless, genocidal country

Israel’s war on Gaza hit the six-month mark on Sunday, a grim milestone. Over 33,100 Palestinians have been killed, including 14,000 children. Nearly 76,000 have been injured, and tens of thousands are missing. About 1.7 million people have been displaced, and the United Nations is warning that fa...

02/10/2024

In the first of a new series of profiles of men held at Guantánamo — specifically, the 16 men (out of the 30 still held) who have long been approved for release by high-level US government review processes — I’m focusing on Uthman Abd Al-Rahim Muhammad Uthman, a 43-year old Yemeni citizen, wh...

02/10/2024

Until three U.S. soldiers were killed by a drone strike on a remote base in Jordan last month, most people living in the U.S. had no idea there are 45,000 U.S. troops in the Middle East, spread around Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The U.S. naval armada in the region was further increased after the Hamas attack on Israel in October.
https://worldcantwait.org/2024/02/05/why-is-the-u-s-military-in-jordan-anyway/

01/29/2024

No fee charged to your school: We Are Not Your Soldiers is set to come to your school this semester with an anti-war veteran who will dialogue with your students and be ready to answer any of their questions. Depending on your location our visit will either be in person or via remote technology.
https://www.wearenotyoursoldiers.org/anti-war-veterans-ready-to-visit-your-class/

01/12/2024

Good "quick guide" to the ICJ. Spoiler alert: the imperialists or "the North" if you prefer, dominate there too. Doesn't mean the decision is a foregone conclusion but it is a reality check. If only evidence and law were applied, it would be, and Israel would be convicted.

As Israel defends itself against genocide charges, pro-Palestine campaigners hope the ICJ will put an end to Gaza war.

01/11/2024

From a college student's paper following Dean Feinman's visit to that NYC ethics class: "The talk on military service and its ethical consequences presented an in-depth and thought-provoking look at the varied nature of military service. The speaker’s personal path from childhood to military service provided a unique perspective on the impact of patriotism and the scarcity of other opinions, shedding light on the complexity of military service. The debate of the evolution of language in the military and its role in dehumanizing the adversary was very fascinating. It exposed the psychological impacts of military training as well as the ethical quandaries that soldiers face, forcing me to ponder the enormous impact of military culture on individuals..." Read more here.
https://www.wearenotyoursoldiers.org/excerpts-from-student-papers-2/

01/10/2024

Live on YouTube this Sunday. Julian Assange is tortured and persecuted, while the war criminals he exposed (from Bush and Obama all the way down the chain of command & US media's complicity) remain free to wage genocide today. Ray McGovern is a former CIA intelligence official who has spoken out & committed civil disobedience vs US war crimes for almost two decades.

Join Ray McGovern!
Will We Let a Publisher Go to Prison?

Hybrid (In-person and YouTube) Forum

Sunday, January 14 at 10 a.m. Central Time

First Unitarian Society |342 N. Astor St.| Milwaukee

https://uumilwaukee.org/event/will-we-let-a-publisher-go-to-prison/

Neutered journalism has become the cornerstone of the Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-Media-Academia-Think-Tank (MICIMATT) complex.

Mainstream media have proven Eisenhower correct in his stark warning about the acquisition of unwarranted influence by the military-industrial complex. Ike noted that only “an alert and knowledgeable citizenry” can rein this monster in.

Establishment media make this impossible, and the prosecution of Assange is Exhibit A. McGovern will include case studies illustrating the problem and how we can help to free Assange.

It is up to us!

Ray McGovern, CIA Soviet Foreign Policy Branch (retired) and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. This winter, freedom of...

01/05/2024

This is an international movement to end international crimes being committed by the U.S.

Next January 11 marks 22 years of torture in Guantanamo
Biden has not shut down the prison or released the men who have been illegally detained without charges or trial.
22 years of horror.

Join our protest at the US embassy in Mexico City to demand the closure of the prison.
The indifference in Mexico is heartbreaking.