Calling Armchair Activists for Progressive Actions

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Watch the video (or read the transcript) of Abu Ghraib whistleblower Samuel Provance speaking out on torture and cover-up, and [...]

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Bush Administration Pronounced Guilty of War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity

The Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration released its final verdict on Wednesday, September 13, 2006. Guilty.
11:00 AM, Press Conference, Camp Democracy (Constitution & 14)
12:00 Noon, Delivery of Verdict to the White House
Full text of the verdict in PDF.
An unprecedented Commission of Inquiry has found the President of the [...]

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Not Just a Few Bad Apples

ACLU Reveals New Evidence that Government Knew Abuse was Widespread Before Abu Ghraib Photos -
OK, we knew that just by following the tracks of Bush’s legal team…
Still, here’s some more proof for you.
Torture is UnAmerican. Sign the petition.

Army Documents Show Senior Official Reportedly Pushed Limits on Detainee Interrogations (5/2/2006)
NEW YORK — New Army documents [...]

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Nechvatal Contaminations

Joseph Nechvatal, my friend and intellectual compadre in viral realms, has his latest exhibition in Ohio. “Contaminations” has been extended to run through June 25th at the Butler Institute of American Art’s Beecher Center. The show includes a selection of computer-robotic assisted paintings starting in the mid-1980’s and concludes with a recent electronic viral installation.
Go [...]

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Tracing Torture

Here is a brief excerpt from testimony that claims the authorization to use torture in Iraq came from pretty high up. Read the whole article at TomDispatch.com and Truthout.org.
“Tracing the Trail of Torture: Embedding Torture as Policy From Guantanamo to Iraq,” by Dahr Jamail
While President Bush has regularly claimed - as with reporters in [...]

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Torture complicity

All American citizens are implicated in the torture policies of the current administration.  We cannot be silent. Take action today. 

Connect The Dots - Amnesty International

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My reaction to the State of the Union Address

I somehow made it all the way through the State of the Union address last night. Much as I disagree with the Bush administration, I even found him unusually appealing.
I actually had the thought, “Well, maybe most of this administration’s ugliness is Cheney. Maybe Bush means some of what he is saying here.” I [...]

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