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Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist, author of Persepolis:

"If I have one message to give to the secular American people, it’s that the world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don’t know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same...

"The secular people, we have no country. We the people — all the secular people who are looking for freedom — we have to keep together. We are international, as they” — the fanatics of all religions — “are international.”

From an interview conducted in 2005:

WikiLeaks

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of the unjust, illegitimate war in Iraq and Afghanistan: WikiLeaks releases hundreds of thousands of military records revealing thousands of civilian deaths, execution squads,
other war crimes.

The Guantánamo Files

documenting torture, abuse, and years of unjust imprisonment.

Watch "Collateral Murder"

The military's own video documenting the killing of 12 Iraqis from a helicopter circling above

Help Stop these Crimes: Collateral Murder Video Showings and more...

Support Bradley Manning

The young soldier accused of releasing the US military records.
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NATO Summit Protests

Chicago Spring:
Protest the War Criminal (NATO) Summit!

The "North Atlantic Treaty Organization" (NATO) promotes its mission as “security, cooperation among nations, and peace keeping.”
In fact,it is an organization led and dominated by the world's best-armed war criminals, led by the United States.
Join us in protesting NATO
in Chicago May 20/21!

Stop the Drones

Drone Wars

The use of Predator drones (unmanned flying vehicles
that are often armed with video-guided missiles) by the
US military and CIA is a largely untold story of the "Global
War on Terror / Global Contingency Operation" - yet has caused thousands of deaths in Pakistan and Afghanistan, many of whom are women and children.
Find out more and take action to stop the drones.

The Torturer’s Book Tour: Protests Greet Yoo in Austin, Houston

Friday, 26 February 2010 17:37

From a letter by an Austin activist: I just left the John Yoo protest at University of Texas...There were at least 25 protesters, possibly more after the campus police made me leave the event. When I got to the other side of the building, where I stood with a protest sign facing street traffic throughout the Yoo event, the campus newspaper Daily Texan interviewed me about the police claim that a peaceful protest by non-students was illegal....and why this John Yoo event that was supposed to be open to the public was changed to only those who were given tickets.

Coverage from Austin American-Statesman

I spoke with the head of the Texas ACLU who attended and several people who were not familiar with Yoo's work supporting torture, warrantless wiretaps, etc. Also, I signed a couple people up for World Can’t Wait’s email list and took several photos that will be sent your way ASAP. Thanks for letting me know about this event...I was given many thumbs up and thank you gestures by people who saw my anti-Yoo poster.

This is taken from a report by Bart Boyce of the Houston Progressive Action Alliance

A small number of people - mostly World Can't Wait people , and a small representation from PAA and other groups came to protest John Yoo when he spoke at the Houston Club. It would seem that in a city our size a few more would take the time to protest the absolute evil that Yoo and Bybee represent in our society. These are the men that inked the torture memo's giving the Bush/Cheney cabal carte blanche to justify Abu Ghraib among other war atrocities .

Upon arrival , the Professor / Attorney was greeted by a group who had been chanting things like .....

" Here's a greeting for the Bush/Cheney henchmen ...
            F**K YOO
   some people kill people with a Fountain Pen
            F**K YOO ! "

all in all , it was a way too small , but endearing protest .....