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Dear US Attorney Fitzgerald: Enough is enough

Hatem Abudayyeh’s only crime has been his unwavering commitment to justice in Palestine and Arab community organizing in Chicago.

Bin Laden’s death: Moving forward

Americans will be remiss if they continue to celebrate Bin Laden’s death with blind jubilation.

The Ultimate Weapon

Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea… and ideas are bulletproof.

Your OBL open thread

Lung complications (2001). Natural causes (2002). Typhoid (2006). Kidney failure (2006). Shot in the head (2011). Osama bin Laden has finally died again.      

Interrogations: Haiti-Loving Shit Disturbing Poet

He rummaged through my bag, looked at a smelly pair of shoes, my banana, hesitated on my copy of The Autobiography of Malcolm X…

Don’t Ignore Syed Fahad Hashmi

A summary of Syed Fahad Hashmi’s case and a dissection of the “war on terror.”

Incarceration and Injustice for All (Part 1)

Part 1 of a two-part piece on America’s “war on terror.”

The Kill Team and the Culture of Militarism

There is something deeply troubling about the lack of outrage shown when photos of those we’ve entrusted with great responsibility, certainly with much naivete and self-induced delusion, emerge as testament to their complete abuse of power and disregard for human life. There is something deeply troubling about these men, given great ideological responsibility, being able [...]

Finally, a Sleeper Cell Comedy

The Four Lions is a black comedy about five fumbling British jihadists with big ambitions but zero potential.

Whose “Justice” System?

On February 14th, the US House of Representatives approved a 10-month extension of three unequivocally racist provisions of the Patriot Act, which were initially passed after 9/11/2001 in an attempt to help the US government better monitor “terrorists.” In a nutshell, the provisions allow the FBI to confiscate any “tangible” thing considered relevant to a terrorism investigation; conduct “roving wiretaps” on multiple telephones in the process of a terrorism investigation; and investigate, with few limitations, non-American “lone wolf” terror suspects that are not connected to any recognized “terror” organizations. For his part, Obama supported the provisions’ renewal, although he prefers that they be extended until 2013, not just until December 2011. The Senate is set to vote on the provisions before their February 28th expiration date.

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