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Human Rights
Bob Moses Embodied Collective Struggle for Black Freedom and Human Liberation
An educator, Moses also took action against war, imperialism and white supremacy. Let’s carry on his tradition.
Biden Is Imposing More Harsh Sanctions on Cuba — and Guantánamo Remains Open
President Biden himself has called the notorious gulag an “advertisement for creating terror.”
Deposed Burmese Leaders Are Now Changing Their Tune on Human Rights of Rohingya
Leaders issued public declarations promoting Rohingya human rights -- a historic move amid decades-long persecution.
If Biden Wants to “Stand With the Cuban People,” He Can Ease the Cruel Blockade
Every U.S. president since Dwight D. Eisenhower has maintained the blockade against Cuba. Will Joe Biden change that?
To Abolish Prisons and Militarism, We Need Anti-Imperialist Abolition Feminism
Abolition begins with dismantling the heterosexist, racial and imperial framework of the military and prison industries.
Palestinian Feminists Are Resisting Colonization by Fighting Sexual Violence
Sexualized violence invoked in service of the Israeli state furthers settler-colonialism through domination and control.
Guantánamo Memoir Film Skewers George W. Bush, But Exonerates Barack Obama
“The Mauritanian” fails to examine Obama's or Biden’s complicity in the continuing scandal of Guantánamo.
Thousands in Cuba Protest Amid Deep Economic Crisis and Ongoing US Blockade
The biggest protests Cuba has seen in decades come as people face shortages of medicine, food, and other resources.
Russian Guantánamo Prisoner Released to UAE at Risk of Torture Upon Repatriation
The Biden administration must take action to remedy almost two decades of torture and indefinite arbitrary detention.
The US Government Wants Palestine to Fade From View. Don’t Let It.
The U.S. is perfectly happy to let its role in underwriting the daily violence of Israeli occupation go unnoticed.