Guantánamo Forever (Yet Forgotten)?
Last weekend my father, Larry Greenberg, passed away at the age of 93. Several days later, I received an email from the French film director Phillippe Diaz who sent me…
Guantánamo Bay
Sunsetting the War on Terror — Or Not
This week marks the 22nd anniversary of the opening of the Guantánamo Bay detention facility, the infamous prison on the island of Cuba designed to hold detainees from this country’s…
Closing Guantánamo?
For 18 years, I’ve been writing articles for TomDispatch on the never-ending story of the Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility. And here’s my ultimate takeaway (for the moment): 21 years after that grim offshore prison…
Guantánamo 21 Years Later
There can be little question that the grim prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, which still shows no sign of closing anytime soon, is a key legacy — in the worst…
Blindman’s Buff-America’s Continuing Quest to Hide Torture
In the Blindman’s Buff variation of tag, a child designated as “It” is tasked with tapping another child while wearing a blindfold. The sightless child knows the other children, all able to see,…
“Democracy Dies in Darkness” Guantánamo at 21…
In what has unfortunately become an annual event, activists today from Witness Against Torture and the National Religious Campaign Witness Against Torture held a Close Guantánamo vigil outside the White…
Guantanamo, an emblem of inhumanity
Guantanamo, epitomizing torture, indefinite incarceration and gross human right violations, remains a sordid emblem of inhumanity The Presidential Military Order that enabled it was “to detain and try suspects for…
Guantánamo’s First 7,627 Days
Will America's Forever Prison Finally Close on Biden's Watch? As of December 8, 2022, Guantánamo Bay detention facility — a prison offshore of American justice and built for those detained…
Guantánamo’s Forever Elusive Endgame – Will We “Celebrate” Its 30th Anniversary?
It’s now more than 20 years later and that American offshore symbol of mistreatment and injustice, the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, is still open. In fact, as 2021 ended, New…
Enduring Stain: The Guantánamo Military Prison Turns Twenty
Anniversaries for detention centres, concentration camps and torture facilities are not the relishable calendar events in the canon of human worth. But not remembering them, when they were used, and…
Now That Afghan War Is Over, Close Gitmo—Now
I was a college student on 9/11. The ensuing "War on Terror," anchored by the bombing and U.S. occupation of Afghanistan, has been with us ever since—virtually my entire adult life.…
Can Guantánamo Ever Be Shut Down?
Dealing with the Forever Prison of America's Forever Wars The Guantánamo conundrum never seems to end. Twelve years ago, I had other expectations. I envisioned a writing project that I…
Moving on from the War on Terror?
In the first two months of Joe Biden’s presidency, you could feel the country holding its breath. Sheltered in place, hidden behind masks, unsure about whether to trust in a…
‘Is This Who We Are?’: Gitmo is America’s Enduring Shame
“That's certainly our goal and our intention.” This was the non-committal answer given by White House Press Secretary, Jen Psaki, when, on February 12, she was asked by a reporter…
Solidarity From Central Cellblock To Guantanamo
On Thursday, January 11, the sixteenth anniversary of the opening of the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba was marked by a coalition of 15 human rights organizations…
The Art of Keeping Guantánamo Open : What the Paintings by Its Prisoners Tell Us About Our Humanity and Theirs
We spent the day at a beach in Brooklyn. Skyscrapers floated in the distance and my toddler kept handing me cigarette filters she had dug out of the sand. When…
Guantánamo’s Last 100 Days : The Story That Never Was
In the spring of 2016, I asked a student of mine to do me a favor and figure out which day would be the 100th before Barack Obama’s presidency ended.…
Rally To Close Guantanamo At U.S. Supreme Court
On January 11, 2017, a coalition of human rights activists, torture survivors, Guantanamo attorneys, 9/11 family members, and members of diverse faith communities held a "Rally to Close Guantanamo" outside…
Tears Of Guantanamo: Dear Slahi — On Your Release
Wonderful, the news were flashes while stating that you are cleared for the release! But the questions arise over and over. 14 years or otherwise 5110 days of your life…
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