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Exposing Britain’s Depravity in Iraq: A.T. Williams’ A Very British Killing: The Death of Baha Mousa — Liberated Texts

In September 2003, British soldiers in Anzio Company, in the First Battalion Queen’s Lancashire Regiment, beat an Iraqi civilian to death; his name was Baha Mousa, and he was a 26-year-old father-of-two, who worked as a hotel receptionist in Basra. In addition to killing Mousa – an act which the International Criminal Court concluded constitutedContinue reading “Exposing Britain’s Depravity in Iraq: A.T. Williams’ A Very British Killing: The Death of Baha Mousa — Liberated Texts”

Are sanctuary policing policies no more than a public relations facade?

In a new book based on hours of body-cam footage, a legal scholar shows how local police in sanctuary jurisdictions still help ICE − and why true non-cooperation is nearly impossible to enforce. — Read on theconversation.com/are-sanctuary-policing-policies-no-more-than-a-public-relations-facade-269245

Renee Good’s Murder and Other Acts of Terror – Boston Review

I’m not sure if it’s amnesia or just wishful thinking, but it seems like the well-documented terror tactics of municipal, county, and state police have just disappeared from people’s memory. Chicago and Los Angeles, where resistance to ICE has been extraordinary and well-organized, have histories of police violence that rival anything ICE agents are doing.Continue reading “Renee Good’s Murder and Other Acts of Terror – Boston Review”

Palestine Solidarity in the Age of Reaction – Steve Salaita

Should people involved with the Palestine solidarity movement in North America, traditionally leftist in orientation, seek alliances with the political right? — Read on stevesalaita.com/palestine-solidarity-in-the-age-of-reaction/

Detention and Torture – CounterPunch.org

This reason is simple and can be traced to the elements of administrative detention itself: the absence of human rights safeguards and normal legal guarantees such as due process, habeas corpus, fair trial, confidential legal counsel, and judicial review; vague and confusing definitions, standards, and procedures; inadequate adversarial procedural oversight; excessive Executive Branch power stemmingContinue reading “Detention and Torture – CounterPunch.org”