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Santa Cruz Indymedia | Anti-WarRally in Santa Cruz on Eighth Anniversary of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
On March 19th, a day which began with a heavy hail storm in Santa Cruz, dozens of people rallied at the Town Clock to protest the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq. The rally was also a demonstration against the incarceration of Bradley Manning, the increasing militarism of society, and the war at home against the poor and houseless. Protests were taking place in other cities as well, including San Francisco and Fresno.  santa-cruz-antiwar_3-19-1... Walt Oicle, an organizer of the rally, gave a moving speech and performed a song on the guitar. Walt's first protest was a candlelight vigil against the Vietnam War in 1970. At the Town Clock, Walt stated, "We must force our government to do things because they are right, and not merely expedient or profitable for some particular constituent. We've got to stop letting corporations write our laws for their benefit. We've got to reverse the idea that bloodless corporations should have the same rights as actual people. Corporations are set up to make money, and to avoid personal responsibility. Corporations can't be jailed, and their officers seldom are. So we've got to amend the Constitution to rectify that mistaken notion that has caused so much trouble."
§Stop Paying For War
 stop-buying-war_3-19-11.jpg  jobs-not-war_3-19-11.jpg  no-more-war_3-19-11.jpg  ann-simonton_3-19-11.jpg  vfw-santa-cruz_3-19-11.jpg  bradley-manning-rcnv_3-19...  obama-no-war_3-19-11.jpg  steven-argue_3-19-11.jpg  bob-lamonica_3-19-11.jpg  raging-grannies_3-19-11.jpg  robert-norse_3-19-11.jpg  becky-johnson_3-19-11.jpg  walt-oicle_3-19-11.jpg "Trillions that we have spent on so-called defense did not prevent the events of 9/11, and a trillion dollars spent in the Mideast wars since has not made us any safer. We cannot continue to be the world's bully, nor even its' policeman."
Walt closed with three quotes from John F. Kennedy: "If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich." "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people." "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."  walt-and-woody_3-19-11.jpg Walt and Woody perform a new rendition of Woody Guthrie's song, "This Land is Your Land"
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Saturday Mar 19th, 2011 11:52 PM
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
http://balkin.blogspot.com/2011/03/statement-on-private-mannings-detention.html Yochai Benkler and I invite members of the academic legal community to join us in signing the following statement, asking the Administration either publicly to justify, or end, the humiliation and mistreatment of Private Bradley Manning, the suspected whistleblower who is said to have leaked classified government documents to Wikileaks. For background, you can read this editorial in today’s New York Times, The Abuse of Private Manning and get more details from Soldier in Leaks Case Will Be Made to Sleep Naked Nightly. If you'd like to add your signature, please send your name and institutional affiliation to manningprofletterjoin [at] gmail.com. Signatories added below in periodic updates. 220 signatories as of March 19, 5:30pm. UPDATE:Our initial draft relied on news reports in the major news outlets. Comments we received since then lead us to think that two facts may be overstated in the original draft: 1. The instance of forced nudity overnight and in morning parade apparently occurred once. The continuing regime apparently commands removal of Pvt. Manning's clothes and his wearing a "smock" at night. 2. The shackling apparently occurs when Private Manning is moved from his cell to the exercise room, but not while walking during the one hour of exercise. Other responses we have received suggest that there are claims of myriad other abuses that make conditions worse in various ways than we describe. We do not, and cannot, seek to adjudicate these factual claims. The conflicting responses underscore the need for a public, transparent, and credible response to the reported abuse, and cessation of those among them that cannot be justified. Private Manning’s Humiliation Bradley Manning is the soldier charged with leaking U.S. government documents to Wikileaks. He is currently detained under degrading and inhumane conditions that are illegal and immoral. For nine months, Manning has been confined to his cell for 23 hours a day. During his one remaining hour, he can walk in circles in another room, with no other prisoners present. He is not allowed to doze off or relax during the day, but must answer the question “Are you OK?” verbally and in the affirmative every five minutes. At night, he is awakened to be asked again, “are you OK” every time he turns his back to the cell door or covers his head with a blanket so that the guards cannot see his face. During the past week he was forced to sleep naked and stand naked for inspection in front of his cell, and for the indefinite future must remove his clothes and wear a "smock" under claims of risk to himself that he disputes. The sum of the treatment that has been widely reported is a violation of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment, and the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee against punishment without trial. If continued, it may well amount to a violation of the criminal statute against torture, defined as, among other things, “the administration or application… of… procedures calculated to disrupt profoundly the senses or the personality.” Private Manning has been designated as an appropriate subject for both Maximum Security and Prevention of Injury (POI) detention. But he asserts that his administrative reports consistently describe him as a well-behaved prisoner who does not fit the requirements for Maximum Security detention. The Brig psychiatrist began recommending his removal from Prevention of Injury months ago. These claims have not been publicly contested. In an Orwellian twist, the spokesman for the brig commander refused to explain the forced nudity “because to discuss the details would be a violation of Manning’s privacy.” The Administration has provided no evidence that Manning’s treatment reflects a concern for his own safety or that of other inmates. Unless and until it does so, there is only one reasonable inference: this pattern of degrading treatment aims either to deter future whistleblowers, or to force Manning to implicate Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in a conspiracy, or both. If Manning is guilty of a crime, let him be tried, convicted, and punished according to law. But his treatment must be consistent with the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. There is no excuse for his degrading and inhumane pre-trial punishment. As the State Department’s PJ Crowly put it recently, they are “counterproductive and stupid.” And yet Crowley has now been forced to resign for speaking the plain truth. The Wikileaks disclosures have touched every corner of the world. Now the whole world watches America and observes what it does; not what it says. President Obama was once a professor of constitutional law, and entered the national stage as an eloquent moral leader. The question now, however, is whether his conduct as Commander in Chief meets fundamental standards of decency. He should not merely assert that Manning’s confinement is “appropriate and meet[s] our basic standards,” as he did recently. He should require the Pentagon publicly to document the grounds for its extraordinary actions --and immediately end those which cannot withstand the light of day. Signed: Bruce Ackerman, Yale Law School Yochai Benkler, Harvard Law School Additional Signatories (institutional affiliation, for identification purposes only): Jack Balkin, Yale Law School Richard L. Abel, UCLA Law, Emeritus David Abrams, Harvard Law School Kirsten Ainley, London School of Economics Jeffrey Alexander, Yale University Philip Alston, NYU School of Law Anne Alstott, Harvard Law School Elizabeth Anderson, Philosophy and Women's Studies, University of Michigan Scott Anderson, Philosophy, University of British Columbia Claudia Angelos, NYU School of Law Donald K. Anton. Australian National University College of Law Kwame Anthony Appiah, Princeton University Stanley Aronowitz, Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center Jean Maria Arrigo, PhD, social psychologist, Project on Ethics and Art in Testimony Reuven Avi-Yonah, University of Michigan Law H. Robert Baker, Georgia State University Duncan Bell, Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge Steve Berenson, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Michael Bertrand, UNC Chapel Hill Rebecca M. Bratspies, CUNY School of Law Jason Brennan, Philosophy, Brown University Talbot Brewer, Philosophy, University of Virginia John Bronsteen, Loyola University Chicago Peter Brooks, Princeton University James Robert Brown, University of Toronto Sande L. Buhai,Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Ahmed I Bulbulia, Seton Hall Law School. Susannah Camic, University of Wisconsin Law School Alexander M. Capron, University of Southern California, Gould School of Law Michael W. Carroll, Law American University Marshall Carter-Tripp, Ph.D, Foreign Service Officer, retired Jonathan Chausovsky, Political Science, SUNY-Fredonia John Clippinger, Berkman Center for Internet and Society Andrew Jason Cohen, Georgia State University Marjorie Cohn, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Doug Colbert, Maryland School of Law Nancy Combs, William & Mary Law School Stephen A. Conrad, Indiana University Mauer School of Law Thomas P. Crocker, University of South Carolina Deryl D. Dantzler, Walter F. Gorge School of Law of Mercer University Benjamin G. Davis, University of Toledo College of Law Rochelle Davis, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University Wolfgang Deckers, Richmond University, London Michelle M. Dempsey, Villanova University School of Law Wai Chee Dimock, English, Yale University Sinan Dogramaci, Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin Judith Donath, Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society Michael W. Doyle, International Affairs, Law and Political Science, Columbia Bruce T. Draine, Astrophysics, Princeton University Lisa Duggan, Social and Cultural Analysis, NYU Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, Graduate Center,CUNY Simon Evnine, Philosophy, University of Miami Mark Fenster,Levin College of Law, University of Florida Martha Field, Harvard Law School Justin Fisher, Philosophy, Southern Methodist University William Fisher, Harvard Law School Joseph Fishkin, University of Texas School of Law Martin S. Flaherty, Fordham Law School George P. Fletcher, Columbia University, School of Law John Flood, Law and Sociology, University of Westminster Bryan Frances, Philosophy, Fordham University Nancy Fraser, Philosophy and Politics, New School for Social Research Eric M. Freedman, Hofstra Law School Monroe H. Freedman, Hofstra University Law School A. Michael Froomkin, University of Miami School of Law Gerald Frug, Harvard Law School Louis Furmanski, University of Central Oklahoma James K. Galbraith, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin Herbert J Gans, Columbia University William Gardner, Pediatrics, Psychology, & Psychiatry, The Ohio State University Urs Gasser, Harvard Law School, Berkman Center for Internet and Society Julius G. Getman, University of Texas Law School Todd Gitlin, Columbia University David Golove, NYU School of Law James R. Goetsch Jr., Philosophy, Eckerd College Thomas Gokey, Art and Information Studies, Syracuse University Robert W. Gordon, Yale Law School Stephen E. Gottlieb, Albany Law School Mark A. Graber, University of Maryland School of Law Roger Green, Pol. Sci. and Pub. Admin., Florida Gulf Coast Daniel JH Greenwood, Hofstra University School of Law Christopher L. Griffin, Visiting, Duke Law School James Gronquist,Charlotte School of Law Lisa Guenther, Philosophy, Vanderbilt University Gillian K. Hadfield, Law, Economics, University of Southern California Susan Hazeldean, Robert M. Cover Fellow, Yale Law School Kevin Jon Heller, Melbourne Law School Lynne Henderson, UNLV--Boyd School of Law (emerita) Stephen Hetherington, Philosophy, University of New South Wales Kurt Hochenauer, University of Central Oklahoma Lisa Hajjar, University of California - Santa Barbara Nathan Robert Howard, St. Andrews ( please check this has little information) Marc Morjé Howard, Government, Georgetown University Kyron Huigens, Cardozo School of Law Alexandra Huneeus, University of Wisconsin Law School David Ingram, Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago David Isenberg, Isen.com Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard Kennedy School Christopher Jencks, Harvard Kennedy School Paula Johnson, Alliant International University Robert N. Johnson, Philosophy, University of Missouri Albyn C. Jones, Statistics, Reed College Lynne Joyrich, Modern Culture and Media, Brown University Eileen Kaufman, Touro Law Center Kevin B. Kelly, Seton Hall University School of Law Randall Kennedy, Harvard Law School Daniel Kevles, Yale University Heidi Kitrosser, University of Minnesota Law School Gillian R. Knapp, Princeton University Seth F. Kreimer University of Pennsylvania Law School Alex Kreit, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Stefan H. Krieger, Hofstra University School of Law Mitchell Lasser, Cornell Law School Mark LeBar, Philosophy, Ohio University Brian Leiter, University of Chicago Mary Clare Lennon, Sociology, The Graduate Center, CUNY George Levine, Emeritus, Rutgers University Sanford Levinson, University of Texas Law School Margaret Levy Political Science, University of Washington Tracy Lightcap, Political Science, LaGrange College Stacy Litz, Drexel University Fiona de Londras, University College Dublin, Ireland David Luban, Georgetown University Law Center Peter Ludlow, Philosophy, Northwestern University Colin Maclay, Harvard University, Berkman Center Joan Mahoney, Emeritus, Wayne State University Law School Chibli Mallat, Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School Phil Malone, Harvard Law School Jane Mansbridge, Harvard Kennedy School Dan Markel, Florida State University Daniel Markovits, Yale Law School Richard Markovitz, University of Texas Law School Ruth Mason, University of Connecticut School of Law Jamie Mayerfeld, Political Science, University of Washington Diane H. Mazur, University of Florida Levin College of Law Jason Mazzone, Brooklyn Law School Jeff McMahan, Philosophy, Rutgers University Agustín José Menéndez, Universidad de León and University of Oslo Hope Metcalf, Yale Law School Frank I. Michelman, Harvard University John Mikhail, Georgetown University Law Center Gregg Miller, Political Science, University of Washington Eben Moglen, Columbia Law School and Software Freedom Law Center Charles Nesson, Harvard University Joel Ngugi, Law, African Studies, University of Washington Ralitza Nikolaeva, ISCTE Business School, Lisbon University Institute John Palfrey, Harvard Law School Adrian du Plessis, Wolfson College, Cambridge University Patrick S. O'Donnell, Philosophy, Santa Barbara City College Hans Oberdiek, Philosophy, Swarthmore College Philip Pettit, University Professor of Politics and Human Values, Princeton Frank A. Pasquale, Seton Hall Law School Leslie Plachta, MD MPH, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Matthew Pierce, University of North Carolina Thomas Pogge, Yale University Giovanna Pompele, University of Miami Joel Pust, Philosophy, University of Delaware Margaret Jane Radin, University of Michigan and emerita, Stanford University Aziz Rana, Cornell University Law School Calair Rasmussen, Affiliation: Political Science, University of Delaware Daniel Ray, Thomas M. Cooley Law School Jeff A. Redding, Saint Louis University School of Law C. D. C. Reeve, Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Bryan Register, Philosophy, Texas State University Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University School of Law John A. Robertson, University of Texas Law School Corey Robin, Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center Clarissa Rojas, CSU Long Beach Kermit Roosevelt, University of Pennsylvania Law School Susan Rose-Ackerman, Law, Political Science, Yale University Norm Rosenberg, History, Macalester College Clifford Rosky, University of Utah Brad R. Roth, Poli. Sci. and Law, Wayne State University Barbara Katz Rothman, Sociology, City University of New York Bo Rothstein Political Science, University of Gothenburg Donald Rutherford,Philosophy, University of California, San Diego Leonard Rubenstein, JD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health DeWitt Sage, Flimmaker Cindy Skach, Comparative Government and Law, Oxford William J. Talbott, Philosophy, University of Washington Natsu Taylor Saito, Georgia State University College of Law Dean Savage, Queens College, Sociology, CUNY Kent D. Schenkel, New England Law Kim Scheppele, Princeton Univeristy Jeffrey Schnapp, Harvard University Jeffrey Selbin, Yale Law School Wendy Seltzer, Fellow, Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy Jose M. Sentmanat, Philosophy, Moreno Valley College, California Omnia El Shakry, History, University of California Scott Shapiro, Yale University Stephen Sheehi, Languages, Lit. and Cultures, University of South Carolina James Silk, Yale Law School Robert D. Sloane, Boston University School of Law Ronald C. Slye, Law, Seattle University Matthew Noah Smith, Philosophy, Yale University John M. Stewart, Emeritus, Psychology, Northland College Alec Stone Sweet, Yale Law School Mateo Taussig-Rubbo, SUNY-Buffalo Law School John Torpey, CUNY Graduate Center Frank Thompson, University of Michigan Matthew Titolo, West Virginia University College of Law Vilna Bashi Treitler, Black & Hispanic Studies, Baruch College, City Laurence H. Tribe, Harvard University David M. 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Sunday Mar 20th, 2011 2:48 PM
Thank you for being out there to witness for peace. Unbelievable to me that in 2011, as we are spending billions on endless wars, Congress is considering cutting funding for women's health (H.R.3). I hope the disgusting actions of these politicians galvanizes the Women's Movement to promote real change in the form of peace, equality and reproductive rights. Thanks again. Peace.
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