Earthquake Relief

Dear NRCAT supporters in the Greater New York City area: NRCAT would like to encourage you to attend the new play,ALTERNATIVE METHODS, written and produced by one of NRCAT’s supporters in Washington, DC, Patricia Davis. Pat also co-authoredThe Blindfold’s Eyes: My Journey from Torture to Truth, with torture survivor, Sr. Dianna Ortiz, the founder of Torture Abolition Survivors Support Coalition. The play, which “explores indefinite detention, learned helplessness, and the deep involvement of psychologists in torture,” premiers in New York City at the First Floor Theater of La MaMa on Sunday, August 15 at 8:15 PM. There will be four…

Some of you may have heard of a country called Afghanistan. The US invaded in 2001 because the country was the home base of Al-Qaeda, the group responsible for the terrorist attacks of 9/11. The reason we believe AQ moved there is because Afghanistan was considered a failed state, which made it a haven for illegal activities, including planning terrorist attacks. To me the logical response to such a theory is that we should not let another state fail, least of all a state over which we have control.

Starting a new page, the other one was getting too crowded. Israelis ram a relief boat that is also carrying a former US Representative. One Palestinian family loses five daughters in the same night after a mosque is targeted. If I’ve done the math right, according to the article 16% of all victims are confirmed civilians – that’s using the UN’s numbers. (h/t MJ Rosenberg) Compare to the total of 4 Israelis who have been killed. Can we just call it even and stop now? No, because that’s not the way the cycle of violence works. I have little hope…