A Legacy of Water Torture (tags)
A letter by A. F. Miller, of the 32nd Volunteer Infantry Regiment, published in the Omaha World-Herald in May, 1900, told of how Miller’s unit uncovered hidden weapons by subjecting a prisoner to what he and others called the “water cure.” “Now, this is the way we give them the water cure,” he explained. “Lay them on their backs, a man standing on each hand and each foot, then put a round stick in the mouth and pour a pail of water in the mouth and nose, and if they don’t give up pour in another pail. They swell up like toads. I’ll tell you it is a terrible torture.”
George Bush Psychotic Legacy Fears Drive Him to Nuke Iran (tags)
A psychotic clown in the White House.
The War on Odor & The War on Terror (tags)
In (Vonnegut's) God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, one of Trout’s stories appears; a story of a country that is at war with odor. A country, where millions are spent fighting odors, chemicals are developed to neutralize every odor. Time, money and manpower goes into a full-frontal attack on the scourge of the earth, odor.
U.S. FALUN GONG PRACTITIONER TORTURED IN CHINA (tags)
Dr. Charles Li risked his life traveling to China to expose the persecution of Falun Gong. Ironically, he is now being subjected to the same torture he wished to expose. Dr. Li’s “Letters from a Nanjing Jail” were written while he was handcuffed…
Activists' Guide to Tear Gas, Pepper Spray, and Treatments! (tags)
The Black Cross Health Collective wrote this excellent guide to chemial weapons used in "crowd control". This info will help you take care of yourself and other activists. This info rocks - the healers who put it together draw on their experience at Seattle and all the big North American demos since then They (and their friends) even field tested remedies for pepper spray! First Aid for Radicals and Activists Fight the power, do no harm
Activists' Guide to Tear Gas, Pepper Spray, and Treatments! (tags)
The Black Cross Health Collective wrote this excellent guide to chemial weapons used in "crowd control". This info will help you take care of yourself and other activists. This info rocks - the healers who put it together draw on their experience at Seattle and all the big North American demos since then They (and their friends) even field tested remedies for pepper spray!
Irish mother disarms US warplane at Shannon Airport (tags)
Wonderful news: Mary Kelly from the Shannon Peace Camp entered airside Wednesday morning and disarmed a US Navy aircraft to the tune of 500,000 euro with a hatchet-type hammer at Shannon Airport, Ireland!
President Bush fainted briefly
Only Poetry Can Address Grief: Moving Forward after 911 (tags)
In the middle of the Anti-Capitalist Convergence march in Washington DC last month, I found myself nose to nose with a line of police attempting to push the crowd back. I was facing an angry but very short policewoman so in my case it was actually nightstick to bosom. "Get back, get back!" she was shouting, but our line was not giving ground. I explained to her, calmly and I thought, quite reasonably, that we were not going to get back, because there was nowhere for us to go.