Special note to the Berkeley anti-torture community:Author Andy Worthington comes to Berkeley for a book signing event at Revolution Books, November 11, 7PM, http://www.revolutionbooks.org/, and has agreed to premiere his new documentary, "Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo". World Can't Wait is arranging a screening on...
Special note to the Berkeley anti-torture community:
Author Andy Worthington comes to Berkeley for a book signing event at Revolution Books, November 11, 7PM, http://www.revolutionbooks.org/, and has agreed to premiere his new documentary, "Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo". World Can't Wait is arranging a screening on the UC
campus the night before, November 10, 7PM. Location to be announced, check back
here for details, and call 818 480-1860 to help us launch this film.
"The Guantánamo Files is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand how Guantánamo came to be the torture chamber of the United States. This comprehensive and well-researched exposé reveals the stories of the many tragic men and boys who were picked up after 9/11 by, or at the direction of, the US government, and also clearly demonstrates the frightening and unchecked power of the Bush administration and the failures that have followed on from its miserable, inept and criminal policies. Perhaps most disturbing, from a personal point of view, is the author's unraveling of the US government's manipulation of classified information, not to protect national security, but in a vain attempt to hide the truth about Guantánamo. The fact that the prison's real story has been ignored by our corporate media, by politicians on both sides of the aisle and, most distressingly, by the judiciary, makes this book an important historical contribution to this dark period. If the US happens to survive this episode of cruelty and lawlessness, The Guantánamo Files will be an important tool for coming to grips with how we as a nation allowed indefinite detention without charge, extraordinary rendition and torture to become national policies."
- Candace Gorman, lawyer for two Guantánamo prisoners
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