Re: [Marxism] Why is there no American defense committee for the Guant anamo prisoners?

["acpollack2@xxxxxxxx" <acpollack2@xxxxxxxx>]

You might be right. I have a hazy recollection of many emails from many 
organizations about Guantanamo cases and about immigrants of many nationalities 
victimized in a hundred ways short of imprisonment (and almost inevitable abuse 
and torture); but I'm blanking out on whether a mass civil liberties defense 
coalition was ever formed. Maybe it wasn't -- but sure should be.

CCR should be asked about this.

If it hasn't been formed yet I suspect it's because movement types are afraid 
of being baited as pro-terrorist, whereas letting groups like CCR handle it 
leaves it in the legal, constitutional rights sphere and is less scary.

But that's not good enough.


-- Brian Shannon <Brian_Shannon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Before this latest post, Walter Lippmann listed a British organization
created to defend the Guantanamo prisoners.
http://www.guantanamohrc.org/

That organization's site has links to other groups involved in
defending the Guantanamo prisoners. However, they are either very
worthwhile general organizations that defend them as part of a broader
constituency or narrower religious or nation-based organizations, such
as the exemplary Kuwait organization. There appears to be no
independent U.S. Guantanamo defense organization.

Am I right? And can anything be done about it?

from Brian Shannon


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