Andy Worthington

Remembering Judge John J. Gibbons, The Man Who Brought Habeas Corpus to Guantánamo

16.12.18

Please support my work as a reader-funded journalist! I’m currently trying to raise $2500 (£2000) to support my writing and campaigning on Guantánamo and related issues over the next three months of the Trump administration. If you can help, please click on the button below to donate via PayPal. I wrote the following article for […]

Posted in Guantanamo, Guantanamo and habeas corpus, Guantanamo and US Supreme Court, Obituaries Tagged Boumediene v Bush, Close Guantanamo, Guantanamo, Judge John J Gibbons, Rasul v Bush, Supreme Court, US Supreme Court
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Quarterly Fundraiser Day 4: Still Seeking $2200 (£1750) to Support My Guantánamo Work, My Housing Activism, Music and Photography

13.12.18

Please click on the ‘Donate’ button below to make a donation towards the $2,200 (£1,750) I’m still trying to raise to support my work on Guantánamo over the next three months of the Trump administration, and/or my housing activism, photography and music. Dear friends and supporters, and any engaged passers-by, It’s nearly 13 years […]

Posted in A fundraising appeal, Guantanamo, The Four Fathers, The State of London, UK housing crisis, UK politics Tagged Four Fathers, Fundraiser, Fundraising, Guantanamo, Housing activism, Music, Photos, The Four Fathers, The State of London, UK protest, US protest
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It’s Human Rights Day – and Day One of My Quarterly Fundraiser, In Which I’m Trying to Raise $2500 (£2000) to Support My Guantánamo Work

10.12.18

Please click on the ‘Donate’ button below to make a donation towards the $2,500 (£2,000) I’m trying to raise to support my work on Guantánamo over the next three months of the Trump administration. Dear friends and supporters, Every three months I ask you, if you can, to make a donation to support my […]

Posted in A fundraising appeal, Donald Trump, Guantanamo, Human Rights Day, UK housing crisis Tagged Donald Trump, Fundraiser, Fundraising, Guantanamo, Housing crisis, Human Rights Day, United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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It’s Four Years Since the Executive Summary of the Senate Torture Report Was Published: Where’s the Full Report?

9.12.18

Please support my work as a reader-funded journalist! I’m currently trying to raise $2500 (£2000) to support my writing and campaigning on Guantánamo and related issues over the next three months of the Trump administration. If you can help, please click on the button below to donate via PayPal. Today, December 9, marks four […]

Posted in Abu Zubaydah, American torture, FBI/CIA, UN and Secret Detention Tagged Black sites, Bruce Jessen, CIA, CIA torture prisons, Gina Haspel, James Mitchell, Senate Intelligence Committee, Senate Torture Report, United Nations
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Today Guantánamo Has Been Open For 6,175 Days, and on Jan. 1, 2019 It Will Have Been Open for 6,200 Days: Please Join Our Photo Campaign!

7.12.18

Please support my work as a reader-funded journalist! I’m currently trying to raise $2500 (£2000) to support my writing and campaigning on Guantánamo and related issues over the next three months of the Trump administration. If you can help, please click on the button below to donate via PayPal. I wrote the following article for […]

Posted in Closing Guantanamo, Donald Trump, Guantanamo, Guantanamo campaigns, Guantanamo media Tagged Close Guantanamo, Donald Trump, Gitmo Clock, Guantanamo, Photos, US protest
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Tidemill Solidarity Gig: Come and Celebrate the Resistance at the Birds Nest This Sunday, Dec. 9

4.12.18

Please support my work as a reader-funded investigative journalist, commentator and activist. If you can help, please click on the button below to donate via PayPal. It’s now five weeks since the violent eviction of the Old Tidemill Wildlife Garden in Deptford, a wonderful community space and precious environmental asset that was violently evicted […]

Posted in Music reviews, The Four Fathers, UK housing crisis, UK politics Tagged Cavalli, Commie Faggots, Council estates, Council housing, Deptford, Flak, Flak Punks, Four Fathers, Gordon Robertson, Housing crisis, Lewisham Council, Mark Sampson, Old Tidemill Wildlife Garden, Reginald House, Roll Rizz, Save Reginald Save Tidemill, Social cleansing, Social housing, The Four Fathers, UK protest, Ukadelix
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Remembering Those Murdered by the US in the “War on Terror”

1.12.18

Please support my work as a reader-funded journalist! I’m currently trying to raise $2500 (£2000) to support my writing and campaigning on Guantánamo and related issues over the next three months of the Trump administration. If you can help, please click on the button below to donate via PayPal. In the long quest for […]

Posted in Extraordinary rendition and secret prisons, FBI/CIA, Guantanamo Tagged ACLU, Bruce Jessen, CIA, CIA torture prisons, Dilawar, Dror Ladin, Gina Haspel, Guantanamo, Gul Rahman, James Mitchell, John Sifton, Mullah Habibullah, Salt Pit, Taxi to the Dark Side, US courts
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Lewisham Council’s Self-Inflicted Woes Increase: Chaos Over Tidemill Eviction Costs, and the Sacking of CEO Ian Thomas

29.11.18

Please support my work as a reader-funded investigative journalist, commentator and activist. If you can help, please click on the button below to donate via PayPal. What a disgrace Lewisham Council are. With Save Reginald Save Tidemill campaigners and numerous local people putting the council under ever-increasing pressure to explain how much money has […]

Posted in UK housing crisis, UK politics Tagged Achilles Street, Amersham Vale, Besson Street, Catford, Catford Against Social Cleansing, Council housing, Damien Egan, Family Mosaic, Ian Thomas, Lewisham Council, News Shopper, Old Tidemill Wildlife Garden, Paul Bell, Peabody, Private Eye, Reginald House, Sadiq Khan, Save Reginald Save Tidemill, Social cleansing, Social housing
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Guantánamo’s Periodic Review Boards: The Escape Route Shut Down by Donald Trump

26.11.18

Please support my work as a reader-funded journalist! I’m currently trying to raise $2500 (£2000) to support my writing and campaigning on Guantánamo and related issues over the next three months of the Trump administration. If you can help, please click on the button below to donate via PayPal. Anyone paying close attention to […]

The Eviction of the Old Tidemill Wildlife Garden and the Mainstream Media’s Inadequacy in Reporting Stories About “Social Homes” and “Affordable Rents”

23.11.18

Please support my work as a reader-funded investigative journalist, commentator and activist. If you can help, please click on the button below to donate via PayPal. Today it’s 25 days since the violent eviction of the Old Tidemill Wildlife Garden in Deptford, by bailiffs from the brutal Bexley-based firm County Enforcement, employed by Lewisham […]