Amnesty International is repeating its call to the Nigerian government to arrest Charles Taylor, who has been indicted for crimes against humanity, war crimes and other serious violations of humanitarian law by the Special Court for Sierra Leone.

I am not making this up. In Atascocita, Texas, a man had a heart attack while laying bare chested on searing pavement, held down by at least five Wal-Mart employees while begging for his life. Justice, Wal-Mart style.

In a manner similar to that of Padilla and Hamdi, Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri was abducted on the eve of his trial and by orders of George W. Bush, declared an enemy combatant, and had him thrown in the brig. (standing precedent does not allow him any legal basis to do so). After approximately 2 years of detention in the same brig as Jose Padilla, he has filed a lawsuit against Donald Rumsfeld for:

"...unlawful and unconstitutional conditions of confinement to which Plaintiff has been subjected by Defendants at the Consolidated Naval Brig (“the Brig�) in North Charleston, South Carolina, since President Bush designated him an “enemy combatant� on June 23, 2003."

Why have the few always dominated the many?
Why has slavery, sexism, racism, oppression, war, and barbarism continued for the last 5,000 years?
Why have "god"-kings ruled both ancient and modern societies
and how do they hold their power?

weekly vigil stands with cindy sheehan 8.12.05