Articles by Bill Quigley
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Immemorial Day – No Peace for Militarized U.S.
Bill Quigley - Common Dreams,
28 May 2012
Peace today is a nearly impossible challenge for the United States. The U.S. is far and away the most militarized country in the world and the most aggressive. Unless the U.S. dramatically reduces its emphasis on global military action, there will be many, many more families grieving on future Memorial days.
→ read full articleHaiti: Seven Places Where Earthquake Money Did and Did Not Go
Bill Quigley and Amber Ramanauskas - Truthout,
9 Jan 2012
The effort so far has not been based a respectful partnership between Haitians and the international community. The actions of the donor countries and the NGOs and international agencies have not been transparent so that Haitians or others can track the money and see how it has been spent. Respect, transparency and accountability are the building blocks for human rights.
→ read full articleWhy WikiLeaks is Good for Democracy
Prof. Bill Quigley – Common Dreams,
6 Dec 2010
Information is the currency of democracy. –Thomas Jefferson. By labeling tens of millions of documents secret, the US government has created a huge vacuum of information…. Wikileaks has the potential to make transparency and accountability more robust in the US. That is good for democracy.
→ read full articleHonduras: Crisis and Progress
Bill Quigley and Laura Raymond – Common Dreams,
25 Oct 2010
Today, October 21, the democratic resistance in Honduras will celebrate Artists in Resistance Day. This event contrasts directly with today’s official recognition of Honduras Armed Forces day. The resistance, which is working for a truly democratic Honduras, renamed the day and created an alternative celebration because of a brutal police attack on musicians and others last month that left one dead and scores injured.
→ read full articleAnother False Ending: Contracting Out the Iraq Occupation
Bill Quigley and Laura Raymond – Truthout,
6 Sep 2010
Another false ending to the Iraq war is being declared. Nearly seven years after George Bush’s infamous “Mission Accomplished” speech on the USS Abraham Lincoln, President Obama has just given a major address to mark the withdrawal of all but 50,000 combat troops from Iraq. But while thousands of US troops are marching out, thousands of additional private military contractors (PMCs) are marching in. The number of armed security contractors in Iraq will more than double in the coming months.
→ read full articleAnimal Rights Activists Win Dissent Victory
Bill Quigley and Rachel Meeropol - Truthout,
26 Jul 2010
Police reports state that on October 21, 2007, a group of about 20 people trespassed onto the front lawn of the home of a Berkeley professor involved in bio-medical research on animals. According to the US government, some of the protesters had bandanas covering the lower half of their faces and they made “a lot of noise, chanting animal rights slogans” like “1,2,3,4, open up the cage door; 5,6,7,8, smash the locks and liberate, 9,10,11,12, vivisectors go to hell.” A year and a half later, four young activists were indicted in California federal court under the little known and rarely used “Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act” (AETA) for their alleged involvement in this and others pickets.
→ read full articleHonduras Resistance Strong despite US-Supported Coup
Bill Quigley and Laura Raymond - ICH,
5 Jul 2010
One year ago, on June 28, 2009, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was awakened by gunfire. A coup was carried out by US-trained military officers, including graduates of the infamous US Army School of the Americas (WHINSEC) in Georgia. President Zelaya was illegally taken to Costa Rica. Democracy in Honduras ended as a de facto government of the rich and powerful seized control.
→ read full articleHAITI NUMBERS – 27 DAYS AFTER THE QUAKE
Bill Quigley - Truthout,
10 Feb 2010
890 million. Amount of international debt that Haiti owes creditors. Finance ministers from developing countries announced they will forgive $290 million. Source: Wall Street Journal 644 million. Donations for Haiti to private organizations have exceeded $644 million. Over $200 million has gone to the Red Cross, which had 15 people working on health projects in […]
→ read full articleWHY THE US OWES HAITI BILLIONS – THE BRIEFEST HISTORY
Bill Quigley – Znet,
21 Jan 2010
Why does the US owe Haiti Billions? Colin Powell, former US Secretary of State, stated his foreign policy view as the "Pottery Barn rule." That is – "if you break it, you own it."The US has worked to break Haiti for over 200 years. We owe Haiti. Not charity. We owe Haiti as a matter […]
→ read full articleWHEN GUANTANAMO AND ABU GHRAIB COME HOME
Bill Quigley and Deborah Popowski,
28 Oct 2009
The Louisiana Board that licenses psychologists is facing a growing legal fight over torture and medical care at the infamous Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib prisons. In 2003, Louisiana psychologist and retired colonel Larry James watched behind a one-way mirror in a U.S. prison camp while an interrogator and three prison guards wrestled a screaming near-naked […]
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