Terror Is a Faggot with Halal Sausages Strapped to His Chest
Dishonesty became a form of protection.
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Abu Ghraib
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Marwa Helal
Marwa Helal discusses her debut collection, INVASIVE SPECIES.
There Is No Answer: Draw Your Weapons by Sarah Sentilles
As Sentilles makes clear, she is against the wars the United States is currently involved in, and war in general, but she’s critical of what that means.
Bradley Manning Receives 35-Year Prison Sentence
Bradley Manning, the whistleblower who leaked military documents to WikiLeaks, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison. As the Atlantic points out, this sentence “far exceeds any punishments related to…
Reckoning With Torture
Kelly Clark and Eve Ensler both read a speech originally given by President Bush against torture after the Abu Ghraib photos came out as part of PEN and the ACLU’s…
Charles Graner is out of jail.
Does that name ring a bell? It was one of those names that I saw and knew I’d heard, but couldn’t immediately place where I knew it from. If it…
Lynndie England Sues Tortured Biographer
Former Army reservist Lynndie England, the international face of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, is suing her biographer for seizing control of what was intended to be a shared copyright.…