Minutes after taking office in 2008, President Obama’s first promise to the American people was that he was going to close down the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison camp, where people were being imprisoned for years in conditions internationally recognized as …
10 Years of Injustice at Guantanamo Bay Read more »
The Hyatt Hotel Chain is one of the “big 3” hotel groups in U.S. and its biggest stakeholder is the Chicago-centered Pritzker family, one of the ten wealthiest families in the world. For all their wealth, Hyatt is a notorious …
Hyatt Workers’ Struggle for Justice Read more »
The Occupy Wall Street Movement has captured international attention as a breath of fresh air in contrast to the financial scandals, economic malaise and bankruptcy of “mainstream” politics. What stake do Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people have in this …
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Scott Lively, widely seen as the principal North American promoter of Uganda’s infamous “kill-the-gays bill,” was recently honored by the anti-gay hate group “Americans For Truth About Homosexuality” in Arlington Hts, IL. While Lively and AFTAH founder Peter LaBarbera have …
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How have American soldiers’ and veterans’ views about the Afghanistan war changed since it began 10 years ago? David Van Dam and Tyler Zabel of Iraq Veterans Against the War describe how they turned against the wars in an interview …
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Laurel Lambert-Schmidt, former Green Party congressional candidate for Illinois’s 3rd District, discusses the forthcoming 10th anniversaries of 9-11 and the Afghanistan War with Gay Liberation Network co-founder Andy Thayer. Watch as they discuss how the Obama administration has steadily escalated …
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Last month the Gay Liberation Network’s Buddy Bell visited Honduras as part of a solidarity delegation organized by the Alliance for Global Justice. As Buddy recounts, LGBT’s have been among the most prominent leaders of the pro-democracy movement there, and …
Honduras: Organizing for LGBT & Other Human Rights Since the Coup Read more »
In just over two months the United States will have been fighting in Afghanistan for 10 years, with no end in sight. Kathy Kelly of Voices For Creative Non-Violence discusses with Gay Liberation Network co-founder Andy Thayer the human and …
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A recent video-taped stabbing in Chicago’s LGBT entertainment district has led to calls to “Take Back Boystown” — racist code words, we believe, against minority LGBT youth who hang out in the neighborhood. Rather than supporting expansion of neighborhood youth …
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21-year-old Chelsea Manning is imprisoned for allegedly leaking the trove of U.S. diplomatic communications published by Wikileaks. These leaks exposed the rampant cynicism of American foreign policy, regardless of administration, and the United States’ intimate relationships with brutal dictators and …
Free Chelsea Manning! – LGBT Wikileaker Read more »
