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US CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY & GLOBAL TERRORISM

US Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction The indiscriminate use of bombs by the US, usually outside a declared war situation, for wanton destruction, for no military objectives, whose targets and victims are civilian populations, or what we now call “collateral damage.”

Japan (1945)

China (1945-46)

Korea & China (1950-53)

Guatemala (1954, 1960, 1967-69)

Indonesia (1958)

Cuba (1959-61)

Congo (1964)

Peru (1965)

Laos (1964-70)

Vietnam (1961-1973)

Cambodia (1969-70)

Grenada (1983)

Lebanon (1983-84)

Libya (1986)

El Salvador (1980s)

Nicaragua (1980s)

Iran (1987)

Panama (1989)

Iraq (1991-2000)

Kuwait (1991)

Somalia (1993)

Bosnia (1994-95)

Sudan (1998)

Afghanistan (1998)

Pakistan (1998)

Yugoslavia (1999)

Bulgaria (1999)

Macedonia (1999)

US Use of Chemical & Biological Weapons The US has refused to sign Conventions against the development and use of chemical and biological weapons, and has either used or tested (without informing the civilian populations) these weapons in the following locations abroad:

Bahamas (late 1940s-mid-1950s)

Canada (1953)

China and Korea (1950-53)

Korea (1967-69)

Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia (1961-1970)

Panama (1940s-1990s)

Cuba (1962, 69, 70, 71, 81, 96)

And the US has tested such weapons on US civilian populations, without their knowledge, in the following locations:

Watertown, NY and US Virgin Islands (1950)

SF Bay Area (1950, 1957-67)

Minneapolis (1953)

St. Louis (1953)

Washington, DC Area (1953, 1967)

Florida (1955)

Savannah GA/Avon Park, FL (1956-58)

New York City (1956, 1966)

Chicago (1960)

And the US has encouraged the use of such weapons, and provided the technology to develop such weapons in various nations abroad, including:

Egypt

South Africa

Iraq

US Political and Military Interventions since 1945 The US has launched a series of military and political interventions since 1945, often to install puppet regimes, or alternatively to engage in political actions such as smear campaigns, sponsoring or targeting opposition political groups (depending on how they served US interests), undermining political parties, sabotage and terror campaigns, and so forth. It has done so in nations such as

China (1945-51)

South Africa (1960s-1980s)

France (1947)

Bolivia (1964-75)

Marshall Islands (1946-58)

Australia (1972-75)

Italy (1947-1975)

Iraq (1972-75)

Greece (1947-49)

Portugal (1974-76)

Philippines (1945-53)

East Timor (1975-99)

Korea (1945-53)

Ecuador (1975)

Albania (1949-53)

Argentina (1976)

Eastern Europe (1948-56)

Pakistan (1977)

Germany (1950s)

Angola (1975-1980s)

Iran (1953)

Jamaica (1976)

Guatemala (1953-1990s)

Honduras (1980s)

Costa Rica (mid-1950s, 1970-71)

Nicaragua (1980s)

Middle East (1956-58)

Philippines (1970s-90s)

Indonesia (1957-58)

Seychelles (1979-81)

Haiti (1959)

South Yemen (1979-84)

Western Europe (1950s-1960s)

South Korea (1980)

Guyana (1953-64)

Chad (1981-82)

Iraq (1958-63)

Grenada (1979-83)

Vietnam (1945-53)

Suriname (1982-84)

Cambodia (1955-73)

Libya (1981-89)

Laos (1957-73)

Fiji (1987)

Thailand (1965-73)

Panama (1989)

Ecuador (1960-63)

Afghanistan (1979-92)

Congo (1960-65, 1977-78)

El Salvador (1980-92)

Algeria (1960s)

Haiti (1987-94)

Brazil (1961-64)

Bulgaria (1990-91)

Peru (1965)

Albania (1991-92)

Dominican Republic (1963-65)

Somalia (1993)

Cuba (1959-present)

Iraq (1990s)

Indonesia (1965)

Peru (1990-present)

Ghana (1966)

Mexico (1990-present)

Uruguay (1969-72)

Colombia (1990-present)

Chile (1964-73)

Yugoslavia (1995-99)

Greece (1967-74)

US Perversions of Foreign Elections The US has specifically intervened to rig or distort the outcome of foreign elections, and sometimes engineered sham “demonstration” elections to ward off accusations of government repression in allied nations in the US sphere of influence. These sham elections have often installed or maintained in power repressive dictators who have victimized their populations. Such practices have occurred in nations such as:

Philippines (1950s)

Italy (1948-1970s)

Lebanon (1950s)

Indonesia (1955)

Vietnam (1955)

Guyana (1953-64)

Japan (1958-1970s)

Nepal (1959)

Laos (1960)

Brazil (1962)

Dominican Republic (1962)

Guatemala (1963)

Bolivia (1966)

Chile (1964-70)

Portugal (1974-75)

Australia (1974-75)

Jamaica (1976)

El Salvador (1984)

Panama (1984, 89)

Nicaragua (1984, 90)

Haiti (1987, 88)

Bulgaria (1990-91)

Albania (1991-92)

Russia (1996)

Mongolia (1996)

Bosnia (1998)

US Versus World at the United Nations The US has repeatedly acted to undermine peace and human rights initiatives at the United Nations, routinely voting against hundreds of UN resolutions and treaties. The US easily has the worst record of any nation on not supporting UN treaties. In almost all of its hundreds of “no” votes, the US was the “sole” nation to vote no (among the 100-130 nations that usually vote), and among only 1 or 2 other nations voting no the rest of the time. Here’s a representative sample of US votes from 1978-1987:

US Is the Sole “No” Vote on Resolutions or Treaties

For aid to underdeveloped nations

For the promotion of developing nation exports

For UN promotion of human rights

For protecting developing nations in trade agreements

For New International Economic Order for underdeveloped nations

For development as a human right

Versus multinational corporate operations in South Africa

For cooperative models in developing nations

For right of nations to economic system of their choice

Versus chemical and biological weapons (at least 3 times)

Versus Namibian apartheid

For economic/standard of living rights as human rights

Versus apartheid South African aggression vs. neighboring states (2 times)

Versus foreign investments in apartheid South Africa

For world charter to protect ecology

For anti-apartheid convention

For anti-apartheid convention in international sports

For nuclear test ban treaty (at least 2 times)

For prevention of arms race in outer space

For UNESCO-sponsored new world information order (at least 2 times)

For international law to protect economic rights

For Transport & Communications Decade in Africa

Versus manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction

Versus naval arms race

For Independent Commission on Disarmament & Security Issues

For UN response mechanism for natural disasters

For the Right to Food

For Report of Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination

For UN study on military development

For Commemoration of 25th anniversary of Independence for Colonial Countries

For Industrial Development Decade in Africa

For interdependence of economic and political rights

For improved UN response to human rights abuses

For protection of rights of migrant workers

For protection against products harmful to health and the environment

For a Convention on the Rights of the Child

For training journalists in the developing world

For international cooperation on third world debt

For a UN Conference on Trade & Development

US Is 1 of Only 2 “No” Votes on Resolutions or Treaties

For Palestinian living conditions/rights (at least 8 times)

Versus foreign intervention into other nations

For a UN Conference on Women

Versus nuclear test explosions (at least 2 times)

For the non-use of nuclear weapons vs. non-nuclear states

For a Middle East nuclear free zone

Versus Israeli nuclear weapons (at least 2 times)

For a new world international economic order

For a trade union conference on sanctions vs. South Africa

For the Law of the Sea Treaty

For economic assistance to Palestinians

For UN measures against fascist activities and groups

For international cooperation on money/finance/debt/trade/development

For a Zone of Peace in the South Atlantic

For compliance with Intl Court of Justice decision for Nicaragua vs. US.

**For a conference and measures to prevent international terrorism (including its underlying causes)

For ending the trade embargo vs. Nicaragua

US Is 1 of Only 3 “No” Votes on Resolutions and Treaties

Versus Israeli human rights abuses (at least 6 times)

Versus South African apartheid (at least 4 times)

Versus return of refugees to Israel

For ending nuclear arms race (at least 2 times)

For an embargo on apartheid South Africa

For South African liberation from apartheid (at least 3 times)

For the independence of colonial nations

For the UN Decade for Women

Versus harmful foreign economic practices in colonial territories

For a Middle East Peace Conference

For ending the embargo of Cuba (at least 10 times)

In addition, the US has:

Repeatedly withheld its dues from the UN

Twice left UNESCO because of its human rights initiatives

Twice left the International Labor Organization for its workers rights initiatives

Refused to renew the Antiballistic Missile Treaty

Refused to sign the Kyoto Treaty on global warming

Refused to back the World Health Organization’s ban on infant formula abuses

Refused to sign the Anti-Biological Weapons Convention

Refused to sign the Convention against the use of land mines

Refused to participate in the UN Conference Against Racism in Durban

Been one of the last nations in the world to sign the UN Covenant on

Political & Civil Rights (30 years after its creation)

Refused to sign the UN Covenant on Economic & Social Rights

Opposed the emerging new UN Covenant on the Rights to Peace, Development & Environmental Protection

Sampling of Deaths >From US Military Interventions & Propping Up Corrupt Dictators (using the most conservative estimates)

Nicaragua – 30,000 dead

Brazil – 100,000 dead

Korea – 4 million dead

Guatemala – 200,000 dead

Honduras – 20,000 dead

El Salvador – 63,000 dead

Argentina – 40,000 dead

Bolivia – 10,000 dead

Uruguay – 10,000 dead

Ecuador – 10,000 dead

Peru – 10,000 dead

Iraq – 1.3 million dead

Iran – 30,000 dead

Sudan – 8-10,000 dead

Colombia – 50,000 dead

Panama – 5,000 dead

Japan – 140,000 dead

Afghanistan – 10,000 dead

Somalia – 5000 dead

Philippines – 150,000 dead

Haiti – 100,000 dead

Dominican Republic – 10,000 dead

Libya – 500 dead

Macedonia – 1000 dead

South Africa – 10,000 dead

Pakistan – 10,000 dead

Palestine – 40,000 dead

Indonesia – 1 million dead

East Timor – 1/3-½ of total population

Greece – 10,000 dead

Laos – 600,000 dead

Cambodia – 1 million dead

Angola – 300,000 dead

Grenada – 500 dead

Congo – 2 million dead

Egypt – 10,000 dead

Vietnam – 1.5 million dead

Chile – 50,000 dead

Other Lethal US Interventions CIA Terror Training Manuals Development and distribution of training manuals for foreign military personnel or foreign nationals, including instructions on assassination, subversion, sabotage, population control, torture, repression, psychological torture, death squads, etc.

Specific Torture Campaigns Creation and launching of direct US campaigns to support torture as an instrument of terror and social control for governments in Greece, Iran, Vietnam, Bolivia, Uruguay, Brazil, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Panama

Supporting and Harboring Terrorists The promotion, protection, arming or equipping of terrorists such as:

Klaus Barbie and other German Nazis, and Italian and Japanese fascists, after WW II

Manual Noriega (Panama), Saddam Hussein (Iraq), Rafael Trujillo (Dominican Republic), Osama bin Laden (Afghanistan), and others whose terrorism has come back to haunt us

Running the Higher War College (Brazil) and first School of the Americas (Panama), which gave US training to repressors, death squad members, and torturers (the second School of the Americas is still running at Ft. Benning GA)

Providing asylum for Cuban, Salvadoran, Guatemalan, Haitian, Chilean, Argentinian, Iranian, South Vietnamese and other terrorists, dictators, and torturers

Assassinating World Leaders Using assassination as a tool of foreign policy, wherein the CIA has initiated assassination attempts against at least 40 foreign heads of state (some several times) in the last 50 years, a number of which have been successful, such as: Patrice Lumumba (Congo), Rafael Trujillo (Dominican Republic), Ngo Dihn Diem (Vietnam) Salvador Allende (Chile)

Arms Trade & US Military Presence

The US is the world’s largest seller of weapons abroad, arming dictators, militaries, and terrorists that repress or victimize their populations, and fueling scores of violent conflicts around the globe

The US is the world’s largest provider of live land mines which, even in peacetime, kill or injure at least several people around the world each day

The US has military bases in at least 50 nations around the world, which have led to frequent victimization of local populations.

The US military has been bombing one Middle Eastern or Muslim nation or another almost continuously since 1983, including Lebanon, Libya, Syria, Iran, the Sudan, Afghanistan, and Iraq (almost daily bombings since 1991)

This, then, is a sampling of American foreign policies over the last 50 years. The FBI uses the following definition for Terrorism: “The unlawful use of force or violence committed by a group or individual, who has some connection to a foreign power or whose activities transcend national boundaries, against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.” This sounds like the terrorism we just experienced. It also sounds a lot like the US policies and actions since 1945 that I’ve just described.

This is a version of an an original page atributed to Robert Elias, a US Professor of Political Science , a list which, like so many others, has otherwise ‘disappered’

via https://web.archive.org/web/20161125052245/http://www.the-philosopher.co.uk/whocares/popups/warcrimes.htm

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Getting Arrested 101

In light of yesterdays ruling on the Miranda rights, now that the cops don't need to read you your rights, I figure it's as good a time as any to make a crash course post on what to do if you get arrested in the US. Know your rights and how to invoke them, because cops will try and trick you into reneging on them whenever they can. Here's my bible on engaging with police, and feel free to add on if you have other tips.

If you encounter police at all, especially if it's for a protest, engage as little as possible. Protests will sometimes have police liaisons; if they do, deflect the cops onto them. They have training for this. Otherwise, say nothing to them if they don't engage first.

If they engage first, do not escalate. Cops are trained to try and escalate situations. It wins them PR, and it makes it easier for them to justify violence against you and in turn, the other protestors. I don't care how punk you think it is, do not escalate.

When they engage, if you think you're being arrested, ask them in no uncertain terms and demand a clear answer. Say "am I being arrested," and if they evade, repeat it until the answer is no or yes. If it's no, walk away and don't engage further. If it's yes, then:

Shut the fuck up. Say absolutely nothing from this point forward until you reach the station. No matter what they say, no matter how serious or casual the conversation is, you say nothing. Zip. No exceptions. This is especially important to remember because they will try and humiliate you and make the arrest process as difficult as possible to try and make you crack, so do the simplest thing and say nothing.

If you are arrested, once you make it to the station, there's a simple three step process to remember. Exact wording isn't necessary, but try and be close. Remember, you don't want to be Lawyer Dogged. Once again, be as clear as you possibly can.

"Am I being detained?" If no, leave. If yes, then say:

"I invoke my right to have a lawyer present." Any time they try and push on that, you say:

"As I am detained, I invoke my right to remain silent until my lawyer is present."

You want it to be 100% undeniable, in as much of the record as possible, that you were being detained, and therefor you need a lawyer. Otherwise, the cops will retroactively decide you weren't actually held there, and therefor you had no rights to invoke, so get that shit down. And once again, aside from saying #3, shut the fuck up. Same principle applies as #4 on the first list: they will do whatever they can to get you talking, and once they do, they'll say "oh, they decided to not use the lawyer after all because they started talking without one." So do. Not. Budge.

Lastly, some general pieces of advice, both for before and during the arrest process:

If you're going to a protest, the sort of thing where arrests can be planned for, there will likely be an organizer with some experience. They may be able to give you specific advice for that protest with regards to things like ID, liaisons, or any specific protocol. Check with them as well.

If you're in a situation where arrests are likely or expected, especially with a protest, plan accordingly. Power off your phone and deactivate the fingerprint or facial recognition unlock options, or leave it at home entirely. Don't bring anything you wouldn't want to be arrested with. Think carefully about leaving your ID at home, though. John Doe-ing can cause extra trouble for the cops (good), but it's also risky, since it can make it harder for you to pay for bail and can make things harder for you down the line.

Police always lie. Let me repeat. Police. Always. Lie. Again, Police. Always. Lie. This should be your fucking mantra. They will tell you you'll get out easier if you cooperate. They will tell you any information they can find about your friends and family. They will threaten you and them. This is all hollow. Your friends have rights as well. All of this is posturing to get you to talk and incriminate you and your friends. Police always lie.

Every American should know this, but it's especially important for any activist, or advocate. Knowing your rights is the only defense you have against cops, so you need to game that system to keep them from gaming it back.

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