Director of @theCCR; human, civil rights lawyer; jazz & funk musician; @TheDocSociety @ECCHRBerlin @BonaveroIHR
& @Haverfordedu board member. Tweets = my own
We must resist the temptation to despair, and we must get to work. The very things that Trump will target – dissent, solidarity, resistance and progress are, not coincidentally, our greatest assets, and we must use them to build power in pursuit of justice and liberation.
The tragic murder of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim reminds us - yet again - that we all must have the moral clarity to stand together & protect our inherent dignity as human beings.
I’m deeply saddened by last night’s shooting in DC. There is no act of violence that can be justified by targeting Jewish or any people based on what they look like, where they come from or who they worship.
If judges hold the Trump administration in contempt for defying court orders, how would that be enforced?
Executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights @vincewarren describes how it could play out.
"This administration has been built on lies and the idea that the law just doesn't apply to them."
@VinceWarren, executive director of @theCCR, breaks down the Trump admin's constitutional crisis, use of Guantanamo to incarcerate migrants and rejection of international law.
"I can't help but think about what would happen if this was my daughter, if this was my niece?" @VinceWarren reacts to the detention of a Tufts University PhD student by ICE agents. "This is what the face of unfolding authoritarianism looks like."
Join us in honoring @VinceWarren, Executive Director of @theCCR, at our 20th anniversary gala on May 21st! CCR continues to challenge the Trump Administration's efforts to suppress our universal human rights. Get tickets & learn more here: https://t.co/Qm9BvXXQ8u
BREAKING:
Today, in a landmark verdict, a jury found Virginia-based government contractor CACI liable for its role in the torture of Iraqi men at Abu Ghraib prison in 2003-2004. They 've been ordered to pay millions in damages.
Full press release here: https://t.co/iHhCZPJcgl
BREAKING:
Today, in a landmark verdict, a jury found Virginia-based government contractor CACI liable for its role in the torture of Iraqi men at Abu Ghraib prison in 2003-2004. They 've been ordered to pay millions in damages.
Full press release here: https://t.co/iHhCZPJcgl
The challenges ahead, while daunting, are not unprecedented. The very things that Trump will target – dissent, solidarity, and resistance – are our greatest strengths, and we must use them to defend our people & planet, and to build power in pursuit of justice and liberation.
We must resist the temptation to despair, and we must get to work. The very things that Trump will target – dissent, solidarity, resistance and progress are, not coincidentally, our greatest assets, and we must use them to build power in pursuit of justice and liberation.
@theCCR is proud to join allies in demanding that President Biden cease its use of Guantanamo as an offshore detention site. It’s bad enough the U.S. continues to operate an illegally annexed portion of Cuban land, worse that we use it for torture. https://t.co/jOORBtQVJY
We're in New Orleans today for oral argument in Inclusive Louisiana v. St. James Parish, a lawsuit seeking a moratorium on the construction of petrochemical facilities in the majority-Black 4th and 5th Districts of St. James Parish. Follow this page for live updates.
In this 10th year after the killing of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, I speak with Sheryl McCarthy about the power and progress of social movements over the last decade. https://t.co/SPKHiJ02bA