I have spent a decade opposite govt lawyers who believe themselves con law/intl law specialists, and yet fight vehemently to keep Guantanamo going. The legal and literal barbarism could never be justified, and gets harder every year.

H/t Karen Greenberg for this profound essay.

Arab and Muslim-Americans in swing states are not simply pressuring Biden over the Israel-Hamas War, but seek to make him a one term president. Electing Trump will only worsen the plight of Gazans, read below.

thehill.com/opinion/campai…

Modern militaries with multibillion budgets have not fixed chronic shortfalls with humanitarian deconfliction: failing to protect humanitarians who have given them their location and activity. What can humanitarians do in the meantime? Buy glint (reflective) tape. A 🧵

Free the #Guantanamo 16: Photos Of Nine Global Vigils For the Closure of Guantanamo on April 3, 2024 - European Parliament, in DC, London, SF, Mexico, Cobleskill, Detroit, Minneapolis & Copenhagen. Join us next month! andyworthington.co.uk/2024/04/07/fre…

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Latest report on Israel's use of AI in Gaza raises significant concerns about civilian harm.

NSC Spokesperson John Kirby says US 'looking into it.'

Here are 10 questions policymakers and the public should ask - courtesy of Just Security:

Please do join — and note the NYC protest time this month and going forward will be 5 pm!

In high-need areas such as Flatbush, Midwood, Borough Park, & Bedford-Stuyvesant — protected bike lanes are virtually nonexistent.

Except for Community Board 14 — with less than 1% of its area featuring protected bike lanes — the rest are devoid of such infrastructure.

This is great, although we're not exactly feeling 'safe' in Brooklyn. We need way more protected -- and connecting -- bikelanes, like the ones created in parts of Manhattan.

Common ground and shared humanity amidst war and despair: In recent weeks, I have been speaking with Judith Raanan, an Israeli American hostage who was released from Hamas’s captivity early on in the war. Only a few days ago, Judith came out publicly to describe her experience as…

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We should be doing everything we can to protect the youngest New Yorkers from harmful air pollution. This rule change misses the mark.

The city should instead advance measures that reduce pollution by expanding green space and car-free School Streets.

nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/03/08/dep…

“Physically protected bike lanes are what actually keep cyclists safe.”

“most of the cyclists who died in 2023 collided with automobiles in areas without bike infrastructure, regardless of the type of bike they were riding.” nytimes.com/2024/03/05/nyr…

“Blaming [crashes on] the bad decisions of road users implies that nobody else could have prevented them. That enables car companies to deflect attention from their decisions…& it allows traffic engineers to escape scrutiny for dangerous street designs.”
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Seems important to remember right now that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

Painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. Sharrows? Safer to NOT have them. usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/pro…

Filmed this w/Doug Gordon of The War on Cars 6 years ago and it's only gotten worse.

#CongestionPricing opponents want to do nothing. They have no solutions.

It's not healthy for ANYONE. It will never get better without action. And it is killing us.

Open Plans Streetsblog New York

All the punditry about free speech and criticism of Israel has extravagantly missed the point, Dara Horn argues. The big lie of anti-Semitism is winning: theatln.tc/ZaPXr2eH

Netanyahu’s prosecution of the war in Gaza has been a humanitarian disaster.

The U.S. should launch “Operation Gaza Relief” to provide desperately needed aid.

My op-ed with Senator Jeff Merkley, Senator Dick Durbin, Senator Chris Van Hollen and Senator Peter Welch:
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The military detention facility at Guantánamo Bay is a glaring, longstanding stain on the human rights record of the United States. A very presidential thing @potus could do for #PresidentsDay is to shut to down. Make your voice heard! >>> act.amnestyusa.org/page/96987/act…