#gitmoFAIL!

January 11, 2012, marks the 10th anniversary of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility ("Gitmo").

People from across the country will converge on Washington, D.C., to protest U.S. detention policies and its abandonment of due process. Actions will take place locally in Chicago and many, many other cities.

Between now and then, we'll be getting the message out:

#gitmoFAIL! #humanrights #justice ((#Guantanamo 1.11.12 ))
from@MidwestAntiwar

Because Gitmo represents all the ways the U.S. government commits human rights violations and commits war crimes with impunity.

#gitmoFAIL! #islamophobia ((#guantanamo 1.11.12 ))
from @TheResponseFilm

Because Gitmo stands for the cynical exploitation of islamophobia to pit us against each other.

#gitmoFAIL! #jan11 #2711 is the # of people still detained
without charge or fair trial at #bagram and #guantanamo
from @worldcantwait

Because Gitmo symbolizes all the failures of the current administration.

Because ....

#gitmoFAIL!

Join us!


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