or those in on the carnage that is the Iraq War, the term Haditha tells it all.
Haditha is not a person, it is a place. A village in Iraq where American soldiers went on tilt, killing several dozen Iraqis: men, women and babies.
The Haditha Massacre happened 6 years ago, but it wasn’t formally ‘resolved’ until several weeks ago, when a U.S. Sergeant, Frank Wuterich, got off, virtually scot-free. Charges against most of those charged were dropped, and one soldier won an acquittal.
To call it a white-wash would be an understatement.
It seems that now that a formal U.S. troop withdrawal has been declared, there is no longer a need for the P.R. of seeming to have a fair trial when Americans kill innocent Iraqi civilians.
If anybody believed Americans went to Iraq to ‘help’ them, Haditha erases that lie.
Within weeks of Haditha’s ‘resolution’, an American soldier goes on tilt in Afghanistan, spraying civilians–going house-to-house–killing some 16 people (including 9 children!).
As in Iraq, so in Afghanistan. An Imperial army invades, armed with words like democracy, human rights, womens’ rights, and stopping torture.
Then Haditha happens
Then Abu Ghraib happens.
Then the Kabul Massacre happens.
In fact, empire happened.
And we are all watching its degeneration as we speak.
Afghanistan. Iraq.
Is Iran next?
![Prison Radio is sharing an abbreviated version of a press release covering recent racist incidents at SCI Rockview in PA and the organizing to demand accountability. We are reaching out to people incarcerated at Rockview as well as recently transferred folks, inviting them to call, in hopes of hearing commentaries from them.
Benner Township, PA.-
On November 24th, 2023, imprisoned people at SCI Rockview found two nooses hanging in the CO’s office, displayed visibly for many prisoners to see. When the prisoners asked the staff why the nooses were hung, they were told it was a joke.
By December 4th, prisoners filed a grievance to document what they saw, noting that the hanging of the nooses was “unethical, racially motivated, hateful, [a] deliberate debasement of black inmates" and “unsafe for inmates, staff, [and] the whole prison in general.” In the grievance, they demanded that Sgt. Mosser and CO Richard be fired and investigated for a hate crime, and for CO Kirchner to get therapy. Captain Andrews, the head of security, denied the grievance.
The sergeant and COs are still working in the prison to this day, with no repercussions...
As of March 10th, prisoners have reached out to Pennsylvania officials at the Dept. of Corrections in a letter campaign, sending 100 copies of the grievance. Copies of the letter also were mailed to Governor Shapiro, Senator Fetterman, Senator Street, and various advocacy groups. The demands for relief in the original grievance have now become the platform of demands for this campaign. About 20 of the 100 letters were withheld by the prison.
Activists on the outside are joining forces with prisoners to elevate their demands, flooding the phone lines of DOC offices, assisting with outreach to media, and circulating the stories of prisoners who have found unity in opposition to the facility's virulent institutional racism.
In any other workplace, hanging a noose would be grounds for immediate termination. However, Nicki Paul, the superintendent's assistant and "grievance coordinator" informed the public that they self-investigated their staff and found they did nothing wrong.
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