The Socialist 22 April 2009

Fight the cuts!

New Labour's environmental ploy: How green are electric cars?

Visteon workers stand up to bosses

Taking the Visteon struggle forward

Basildon workers picket Ford showrooms

Solidarity with the Visteon Workers

Enfield workers say: "Do a Visteon!"

Disbelief at Visteon bosses' offer

European elections: a workers' alternative to New Labour takes shape

No2EU - yes to democracy

Youth Fight for Jobs

G20 Summit death: Independent inquiry into police violence, now!

Tesco: Every billion helps

CIA torture

Tamil action to stop the war continues

Ireland: Budget savages workers

Betrayals that led to Thatcher's victory

Hillsborough - 20 years on

Stead McAlpin: Protesting in London

Unison: a fighting and democratic union needed

Postal workers' solidarity action

Wales FE funding: Victory, but keep the champagne on ice

National Shop Stewards Network conference

Saturday 27 June

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CIA torture

THE US Justice Department revealed last week detailed memos describing barbaric interrogation techniques used by CIA operatives on suspected terrorists.

The techniques, which were approved by the Bush administration, were used between 2002 and 2005 in CIA secret overseas prisons. The tortures involved keeping detainees awake for up to eleven straight days, placing them in a dark, cramped box and putting insects into the box to exploit their fears. Another well-documented torture is 'waterboarding', where the prisoner is immobilised and subjected to the sensation of drowning without causing death.

President Obama, under CIA pressure, was reluctant to reveal the memos. It was only because of an impending court case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union that he did so. But he reassured the agency that its operatives involved would not be prosecuted.

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