Full-page Statement in the New York Times Demands: "Close Guantánamo Now!"

May 26, 2013 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us

The "Close Guantánamo Now!" statement, organized by World Can't Wait, appeared in the front "A" section of the New York Times on Thursday, May 23—the same day that Obama gave a major speech that discussed U.S. drone strikes as well as Guantánamo. The signers of the statement include John Cusack, Wallace Shawn, Junot Diaz, Noam Chomsky, Daniel Ellsberg, Eve Ensler, Dave Eggers, Glenn Greenwald, Paul Haggis, Bianca Jagger, Ariel Dorfman, Erica Jong, Michael Moore, Ron Kovic, Moby, Tom Morello, Mark Ruffalo, James Schamus, Carl Dix, Oliver Stone, Cindy Sheehan, and Cornel West, joined by attorneys for the Guantánamo prisoners and hundreds of others.

Click here for a PDF of the full-page ad that appeared in the NY Times. Go online to worldcantwait.net to learn more about the statement, add signatures, and donate so it can be published internationally.

The full-page ad that appeared in the May 23 NY Times

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