Michael O. Allen

Tag: Cuba

  • The Gitmos before Gitmo

    Zina Saunders‘ illustration for “Guantanamo at Home” in The Nation magazine in which Jeanne Theoharis, with the proposed closing of Guantanamo, takes a hard look at the harsh treatment of terror suspects in prisons on American soil. Read the article here. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin

  • A Hero of the Cuban Revolution

    Che – Part 1 (Cert 15) by Philip French , The Observer, Sunday 4 January 2009 Related: Peter Bradshaw’s review of “Che” This month is the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista and his replacement by Fidel Castro, who, sadly enough, was also to become a dictator. Shortly after the revolution,…

  • A Read

    I don’t know how well Esquire magazine is doing these days. I was a subscriber to the magazine in college and read it religiously long after I stopped subscribing. But those were the days when you could count on a Norman Mailer, Gay Talese, or a Truman Capote to regularly contribute a piece. It was…

  • Renewing U.S. Leadership in the Americas

    Sen. Barack Obama offers a different vision for U.S.-Cuba relations and a new posture to the Americas. Renewing U.S. Leadership in the Americas: Remarks of Senator Barack Obama before the Cuban American National Foundation, May 23, 2008 (as prepared for delivery) It is my privilege to join in this week’s Independence Day celebration, and in…

  • Justice System

    I guess William Glaberson of the New York Times has this story exclusive, that the Bush administration is about to fire up the Kangaroo court it set in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to finally try someone for the 9/11 attack. This court is, of course, about the only place you could ever try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed…