“people are crammed into overcrowded cages. Food is spoiled, mosquitoes swarm, showers are scarce, and the heat makes the center unbearable.”
Author: Rebecca Gordon
a TomDispatch regular, taught for many years in the philosophy department at the University of San Francisco. Now, semi-retired from teaching, she continues to be an activist in her faculty union. She is the author of Mainstreaming Torture, and American Nuremberg: The U.S. Officials Who Should Stand Trial for Post-9/11 War Crimes.
The Rubble of Empire
How can you tell when your empire is crumbling? Some signs are actually visible from my own front window here in San Francisco.