Articles by Tom Carter
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The Pentagon’s Law of War Manual (Parts 1-4)
Tom Carter, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Nov 2015
The new US Department of Defense ‘Law of War Manual’ is essentially a guidebook for violating international and domestic law and committing war crimes. The 1,165-page document is not a statement of existing law as much as a compendium of what the Pentagon wishes the law to be.
→ read full articleUS Psychologists’ Convention Bans Participation in Torture
Tom Carter, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Aug 2015
On Friday [7 Aug 2015], the American Psychological Association overwhelmingly adopted a resolution banning participation by psychologists in national security interrogations, in the face of accusations that the proposed ban on torture was “anti-government” and “anti-military.”
→ read full articleThe American Psychological Association, Torture, and the Nuremberg Doctors’ Trial
Tom Carter, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Jul 2015
13 Jul 2015 – A 542-page independent report made public by the New York Times on Friday [10 Jul] implicates the American Psychological Association in the CIA torture program. The devastating report not only exposes the involvement of psychologists in torture, but also lifts the curtain on years of lies, conspiracies, and cover-ups reaching to the top of the APA and academia.
→ read full articleWhat Is in the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on CIA Torture (Part I)
Tom Carter, WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Dec 2014
16 Dec 2014 – This is the first of three articles summarizing the contents of the unclassified executive summary of the US Senate Intelligence Committee’s 6,700-page report on the CIA torture program, released last week.
→ read full articleCalifornia Passes Resolution Defining Criticism of Israel as Anti-Semitism
Tom Carter – World Socialist Web Site,
10 Sep 2012
4 September 2012 – Last month, the California State Assembly passed a resolution urging state educational institutions to crack down on criticism of Israel on campuses, which the resolution defines as “anti-Semitism.”The resolution was drafted by Republican Linda Halderman and passed without public discussion. The vote on the resolution came when most students were between semesters and away from their campuses. The resolution is available here.
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