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Ratner, Michael D. was born on June 13, 1943 in Cleveland. Son of Harry and Anne Ratner. Bachelor of Arts, Brandeis University, 1966.
( In the months following its initial release, Guantánamo...)
In the months following its initial release, Guantánamo: What the World Should Know has proved to be a disturbingly accurate account of the Bush administration's tangle with civil liberties and torture. Written by Michael Ratner (Center for Constitutional Rights President and co-consul on the case of Rasul v. Bush)and Ellen Ray (Institute for Media Analysis President), Guantánamo is the most authoritative documentation to date on President Bush's moves toward a network of detention centers--a system without accountability, which flouts U.S. and international law. With a resource section that includes the Gonzales memo to President Bush and excerpts from the Geneva Conventions, Guantánamo provides strong evidence of Ratner explains how Gonzales and the Bush Administration are acting to radically alter America's historic commitment to civil and human rights, and why all Americans should resist what is being done in our name. Gathered together for the first time, Guantánamo: What the World Should Know includes the governmental memoranda that led to the conditions at the Naval Station at Guantánamo Bay, Abu Ghraib and beyond. Ratner and Ray give the definitive account of what led to the current conditions at Guantánamo and the importance of continuing to fight against the violations of U.S. and international law undertaken by the United States since 9-11. This book is a must-read for anyone concerned with the rule of law, liberty, democracy--and the right to dissent. Guantánamo also includes the essay 'A president beyond the law' by Anthony Lewis.
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( In the Age of Terrorism, the United States has become a...)
In the Age of Terrorism, the United States has become a much more dangerous placefor activists and dissenters, whose First Amendment rights are all too frequently abridged by the government. In Hell No, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the country’s leading public interest law organization, offers a timely report on government attacks on dissent and protest in the United States, along with a readable and essential guide for activists, teachers, grandmothers, and anyone else who wants to oppose government policies and actions. Hell No explores the current situation of attacks upon and criminalization of dissent and protest, from the surveillance of activists to the disruption of demonstrations, from the labeling of protestors as terrorists,” to the jailing of those the government claims are giving material support” to its perceived enemies. Offering detailed, hands-on advice on everything from Sneak and Peak” searches to Can the Government Monitor My Text Messages?” and what to do If an Agent Knocks,” Hell No lays out several key responses that every person should know in order to protect themselves from government surveillance and interference with their rights. Beginning with a preface by Vincent Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights and a frequent legal commentator on CNN, MSNBC, and NPR, Hell No also includes an introduction on the state of dissent today by CCR board chair Michael Ratner and Margaret Ratner Kunstler. Concluding with the controversial 2008 Mukasey FBI Guidelines, which currently regulate the government’s domestic response to dissent, Hell No is an indispensable tool in the effort to give free speech and protest meaning in a post9/11 world.
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( The Case Against Donald Rumsfeld lays out the evidence ...)
The Case Against Donald Rumsfeld lays out the evidence that high–level officials of the Bush administration ordered, authorized, implemented, and permitted war crimes, in particular the crimes of torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment. Using primary source documents ranging from Rumsfeld’s “techniques chart” and Iraqi plaintiffs’ statements to the testimony of whistleblowers and key pieces of reportage, the book sets forth evidence of a torture program that took place throughout the world: in Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantánamo, secret CIA prisons, and other places unknown. The accused are accorded a defense drawn from their memos and public statements. Readers are allowed to judge whether the Bush administration has engaged in torture and whom among the administration to hold responsible. Reminiscent of Christopher Hitchens’s bestselling The Trial of Henry Kissinger, The Case Against Donald Rumsfeld constitutes one of the only attempts to hold high–ranking Bush administration officials criminally responsible for their actions.
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Ratner, Michael D. was born on June 13, 1943 in Cleveland. Son of Harry and Anne Ratner. Bachelor of Arts, Brandeis University, 1966.
Bachelor, Brandeis University, 1966. Juris Doctor magna cum laude, Columbia University, 1971.
Law clerk United States District Court (southern district), New York City, 1971-1972. Professor New York University Law School, 1973-1974. Attorney Center for Constitutional Rights, 1978-1985, legal director, 1985-1990, president, since 2002.
Adjunct professor Yale Law School, New Haven, 1990—1995, lecturer, 2000. Special counsel for human rights Government of Haiti, 1996. Lecturer Columbia Law School, New York City, since 1999.
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Member National Lawyers Guild (president 1982-1983). Email: MRATNER@lgc.org.