• Mark Danner - Into the Light of Day - Human Rights after Abu Ghraib - highly recommended
• David J. Luban - The Poisoned Chalice - Humanity at Nuremberg and Now
• Jenny S. Martinez - The Law of Torture
• Philip G. Zimbardo - The Lucifer Effect - Understanding How Good People Turn Evil [slides]- highly recommended
• Gerald Gray - Torture Policy at Abu Ghraib - Military Use of Science for the Control of the Country
• Judith Butler - Torture, Sexual Politics, and the Ethics of Photography
• Seymour Hersh - Chain of Command - The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib

Last night's Teach-in saw the completion of the first phase of Stanford Amnesty's campaign to raise awareness about America's use of torture. [click for photo slideshow]

After establishing the campaign early this quarter, we set about on independent research projects to gather as many facts as we could about America's use of torture. It is an extremely complex issue, and we wanted to make sure we got all of the facts before expanding our campaign to the entire Stanford campus.

Thanks for your interest. We're here to raise awareness of and call an end to America's use of torture, and we'd love for you to blog with us. Registration is easy, anyone can join, and you should expect to hear back from us within 24 hours for further instructions.

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If you have any questions, please e-mail Galen Panger, the current chief blogger, at stanfordagainsttorture at gmail dot com. Thanks!

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More Things You Can Do To Take Action

(1) E-mail this petition to your friends or share this link on Facebook

(2) Inform yourself about America's use of torture with our research and resources

(3) Come to our Events

(4) E-mail Senators Feinstein and Boxer, or find your own representatives

(5) Join the Stanford Against Torture group on Facebook

(6) Sign up to receive e-mail announcements from Stanford Amnesty

(7) Come to Amnesty meetings on Tuesdays at 8PM in the Womens' Center (Firetruck House)