There are few organizations I hold in higher esteem than Amnesty International. As a non-governmental force for mobilizing large-scale efforts against torture and other human rights fiascos, AI has an outstanding, honorable track record. They’ve executed imperishable raids against the modern merchants of fascism, communism, authoritarianism, totalitarianism, barbarism, imperialism, and every other “-ism” worth its client state and extermination squads. Full story