The VICE Guantanamo Guest Edit
Banned Books of Guantánamo: 'An American Slave' by Frederick Douglass
Douglass has been embraced by America, but not the bosses at Gitmo.
Banned Books of Guantánamo: 'Blair's Wars' by John Kampfner
The author on why his book exposing Tony Blair and George W. Bush is banned in Guantánamo.
Banned Books of Guantánamo: 'The Merchant of Venice' by William Shakespeare
This banned book reflects the "legal nightmare" of Gitmo, argues Melvyn Bragg.
Banned Books of Guantánamo: 'Cruel Britannia: A Secret History of Torture' by Ian Cobain
Ian Cobain totally gets why his book is banned from Gitmo.
Banned Books of Guantánamo: 'Crime and Punishment' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
If I were running an illegal detention center in a distant no man's land where prisoners could be held indefinitely and without trial I wouldn't want detainees to read Fyodor Dostoyevsky's masterpiece Crime and Punishment either.
Banned Books of Guantánamo: 'A People's History of the United States' by Howard Zinn
John Howard on why Zinn's radical history is banned from Gitmo.
Banned Books of Guantánamo: 'Hidden Agendas' by John Pilger
It is the embodiment of dissent in a place intent on crushing it.
Banned Books of Guantánamo: 'Futility' by Wilfred Owen
Jeremy Paxman finds it "fascinating" that the war poet is banned in Gitmo.
Banned Books of Guantánamo: 'Trainspotting' by Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh has no fucking idea why his book is banned from Gitmo.
Banned Books of Guantánamo: 'The Kill List' by Frederick Forsyth
The writer says it's "a badge of honor" to be banned in Gitmo.