Michael Withey

Image: Hoover's doubts about Forsythe in his own handwriting in long-secret FBI Documents On the 40th anniversary of the assassinations of two of Seattle’s most beloved labor leaders a Freedom of Information lawsuit has revealed a gross miscarriage of justice by the...

A huge “thank you” to the Stanford Libraries recognition of the contributions that Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes made to the struggles of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for social and racial justice. We are looking forward to the 40thanniversary commemoration...

Union by Law, Filipino American Labor Activists, Rights Radicalism and Racial Capitalism by Michael W. McCann and George Lovell (University of Chicago Press 2021) Reviewed by: Mike Withey, Author of Summary Execution, the Seattle Assassinations of Silme Domingo and...

In a major break in our 39 year struggle for justice, distinguished former Special Agent in Charge Kathy Leodler provided a report to the federal court detailing the FBI’s miscarriage of justice in its investigation of the murders of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes....

Draws Parallels between Marcos and Russian Interference in US Elections and Politics Pulitzer Prize Winning Investigative reporter Eric Nalder has delivered a hearty “thumbs up” in his recent review of Author Michael Withey’s new book Summary Execution:  The Seattle...

General Hermogenes Esperon (Ret.), the present National Security Advisor to Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, has admitted he was involved in Ferdinand Marcos’ efforts to spy on anti-Marcos opposition in the United States. Esperon, highly regarded by Duterte was...

We are thrilled to announce that we have signed an agreement with WildBlue Press https://wildbluepress.com for the publication Summary Execution: The Political Assassinations of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes. The book is due out in early 2018.WildBlue Press - “Great...

Major Developments in The Domingo and Viernes Story!! Literary agent Chip MacGregor of MacGregor Literary has agreed to be our agent to get the book published. Chip is a highly successful and well regarded agent who will represent Mike with both the book publishing...

By Mila de Guzman @Inquirerdotnet Whenever Cindy Domingo sees her late brother Silme’s wife, two daughters and four grandchildren at the family Sunday dinner, she feels Silme’s presence. “I think of how happy he would be to see that his family is still connected to...

On October 14, 2016 the University of Washington School of Law hosted a conference on Human Rights Abuses: Expose the Cover-ups. The morning panel of victims and activists heard from parent representatives of the forty-three students who were “disappeared” in...

The Domingo and Viernes Story is pleased to work with the University of Washington School of Law and the Human Rights Center to convene a conference on Human Rights Abuses: Expose the Cover-Ups on Friday, October 14, 2016 at the UW School of Law. Don’t miss your...

An army lieutenant under late Chilean strongman Augusto Pinochet was found liable by a Florida jury on Monday for the 1973 torture and killing of popular folk singer Victor Jara and ordered to pay $28 million in damages, attorneys for the victim's family said. The...

The friends and families of Gene and Silme commemorated the 35th Anniversary of their murders on June 1, 2016, united in our belief that our fallen brothers live on in our lives, memories, and activism. There is much to report on in our ongoing struggle for justice:...

The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) has for decades been a beacon of light for those striving for human rights around the world. At our upcoming Conference called “Human Rights Abuses:  Expose the Cover-Up” to be held on October 14th at the U.W. Law School, IPS...

Michael Ratner was a visionary and former Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. Among his numerous accomplishments, he was also the co-counsel in the original Domingo v. Republic of the Philippines lawsuit brought by The Committee for Justice for...

On behalf of The Domingo and Viernes Story, we salute the pioneering work performed by the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) in this important case and are happy to support their efforts.  We have fought for justice in the murders of our slain brothers Gene...

-- Original Post from Daily Kos, Jan 13th 2016 The North Carolina legislature wants to punish anyone who blows the whistle on illegal or cruel acts on factory farms, nursing homes, daycare centers . . . or just about anywhere else. In fact, North Carolina’s law, a...

Many Chileans and human rights advocates have long suspected foul play in the death of the poet Pablo Neruda, who died 12 days after the 1973 coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet. Now, the government of Chile has said it is “highly probable” that those suspicions are...

On behalf of the Estates of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes, a new effort to gain information from the Naval Investigative Service (NIS) was launched this month in the form of a renewed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The request seeks documents from the US...

International Attorney Almudena Bernabeu and the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA), a public interest/human rights project based in San Francisco received the prestigious Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award from the Institute for Policy Studies, which...

Orlando Letelier, a leading opponent of Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet Almost 40 years after the political assassination of Chilean economist, Socialist, and diplomat Orlando Letelier and his assistant Ronnie Moffit in a car bomb in Washington D.C., the US...

Original content from KUOW Silme Domingo, left, and Gene Viernes, right, were murdered at a union hall in Seattle. It took a determined group of people to find out the murderers. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON DIGITAL ARCHIVES On Monday, June 1,...

This report, released by the Center for Constitutional Rights (link) and Palestine Legal (link)  in September 2015, documents for the first time the widespread and growing suppression of Palestinian human rights advocacy in the United...

Ken Kashiwahara, an ABC-TV journalist who was the brother-in-law of former Philippine Senator Benigno Aquino (Ninoy), was interviewed recently by the BBC program “Witness” about the August 21, 1983 assassination of the Senator which led to...

NOTE: The Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes is deeply indebted to the Center for Constitutional Rights and Michael Ratner for their early support for our justice efforts. The CCR entered an appearance as co-counsel for the...

By Michael Ratner an Carey Shenkman The Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes is deeply indebted to the Center for Constitutional Rights and Michael Ratner for their early support for our justice efforts. The CCR entered an...

Our friends and supporters at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York were helpful in shaping our civil lawsuit against the Marcos Regime in the early days of our justice efforts in 1981. The CCR, headed then by Michael Ratner...

What follows is a personal account of Mike Fox, one of the attorneys who represented Gene Viernes, Silme Domingo and Silme’s brother Nemesio Domingo in their fight against race discrimination in the cannery industry in Alaska. Mike had dedicated his life and career to the representation of farm workers, cannery workers, and the downtrodden and neglected. On the bench he was widely acclaimed for his fairness, and sense of justice. It is my personal honor to present Mike’s heartfelt reflections on our fallen heroes, Gene Viernes and SIlme Domingo:

 On September 11, 1973, the duly elected Socialist government of President Salvador Allende was overthrown in a military coup engineered by Col. Augusto Pinochet with the backing of the Nixon/Kissinger administration in Washington.  President Allende died in his...

On July 14th we sent a formal request to the FBI to produce documents related to its use of Levane Malvison Forsythe as an informant for the Marcos-backed murders of anti-Marcos union activists Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes and subsequent criminal trials. Mr....