By Chris Hedges In Franz Kafka’s short story “Before the Law” a tireless supplicant spends his life praying for admittance into the courts of justice. He sits outside the law court for days, months…
Category: Police State Repression
Know Your Rights!
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Booklet from the Center for Constitutional Rights |
Also see:
Ten Years Later: Surveillance in the Homeland (a joint project of the ACLU of Massachusetts and Truthout)
The Obama Surveillance State
“The Obama administration is once again protecting the Bush abuses which its supporters thought would now be long gone.” By Margaret Kimberley The state security apparatus which came into being during the…
Secret FBI documents reveal attack on democratic rights of anti-war and international solidarity activists
Taken as a whole, the secret FBI file shows the willful disregard for the rights of anti-war and international solidarity activists – particularly the first amendment rights to freedom of speech and…
FBI and LA County Sheriff Raid Veteran Chicano Activist Carlos Montes
Tell U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder – “Hands off Carlos Montes and other activists.” Statement from the Committee to Stop FBI Repression On May 17, 2011 at 5:00 a.m., the SWAT Team…
US Dept of Treasury Freezes Activist’s Bank Accounts
By Kevin Gosztola *Scroll down for audio interview Update – 3:10 PM New York Time Here is the press release just out. It indicates that this is actually much more sinister than…
U.S. Attorney Escalates Attacks on Civil Liberties of Anti-War, Palestinian Human Rights Activists
From the Committee to Stop FBI Repression On Friday, May 6, the U.S. government froze the bank accounts of Hatem Abudayyeh and his wife, Naima. This unwarranted attack on a leading member of…
Drones Fly Through Congress to Enter US Skies
Protest to Ground the Drones and End the Wars at Hancock Air National Guard Base in Upstate NY April 22 By Nick Mottern Within weeks and possibly days, President Obama is likely to…
Is Permanently Detaining Foreign Nationals Without Any Due Process The New Norm?
…the new Guantanamo policy is virtually identical to the Bush administration’s discredited policy of secret review by mysterious people in a hidden location with no rules of evidence or meaningful standards of…
Stop FBI Repression
A two-year secret federal investigation of the U.S. anti-war movement has been conducted by the Obama administration, apparently with a federal grand jury in Chicago hearing evidence from Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, looking…
Smart Cellphones and Dumb Laws: Will Your Cellphone Make You a Criminal?
The Rising Wave of Repression Against Documenting Dissent and Police Misconduct Friday, February 18, 2011 at 7pm In CHICAGO at Tom Robinson Gallery (2416 North Avenue) Forum with Gregory Koger, Chris Drew…



