Category: Police State Repression

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…

“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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

…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…

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…

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…