Topic: Attack on civil liberties

  • State of fear

    The sensationalism and scaremongering of the political and media establishment is part of their drive to tighten the grip of the security state.

  • Protecting Boston's marathon

    In honor of those determined to run and not live in fear, we shouldn't easily surrender what made the Boston Marathon so mighty.

  • Fasting for Lynne's freedom

    The prosecution and imprisonment of Lynne Stewart is an ominous threat to the rights of every American.

  • Charges dropped against Rumsfeld protester

    On March 7, all charges were dropped against activist and socialist Shaun Joseph, ending a nearly 18-month legal ordeal.

  • An appeal for Lynne Stewart

    The civil liberties lawyer deserves an immediate release from unjust imprisonment to receive urgent medical care.

  • Standing up to civil wrongs

    Some 200 people attended a conference in Connecticut to challenge government initiatives to restrict our civil liberties.

  • FBI raids won't silence us

    The FBI raided the homes of activists in three cities in the Pacific Northwest in its latest offensive against our movements.

  • The framing of the NATO Five

    The case against five anti-NATO protesters in Chicago follows the same script of scare-mongering and entrapment used before by law enforcement.

  • Desnudándonos los derechos

    La Corte Suprema de Justicia dio a conocer una de sus resoluciones más anti-libertades civiles de su historia--y con la venia del gobierno de Obama.

  • Stripping away our rights

    The Supreme Court unveiled one of its most civil liberties-shredding rulings ever--and the Obama administration approved.

  • Emanuel gets his clampdown

    The Chicago City Council passed Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposals to give police new powers to criminalize protest.

  • Un asalto al derecho a protestar

    La criminalización de la protesta--por parte del alcalde de Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, y del Concejo Municipal--no es una excepción en una sociedad donde el Estado está siempre listo a reprimir.

  • The United States of Islamophobia

    Muslims in the U.S. are facing a sustained assault on their most basic rights--and it has had significant social and economic consequences.

  • They find the money for repression

    The same mayor and city council pushing austerity on Chicagoans are also planning to prevent people from speaking out.

  • The right to protest in peril

    Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's attempt to criminalize protest is no exception in a society where the state is prepared to turn to repression.

  • The undisputed person of the year

    If Bradley Manning had committed war crimes rather than exposing them, he wouldn't be in so much trouble.

  • Obama contra las libertades civiles

    Ahora, en EE.UU., los militares pueden detener indefinidamente, y sin juicio, a sus propios ciudadanos--uno más de nuestros "inalienables derechos" fue sacrificado por el demócrata en la Casa Blanca.

  • The "war on terror" comes home

    The man who once promised to close Guantánamo Bay has betrayed us by authorizing the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens.

  • Obama versus civil liberties

    The U.S. military can indefinitely detain U.S. citizens without trial--that's the latest of our "inalienable rights" sacrificed by the Democrat in the White House.

  • Persecuted by the national security state

    After more than a year and a half behind bars, Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier accused of leaking classified information to WikiLeaks, faces a court date.

  • Assassinated on Obama's orders

    The assassination of U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen represents a dramatic escalation of the war on civil liberties.

  • The NYPD's secret spies

    New details continue to emerge about the NYPD's secret program for spying on Muslims--with the cooperation of the CIA.

  • Civil liberties under Obama

    The once-controversial observation that Barack Obama has continued and even expanded the Bush-Cheney war on civil liberties is now undeniable.

  • Picking up where Bush left off

    The FBI is rewriting its manual to allow greater leeway to spy on citizens and carry out surveillance of political groups.

  • Conference on FBI repression

    Some 200 people gathered at Judson Memorial Church for a conference called by the Committee to Stop FBI Repression.