Attack on civil liberties
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.
April 13, 2012 The Supreme Court unveiled one of its most civil liberties-shredding rulings ever--and the Obama administration approved.
April 11, 2012 The Chicago City Council passed Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposals to give police new powers to criminalize protest.
January 23, 2012 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.
January 20, 2012 The same mayor and city council pushing austerity on Chicagoans are also planning to prevent people from speaking out.
January 19, 2012 : Abdul Malik Mujahid Muslims in the U.S. are facing a sustained assault on their most basic rights--and it has had significant social and economic consequences.
January 19, 2012 Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's attempt to criminalize protest is no exception in a society where the state is prepared to turn to repression.
January 18, 2012 : Eamonn McCann If Bradley Manning had committed war crimes rather than exposing them, he wouldn't be in so much trouble.
January 12, 2012 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.
January 6, 2012 The man who once promised to close Guantánamo Bay has betrayed us by authorizing the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens.
January 5, 2012 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.
January 4, 2012 : Nicole Colson 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.
December 15, 2011 : Nicole Colson The assassination of U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen represents a dramatic escalation of the war on civil liberties.
October 3, 2011 : David Judd New details continue to emerge about the NYPD's secret program for spying on Muslims--with the cooperation of the CIA.
September 15, 2011 : Glenn Greenwald The once-controversial observation that Barack Obama has continued and even expanded the Bush-Cheney war on civil liberties is now undeniable.
July 18, 2011 The FBI is rewriting its manual to allow greater leeway to spy on citizens and carry out surveillance of political groups.
June 22, 2011 Some 200 people gathered at Judson Memorial Church for a conference called by the Committee to Stop FBI Repression.
February 23, 2011 : Sarah Pomar Brooklyn College administrators rehired lecturer Kristofer Petersen-Overton--in the face of a determined defense campaign.
February 22, 2011 At least 200 people turned out for a fundraiser for antiwar and socialist activists who have fallen victim to political repression.
December 1, 2010 : Daphna Thier Despite having neither the means nor intent to commit acts of terrorism before a government agent entered their lives, four New York men face life in jail.
October 20, 2010 : Michael Ratner The president of the Center for Constitutional Rights on the escalating assault on civil liberties in the wake of the FBI raids on antiwar and socialist activists.
October 19, 2010 : Brian Lenzo Peace of the Action and other activist groups discovered that they have been under surveillance for months by a private agency.
October 8, 2010 New York City activists gathered on the steps of City Hall to support four men arrested last year on trumped-up terrorism charges.
August 4, 2010 The Supreme Court upheld a part of the Patriot Act that criminalizes free speech as "terrorism"--and the Obama administration sees this as a victory.
June 23, 2010 : Eamonn McCann How could Obama condemn George Bush for imprisoning foreigners without legal process, but then issue executive orders for the killing of Americans?
March 9, 2010
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