Int’t Women’s Day 2011: Women Stand Up Against Repression
Speakers: Jess Sundin a leader of the Anti-War Committee and Freedom Road Socialist Organization. She is one of the anti-war
Read MoreSpeakers: Jess Sundin a leader of the Anti-War Committee and Freedom Road Socialist Organization. She is one of the anti-war
Read MoreSpeakers: Jess Sundin a leader of the Anti-War Committee and Freedom Road Socialist Organization. She is one of the anti-war
Read MoreIn late September, the FBI carried out a series of raids of homes and antiwar offices of public activists in Minneapolis and Chicago. Following the raids, the Obama Justice Department subpoenaed 14 activists to a grand jury in Chicago and also subpoenaed the files of several antiwar and community organizations. In carrying out these repressive actions, the Justice Department was taking its lead from the Supreme Court’s 6-3 opinion last June in Holder v. the Humanitarian Law Project, which decided that nonviolent First Amendment speech and advocacy “coordinated with” or “under the direction of” a foreign group listed by the Secretary of State as “terrorist” was a crime.
Read MoreIn late September, the FBI carried out a series of raids of homes and antiwar offices of public activists in Minneapolis and Chicago. Following the raids, the Obama Justice Department subpoenaed 14 activists to a grand jury in Chicago and also subpoenaed the files of several antiwar and community organizations. In carrying out these repressive actions, the Justice Department was taking its lead from the Supreme Court’s 6-3 opinion last June in Holder v. the Humanitarian Law Project, which decided that nonviolent First Amendment speech and advocacy “coordinated with” or “under the direction of” a foreign group listed by the Secretary of State as “terrorist” was a crime.
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