Many have noted that the “terrorism” trial of three young NATO protesters which began last week has been a joke — were not the stakes so high not only for the three young victims, but the state of civil liberties …

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Closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba was the first promise of the newly-minted Obama administration back in January 2009. Like so many other promises that could have been delivered on during the first two years of his administration, when …

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Edward Snowden’s revelations about U.S. government spying on virtually every American with a cell phone and an internet connection blew the lid off liberal pretensions that the Obama administration is in any respect better than the Bush administration on civil …

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The first promise of the newly-minted Obama administration back in 2008 was to shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison. Today, dozens have spent many years there without charges, let alone trial, and have been “cleared” for release, but haven’t been. …

11 Years of Guantanamo Prison – Shut it Down! Read more »


The cases of “The NATO 5,” five young anti-war activists arrested on terrorism charges in the days before the NATO summit in Chicago this past May, illustrate some of the worst law enforcement abuses in a town which is rife …

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In the run-up to Chicago May 2012 G8/NATO summits, the City is preparing to pass repressive legislation designed to punish protesters for exercising their 1st Amendment rights. Predictably, Mayor Emanuel introduced the legislation by saying that it was “just” for …

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Using a draconian June 2010 Supreme Court ruling, the Obama administration has targeted dozens of anti-war and international solidarity activists for FBI raids and grand jury subpoenas. These raids represent the most serious government attack on the anti-war movement in …

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Upon inauguration, President Obama’s first promise to the American people was to shut down the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison. Not only did Obama break that promise, he has managed to make the United States’ record on civil liberties violations even …

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Until his death in 2011, Ifti Nasim was perhaps the most prominent political and cultural voice in Chicago’s vibrant South Asian community. A Pakistani-American who left his native country in the 1960s to escape homophobia and an arranged marriage, Nasim …

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