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September 3, 2020
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at September 3, 2020

Rightwing Website Falsely Targets Black Portland Community Leader

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September 3, 2020
Published by Sue Udry at September 3, 2020

Podcast Shares Stories of Protestors, Journalist Blinded by Police Projectiles 

Americans protesting the killing of George Floyd were met by militarized police using excessive force and firing rubber bullets and other projectiles into crowds of unarmed people and at journalists covering the protests. The first episode of a new podcast
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September 3, 2020
Published by Sue Udry at September 3, 2020

DRAD Asks DC Mayor to Get Her Priorities Straight

DC’s Mayor Muriel Bowser was angry when federal agents aggressively fired chemical agents at peaceful protesters outside the White House on June 1, to clear the way for President Trump to wave a bible in front of a church. On
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September 2, 2020
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at September 2, 2020

DRAD talks with Daniel Ellsberg, Glenn Greenwald, and Thomas Drake about Whistleblowers, Press Freedom, and the Espionage Act

Recently, Donald Trump when asked about a pardon for whistleblower Edward Snowden claimed he was looking into it. While it’s unclear how serious his answer was or what his intentions were, this has sparked a renewed discussion about Snowden. Unfortunately,
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August 27, 2020
Published by Suraj K Sazawal at August 27, 2020

The Bucks Stop Here

When NBA players refused to take the court following the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, they did more than take a stand against racial injustice.  Whether they knew it or not, the Milwaukee Bucks’ players, who
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August 20, 2020
Published by Chip Gibbons at August 20, 2020

Hoover Appreciates Your Thoughtfulness: The FBI and History’s Most Infamous Anti-Semetic Forgery

The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion are an infamous anti-Semetic forgery. Created to stoke anti-Semetisim in Russia at the turn of the 20th century, they continue to be the centerpiece of bigoted conspiracy theories to this day.  So why did an official FBI account tweet them?
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August 7, 2020
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at August 7, 2020

Harsh Penalties For Students Who Question School Safety

Students returning to High School in Paulding County, GA this week crammed the halls. At least one student was concerned about the crowding and lack of masks, so she tweeted a photo (above). It went viral and resulted in her
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August 6, 2020
Published by Quentin Anderson at August 6, 2020

Despite Reports of a Federal Withdrawal, DRAD Continues to Monitor the Situation in Portland

On July 17, Defending Rights and Dissent and the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) were joined by over fifty civil society groups in condemning the deployment of unidentified federal agents to Portland against the wishes of local elected officials.  According
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September 3, 2020

DC’s Mayor Muriel Bowser may have renamed a street for #BlackLivesMatter in order to send a message to Donald Trump, but she ignored the demands of Black Lives Matter activists in her own city. https://rightsanddissent.org/news/drad-asks-dc-mayor-to-address-metro-police-civil-liberties-abuses

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September 2, 2020

.@MayorBowser Instead of calling for Donald Trump’s USAO to prosecute DC residents who were arrested by your police without probable cause, we suggest you look into the civil liberties abuses of your own police.

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August 31, 2020

Mike German was an FBI agent who infiltrated white supremacist groups.

German says too many local police don’t take the far right seriously – or are actively sympathizing with them. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/28/fbi-far-right-white-supremacists-police

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August 30, 2020

Fred Hampton was born 72 years ago today. He was murdered by Chicago police in a raid orchestrated by the FBI as part of COINTELPRO.

On our @stillspying podcast we discussed Hampton's life, legacy, and the role the FBI played in his death.

https://stillspying.org/the-war-on-black-dissent-part-ii-cointelpro-the-assassination-of-fred-hampton/

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August 28, 2020

Webinar: The Case for a #SnowdenPardon with Glenn Greenwald https://www.pscp.tv/w/chgPlzF3QkVBcm9YUGRCUVB8MUx5eEJhRVdOTHBKTpxhF7FNE9sl8DhP7TW6lTiK2WPjB-wGbfuW-fRa7Io6

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