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Tomorrow, protesters will gather in London and Washington, DC to demand @pritipatel block the extradition of Julian Assange and @TheJusticeDept drop the charges.
We will be out in DC at 1:00 tomorrow.
Here's why.
In coordination with London protests of UK Home Secretary Priti Patel, we call on U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to stop the extradition and drop all charges against award-winning journalist Julian Assange | @AssangeActionDC
https://assangedefense.org/event/may-17-protest-at-the-doj/
Are revelations that the FBI conducted 3.4 million warrantless searches of American's electronic communications a scandal that rivals the Snowden revelations?
@LizaGoitein of @BrennanCenter argues yes (and we agree).
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/3488604-us-surveillance-of-americans-must-stop/
From May 12-14, 1960 demonstrators protested HUAC's San Francisco hearings and were met with wanton police violence.
The protests were organized by Frank Wilkinson who would go on to found the organization that became Defending Rights & Dissent!
http://todayinclh.com/?event=huac-protests-in-san-francisco
Today in history: Philadelphia dropped two bombs onto a building where members of MOVE were. As a result, 65 adjacent homes burned down.
@DavidLindorff wrote about it for us back in 2015.
https://www.rightsanddissent.org/news/may-13-1985-the-day-a-city-bombed-its-own-people/