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April 16, 2021
Published by Cody Bloomfield at April 16, 2021

DRAD Joins Black and Brown Activists for “Safety , Not Surveillance” Congressional Advocacy Day

By Cody Bloomfield In the wake of the January 6 white supremacist attack on the Capitol, Congress has considered expanding surveillance and instituting harsher penalties for domestic terrorism. Ending white supremacist violence is essential, but these proposed solutions only propagate
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April 14, 2021
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Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at April 14, 2021

The People Have a Right to Demand Justice for Daunte Wright

April 14, 2021 Last night, for the third night in a row, people in Brooklyn Center, MN took to the streets to protest the police killing of Daunte Wright. And for a third night, police in riot gear responded with
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April 6, 2021
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at April 6, 2021

Standing With Daniel Hale, Standing With Whistleblowers

Last week, Daniel Hale, a drone whistleblower, pled guilty to one count of violating the Espionage Act. Hale admitted in court that he gave to an investigative reporter documents detailing human rights abuses pertaining to the US’s troubling assassination program.
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April 1, 2021
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at April 1, 2021

Defending Rights & Dissent Joins Members of Congress, Civil Society Groups, and Distinguished Historians, in Demanding Release of Fred Hampton Files

Members of Congress, civil society groups, and historians and other scholars all called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to release the remaining files on the FBI’s role in the assassination of Fred Hampton. Hampton, the charismatic young leader of the
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March 31, 2021
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at March 31, 2021

We Still Stand With Daniel Hale

Defending Rights & Dissent stands with Daniel Hale, a courageous and heroic whistleblower. Earlier this afternoon, Hale pled guilty to one count of “retention and transmission of national defense information” in violation of the Espionage Act. Hale was charged with
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March 24, 2021
Published by Cody Bloomfield at March 24, 2021

Whose streets? Anti-protest bills’ chilling effect on democracy

By Cody Bloomfield In recent years, millions of people have turned out to protest police brutality, former President Trump, the Dakota Access Pipeline, and gun violence, among other issues. Legislators in 45 states have responded to this surge in civic
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March 23, 2021
Published by Suraj K Sazawal at March 23, 2021

‘Fortress DC’ Foreshadows Dangerous Anti-Protest Measures

By Suraj K. Sazawal Two months after Donald Trump’s supporters ransacked the U.S. Capitol, the drawdown of the National Guard and the removal of razor-wire fencing surrounding the building has begun.  “This is progress,” DC Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton said
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March 18, 2021
Published by Patrick G. Eddington at March 18, 2021

Does the FBI Spy on FOIA Requesters?

By Patrick G. Eddington The 55-year-old Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was authored by the late John Moss (D-CA) as an essential tool for citizens to wield to uncover what Executive branch officials were doing in their name. National Sunshine
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