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Documents Show FBI Monitored Movements of Black Lives Matter Activists
The Intercept reveals that the FBI has developed and implemented a practice of monitoring the physical movements of activists associated with Black Lives Matter. In addition to providing further evidence of FBI tailing nonviolent demonstrators, the piece also sheds light … Read more »
Call to Action: With FCC Vote Condemning Net Neutrality to Death, Congress Holds Last Remaining Hope
As we outlined in our most recent net neutrality piece, in spite of overwhelming public support for current net neutrality rules, and the considerable evidence of the grave harms that would result in their absence, the FCC under Chairman … Read more »
Opinion: Consistent, and Meaningful, Defense of First Amendment Fee Expression Must Include Even White Supremacists
In the wake of the horrific and senseless attack on peaceful anti-white supremacist protesters by a white supremacist supporter in Charlottesville, Virginia, the progressive movement, and Americans across the political spectrum, are understandably in shock. But while tragedies such as … Read more »
Bipartisan Congressional Bill Threatens to Criminalize Peaceful Pro-Palestine Speech
UPDATE (9/7/17): A piece out last week from Portside reports that Congressman Bobby Rush of Illinois’s 1st District has added his name to the growing list of Congress members who have rescinded their initial support for the Israel Anti-Boycott Act… Read more »
Call to Action: Urge Your Congressional Representatives to Uphold Net Neutrality and Protect Freedom on the Internet
Since the election, President Trump’s team of policymakers has been moving forward with plans to reverse FCC net neutrality policies implemented by President Obama, which would deal a critical blow to internet freedom. With its vote on May 18, 2017 … Read more »
First in Alarming Wave of Anti-Protest Bills Signed into Law as States Considering Similar Legislation Reaches 20
UPDATE (8/15/17): According to a new report by The Intercept, in the face of the tragic, deadly attack in Charlottesville by a driver deliberately ramming his vehicle into a crowd, state lawmakers in a handful of states have declined … Read more »
Legislation in Ten States Threatens Erosion of First Amendment Protection
UPDATE: According to a new report by the New York Times, the number of state legislatures currently considering legislation to curb or more harshly punish protesting or related acts has risen to sixteen. Bills have been put forward in Tennessee … Read more »
Judge Dismisses Trespassing Charges After Prosecution Attempts to Bar First Amendment Defense
Regardless of one’s views on how strictly trespassing laws should be enforced, an attempt to invalidate a defendant’s exercise of their First Amendment rights by contending that they are a “professional protester” is extraordinary. According to Norman Siegel, formerly of … Read more »
