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January 2, 2025
Published by Cody Bloomfield at January 2, 2025
In 2007, when workers at a Tar Heel, NC meatpacking plant tried to organize against low pay and unsafe working conditions, their employer, Smithfield Farms, struck back hard. But the meatpacking plant didn’t just resort to standard union-busting tactics. Instead,
December 19, 2024
Published by Chip Gibbons at December 19, 2024
Originally published in The Dissenter, link here. Reprinted with permission. On December 11, five days after Magistrate Judge Ivan Davis ordered accused CIA leaker Asif William Rahman to be released from jail, District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles overruled the decision.
December 18, 2024
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at December 18, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chip Gibbons, Policy Director December 18, 2024
December 16, 2024
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at December 16, 2024
Washington, DC – Three activists with the African People’s Socialist Party and its sister organization, the Uhuru movement, were spared both prison time and a fine. The government sought to criminalize pure speech, including protests and newspaper articles against racism
December 11, 2024
Published by Chip Gibbons at December 11, 2024
Want to receive the Gaza First Amendment Alert in your inbox? Sign up here for updates every other Wednesday. With Trump Allies Plotting Deportation of Activists, Right Wing Zionist Group Turns to Facial Recognition to Identify International Students As reported
November 27, 2024
Published by Chip Gibbons at November 27, 2024
Want to receive the Gaza First Amendment Alert in your inbox? Sign up here for updates every other Wednesday. Trump Administration Poised to Deliver More Middle East War, More Domestic Crackdown on Dissent On November 5, 2024, Donald Trump was
November 22, 2024
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at November 22, 2024
On November 20, the Senate took historic votes on a series of resolutions, called Joint Resolutions of Disapproval, introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to block the sale of offensive weapons to Israel. Nineteen Senators, including 17 Democrats and 2
November 21, 2024
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at November 21, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 21, 2024 Defending Rights & Dissent Condemns Passage of H.R. 9495 Washington, DC – Defending Rights & Dissent condemns the passage of H.R. 9495, or the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act.
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