The Dissent Newswire

If you’re near the Boston area tonight, we highly recommend you attend a discussion about fusion centers being held at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center in Roxbury, MA. Fusion centers are a new mechanism to bring together tremendous

March 5, 2010 – Civil liberties and privacy activists in Austin, TX, have had cause for concern for the past year. A new fusion center in that area will make use of widespread data mining techniques. It will collect and

A major debate is taking place on national television, and even in Congress, regarding terrorism, detainee rights, torture, and constitutional protections. While not attempting to deride the whole criminal justice system, one would think that we should examine the differences

Nov. 23, 2009 – Since the passage of the PATRIOT Act,  pervasive citizen surveillance and data collection have been combined as part of an ambitious effort to coordinate national security efforts. Many state governments are in the process of developing

Over the past several months, the Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC) and its supporters and allies across the country have demanded a complete and thorough investigation of alleged torture and prosecution of all former and current officials involved. Thank

A family vacation over Independence Day offered a poignant reminder of why, over 30 years ago, my parents sought refuge in the U.S. Fleeing the racial hostility they encountered in Britain after escaping the brutality of the Indian Subcontinent’s Partition,

Have you ever been arrested while protesting at the White House or in Congress? The next time you’re arrested,* the Justice Department wants federal police to harvest your DNA, and add it to their massive DNA database.* This outrageous proposal