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  • Defending Rights & Dissent Joins Over 580 Leading Nonprofit Organizations to Oppose Threats by Trump Administration After Kirk Assassination

    The White House

    September 19, 2025 –

    Over 580 organizations called on the fed

  • Gaza First Amendment Alert (9/18/25)

    Images of bombed-out Gaza and a Palestine protest

    September 18, 2025 –

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  • Gaza First Amendment Alert (April 04, 2025)

    Images of bombed-out Gaza and a Palestine protest

    April 4, 2025 –

    Rubio Ramps Up Political Abuse of Immigr

  • Press Release: Citing Chilling Effect on Civil Society, 16 Organizations Urge President Biden to Pardon Steven Donziger

    Steven Donziger speaks at a rally in Washington, DC.

    January 13, 2025 –

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                  

  • Gaza First Amendment Alert (November 27, 2024)

    Images of bombed-out Gaza and a Palestine protest

    November 27, 2024 –

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  • The House Ed Committee v. Student Protest

    Gaza encampment protests at Columbia University, which has been within the crosshairs of the House Ed Committee

    July 22, 2024 –

    The school year is over, but with electi

  • With 4,500 cops on the ground for the RNC, Milwaukee created a volatile situation for protest

    Protest signs for the March on the RNC, held on July 15, 2024.

    July 18, 2024 –

    Copyright Truthout, 2024. The piece init

  • Speaker Emertia Pelosi Calls for FBI Investigation of Ceasefire Protesters; DRAD sends letter

    Protester holding a ceasefire now sign, which Nancy Pelosi has suggested may have connections to Russia

    January 30, 2024 –

    On January 28, 2024, Nancy Pelosi called

  • The Cop City Shuffle: FOIA and protester surveillance

    Example of social media surveillance of Stop Cop City events, obtained via FOIA

    September 28, 2023 –

    The Stop Cop City movement is a lightnin

  • Defending Rights & Dissent Statement on Indictment of African People’s Socialist Party Members

    Members of the African People's Socialist Party/Uhuru Movement at a rally

    April 25, 2023 –

    Defending Rights & Dissent expresses

  • The Supreme Court sleeps on defending boycotts and the right to political expression

    Exterior of the Supreme Court, which denied writ of certiorari in the BDS case Arkansas Times LP v. Waldrip this week.

    February 24, 2023 –

    In an absurd ruling, the Eighth Circuit

  • The FBI, Anti-Globalization Protests, and FOIA Deception

    Document revealing that the FBI was engaged in FOIA deception - listed in this document are groups that the FBI initially claimed there were no responsive documents for.

    February 15, 2023 –

    In the late 1990s and early 2000s, inter

  • The Cop City Domestic Terrorism Charges are an Intimidation Tactic

    Protests against Cop City

    February 15, 2023 –

    The past several months have seen a show

  • Illinois Takes the Lead in Codifying Workers’ Rights

    Map of the state of Illinois with fists up, representing the state's recent ballot initiative, which codified collective bargaining rights.

    November 23, 2022 –

    When voters went to the polls across the

  • FBI Raids Homes and Offices of Activist Groups, Claiming Russian Influence

    sign on the Dept. of Justice Building

    August 1, 2022 –

    On Friday July 29, 2002 the FBI raided h

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    August 17, 2026
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    August 6, 2026
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    August 3, 2026
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