KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: Stand Up Against State Surveillance & Intimidation!

Source November 14, 2010 3 Comments

Panel discussion on “Know Your Rights: stand up against state surveillance and intimidation.” OB Rag editor Frank Gormlie will join the Panel at the Joyce Beers Community Center in Hillcrest from 7 to 9pm.
Gormlie will be speaking on the history of police surveillance of activists during the Seventies. CHECK INSIDE FOR OTHER PANELISTS AND DETAILS.

National “Call-In Day” to Stop FBI Harassment – October 12th

Staff October 12, 2010 0 Comments

Also: Sign the Petition to Stop FBI Harassment – [see below]

Join peace and solidarity activists all around the country today in the National “Call-In Day” to stop the FBI harassment of this community of American activists. October 12th is the day.

Solidarity rally in support of activists raided by the FBI in 4 states Friday Sept 24th

Staff September 29, 2010 3 Comments

San Diego Demonstrates in Solidarity
Thursday Sept 30th @ 5pm at the Federal Building

STOP the FBI Witch hunts & ‘Terrorism Warrants’ against Socialists, Solidarity and Peace Activists!

Last Friday, Sept. 24th the FBI raided the homes and offices of more than a dozen activists in 4 states and pursued others in at least 2 other states carting away in one case, 40 boxes of personal, computer and cell phone materials.

Anti-War Activists in the Nation’s Heartland Under Attack!

Rocky Neptun September 27, 2010 5 Comments

By Rocky Neptun

The sweeping assaults across the nation on peaceful anti-war activists Sept. 24th represent an ominous divergence for an administration which was elected to change the heavy-handed policies of the Bush regime. Like something straight out of the Ashcroft playbook, FBI agents, in cooperation with local authorities, raided homes and offices in Michigan, Illinois and Minnesota. Government thugs also showed up at the doors of progressives and human rights activists in North Carolina and San Jose, California.

My Tortured Decision – top FBI agent comes ‘clean’ on torture

Source April 23, 2009 6 Comments

By Ali Soufan

FOR seven years I have remained silent about the false claims magnifying the effectiveness of the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques like waterboarding. I have spoken only in closed government hearings, as these matters were classified. But the release last week of four Justice Department memos on interrogations allows me to shed light on the story, and on some of the lessons to be learned.