civil liberties
Today in labor history: Freedom of the press
November 17, 2014On this date, Nov. 17, 1734, New York printer and journalist John Peter Zenger (1697-1746), a German immigrant, was arrested.
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Net Neutrality: Who does it benefit?
November 17, 2014The fight for net neutrality is not over; the FCC still needs to create a path toward regulation or create new rules allowing ISPs to charge different rates for faster/slower service.
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“Citizenfour”: “The Shock Doctrine” plays out in the Patriot Act
November 7, 2014The NSA and the National Security State have committed possibly irreparable damage to democracy itself, which depends on free speech and liberty of thought.
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Progressive cinema: Whistleblowers at Tribeca
May 7, 2014Certainly the film of most interest to progressives at the Tribeca Film Festival this year would be 1971, directed and written by Johanna Hamilton.
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National forum on police crimes to be held in Chicago
April 30, 2014The forum is devised to promote a "renewed effort to build a multi-racial, multi-national movement" against police crimes, government surveillance, mass incarceration, and more.
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