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Drones: Coming to a City Near You
Drones – unmanned, remotely controlled aircraft – have increasingly become part of our miltary anti-terrorism strategy abroad. The Pentagon touts them for their ability to perform strikes while keeping our members of the armed
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Candlelight March and Inter-faith Dinner In Support of Yassin Aref and Mohammed Hossain
Townsend Park, Washington and Central Avenues, Albany, NY The candlelight march will begin at Townsend Park and end at the Masjid As-Salam Mosque, 278 Central Avenue, Albany. You are invited to join us for
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Crossreach and NDAA in the Spotlight
Metroland featured Fong (from Occupy Albany Civil Liberties Initiative) and Spyder (from Albany Tea Party) in their piece on Crossreach and the
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CIVIL LIBERTIES REVIEW for 5/13/2012
CIVIL LIBERTIES REVIEW for 5/13/2012 HR 347 Makes many forms of protesting illegal, especially when Secret Service is present http://dailycensored.com/2012/03/05/many-forms-of-occupy-protests-subjected-to-new-bill-making-protests-illegal/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn7xELvMQMo NSA constructs massive listening station in Utah desert; Veteran NSA agents retire due
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STOP CISPA!
The assault on Internet freedom hasn’t ceased with the defeat of SOPA/PIPA! Make sure you contact your representatives and tell them to VOTE NO on H.R.3523 (CISPA)! http://www.facebook.com/events/369402396429535/372029886166786 UPDATE: CISPA has passed the
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Dr. Nick Begich on the Use of Fear for Societal Change
What he describes is the biggest threat to free societies… We need to bring this runaway train to a halt&#
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Have we not had enough of this yet?
Video Captures Woman Sobbing Uncontrollably During TSA Pat Down We must fight to protect our rights and to prevent the indignities especially imposed on our most vulnerable: children, the elderly and sexual assault victims…
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Interview with a TSA screener reveals fatal flaws… It’s time for us to put an end to this mindless security theatre&#
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China gains more freedom as we lose???
More and more it seems like China is gaining freedom as we lose it at an exponential pace… Proposed Chinese Copyright Changes Would Encourage Re-Use China Unblocks Sensitive Keywords YouTube Partially Unblocked In China
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Civil Liberties Initiative – 3/31/2012 Minutes
For those of you that joined us last night at 472 Madison, thanks for coming! I think it was a great discussion/debate/brainstorm-session. We threw around a lot of good ideas for direct action on
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