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Defending Civil Liberties
Socialist Action, and Youth
for Socialist Action view the recent attacks on civil liberties in the wake
of 911 as a particularly alarming development. We’ve set up this page to
highlight the threat these attacks represent and draw attention to several
important cases. We welcome your feedback!
Civil Liberties News & Views
 Bush Orders Spy Agency to Wiretap the U.S: ”If this were a dictatorship, it would
be a heck of a lot easier, just as long as I am the dictator,” President
George W. Bush told reporters after the 2000 election. Apparently, he
wasn’t joking. Following the 9/11 attacks, President Bush secretly ordered
the National Security Agency to wiretap—without a warrant—American citizens
who made phone calls or sent e-mails overseas. continued
The Struggle for Same Sex Marriage
Continues: During the last two years, the struggle
for gay rights, especially the initiatives for civil unions and same-sex
marriages, has seen more setbacks than gains throughout the U.S. In 2003, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled
that gays had a right to marry, and the first ceremonies were held in
2004. Since then, 17 states have adopted constitutional amendments to
ban gay marriage—most often by popular vote—and 10 of these states also ban
civil unions and domestic partnerships. In addition, California Gov.
Schwarzenegger in September vetoed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. continued
In Defense of Lori Berenson: My daughter Lori has been
wrongfully incarcerated in Peru since the night of Nov. 30, 1995, when she was
arrested on a public bus in Lima. She has been a victim of injustice
on three occasions: First, by a draconian Peruvian justice system
that had received worldwide condemnation, second by a Peruvian propaganda
machine that made her into the symbol of a “terrorist monster,” and third
by an international court that caved into political pressure. continued
Should Women Be Assigned to Combat
Duty? In May, The House Armed Services
Committee, in a 61-1 vote, approved a bill that would set Defense
Department policy and spending plans for the upcoming budget year. The bill
envisions creating a $50 billion fund for conflicts in the upcoming year;
however, it provides no money for it. The measure also calls for increasing
the military by 10,000 Army soldiers and 1000 Marines. continued
Archived Articles & Links
Civil Liberties Under Attack:
 Bush Orders Spy Agency to Wiretap the U.S.
Should Women Be Assigned to
Combat Duty?
More
repression at home
Canada’s
Racist Immigration Policy — Legacy & Reality
Civil
Liberties Victory @ York University
Transit
worker targeted for Sikh religion
Iowa Anti-War
Activists Win Victory Against the FBI
Ashcroft
Demands More Powers
Summary of
the Attacks on Our Civil Liberties
FBI Attacks
Student Rights
Immigrant
Rights Under Attack
Right-Wing
Launches Witch Hunt on Campuses
Green Party
Leader Detained @ Maine Airport
Texas
Anti-Sodomy Law Struck Down
The Case of Lynne Stewart:
SF Bay Area
Welcomes Lynne Stewart
Frightened
Jurors Convict Lynne Stewart
Judge
Dismisses Major Terrorism Counts Against Lynne Stewart
Lynne Stewart
Frame-Up Unravels
The railroad
trial of Lynne Stewart
Lynne Stewart
re-indicted on trumped-up terrorism charges
Defend Lynn
Stewart!
Arab & Arab American Detainees:
Canada’s Racist
Immigration Policy — Legacy & Reality
Mohamed
Majoub Remains in Detention
Mohamed
Majoub Remains in Detention
N.Y.
Palestinian activist freed from U.S. prison nightmare
Defend Sami Al-Arian!
Political Prisoners:
Who Is Mumia
Abu-Jamal?
Michael Moore
Apologizes for Mumia Remark
National Task
Force Established to Free Mumia
YSA on
Clinton's Refusal to Pardon Leonard Peltier
Pennsylvania
seeks death penalty for Mumia
Federal Judge
Throws Out Mumia's Death Sentence
Other Death Penalty Cases:
The Struggle
Against the Death Penalty in Puerto Rico
Ken Richey:
17 years on death row
New Evidence
in the Case of Kevin Cooper
Court Overturns Conviction of
Death Row Inmate Kenny Richey
State bungles
‘evidence’ in Kevin Cooper case
DNA testing
for Kevin Cooper
The Struggle Against
the Death Penalty in Puerto Rico
Ken Richey:
17 years on death row
Civil Liberties Links & Resources:
American
Civil Liberties Union
Lynne Stewart
Defense Committee
Amnesty
International
National
Lawyers Guild
Civil Liberties Watch
Center for Constitutional Rights
Canadian
Journalists for Free Expression
Committee to Protect
Journalists
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