American Civil Liberties Union

October 8, 2026

Columbia, Other Universities, Systematically Suppressed Pro-Palestinian Speech, ACLU and Amnesty International Report Alleges

Simon Leton and Emily Pickering Columbia Spectator

The 322-page joint report from the ACLU and Amnesty International claims that the University violated free speech rights and imposed more punitive punishments for pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

August 18, 2026

Media Bits and Bytes — August 18, 2026

Portside

Surveillance goes haywire

May 26, 2025

This Week in People’s History, May 28-Jun 3, 2025

Photograph of Frederick Douglass as a young man

Frederick Douglass’s Unusual Book Tour (1845), Andrew Johnson Goes His Own Way (1865), Fight the Power (1975), The ACLU Takes a Stand (1970)

June 19, 2023

This Week in People’s History, June 20 . . .

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President Reagan giving a speech about smuggling arms to the Contras

CIA impunity in 1988. U.S. imperialism's baby steps in 1898. Free speech for Nazis in 1978. U.S. responsibility for Vietnam War in 1971. Smallpox-infected presents in 1763. Voting wrongs, not rights, in 2013. Haymarket prisoners pardoned in 1893.

labor

May 12, 2021

ACLU Staff Union Wins Voluntary Recognition

Katie Barrows Nonprofit Professional Employees Union

The union of ACLU national workers, ACLU Staff United, was voluntarily recognized by ACLU management. ACLU Staff United is organized with the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU), IFPTE Local 70.

labor

May 12, 2021

ACLU Staff Union Wins Voluntary Recognition

Katie Barrows Nonprofit Professional Employees Union

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