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Ethan Madarieta discusses the colonial foundations of the Chilean state.

Corporate media attached the label “far left” to the name Antifa, as though being anti-fascist is somehow now beyond the pale. Doing that, they legitimized government efforts to take the First Amendment activities, and make them suspect.

Few figures on the left have been as committed to realizing the democratic promise of American politics as Eugene Debs.

Labor in an AI generated future

Once an organization is designated as an Foreign Terrorist Organization, providing “material support” to it becomes a federal crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison

For refusing to sign a loyalty oath she was barred from practicing law, targeted by the FBI. Founder of Berkeley’s Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute, pioneered the field of “peace law,”wrote the resolution establishing Berkeley-a Human Rights City

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As an Australian who wrote about the demonstrations while on campus, I gave my phone a superficial clean before flying to the U.S. I underestimated what I was up against.

At a time when civil liberties are hanging by a string, and the institutions that working people have come to rely on to pursue justice for themselves are being gutted, Flynn’s life and career are a wellspring of inspiration.

For centuries, the writ of habeas corpus—a fundamental protection against unlawful imprisonment—has remained a core fixture of democratic governance. Suspending it would defy the Constitution, but Trump is weighing his options.