red scare 9.11 let's gooooo

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    charged under United States Code S.118 P3, Political Speech While Black

  • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    “Russia’s foreign intelligence service allegedly weaponized our First Amendment rights — freedoms Russia denies its own citizens — to divide Americans and interfere in elections in the United States,” Justice Department’s National Security Division Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen said in a statement.

    is the contention is that when someone "weaponizes" a civil right, they should be "disarmed" of that right? can't wait to hear this guy's take on Second Amendment rights.

    • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      We would never deny that right to our Citizens like evil Russia does.

      Sorry, you can't use it like that. Off to jail you go.

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      thinking about when Jacqueline Guzman got fired for daring to suggest NYC shouldn't shut down for a massive cop funeral

  • Parzivus [any]
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    2 years ago

    This shit made me so mad when I saw their org
    https://blackpowerblueprint.org/project/uhuru-house-community-center/
    They've made a health center, a community garden, housing for ex-convicts, a basketball court. And now they might go to prison over bogus charges

    • Beaver [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      This kind of community power is a huge threat to capital, and is nipped in the bud whenever possible.

  • Beaver [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    FARA is such a powerful tool for suppressing international solidarity.