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November 20, 2008

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Face number one in anti-government-spying video

People for the American Way included Kate and Val Cohen’s protest photos in their new video against illegal domestic spying by our government. Check it out! Then sign the petition against telco immunity today.

Posted by Donna Wares, February 21st, 2008 | Permalink
File under: Activism, Free expression, Politics/government, Shades of evil, Web video

First Amendment front lines

The latest American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression newsletter details the battle over censorship of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson’s book, Fair Game, as well as the Bush Administration’s brakes on the Freedom of Information Act. “The administration is assaulting First Amendment rights on two fronts,” says ABFFE President Chris Finan. “On one hand, [...]

Posted by Donna Wares, February 18th, 2008 | Permalink
File under: Free expression, Shades of evil

Tough month for academic freedom

“The best that can be said about the University of California’s leaders,” says Peter Scheer of the California First Amendment Coalition, “is that they are neutral in their spinelessness.”

Posted by Donna Wares, September 23rd, 2007 | Permalink
File under: Colleges/universities, Free expression