The Senate Meets George Orwell

Adam Elenbaas
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Recently the "Dissident Voice," a radical newsletter for peace and social justice, covered the Senate's recent work on several bills that would broaden the definition of terrorism to startling new degrees.

According to the report:

"The bills would broaden the already-fluid definition of “terrorism” to encompass political activity and protest by dissident groups, effectively criminalizing civil disobedience and non-violent direct action by developing policies for “prevention, disruption and mitigation.”

For the full Dissident Voice article, click here. 

Comments

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Submitted by Bridget Algiere on Fri, 05/30/2008 - 17:36.
Be very, very frightened! Let's hope the First Amendment holds up against this BS, it has taken quite a beating during this loooooong painful administration...

"The only thing constant in life is change" -François de la Rochefoucauld

Stoking The Flames of Dissent

Submitted by Keith M Judge on Mon, 06/02/2008 - 11:35.
I am struck by the self-defeating qualities of this legislation. Additional police action, suppression of first amendment rights, and intervention in the democratic process will eventually elicit an increase in violent dissent and political rebellion - the very thing this legislation is attempting to address. I often wonder if our political representatives are clever , self-serving criminals or mere imbeciles. I suspect they fall somewhere in between these two categories.