In the last 30 years, significant evidence has surfaced about how the FBI and local law enforcement disrupted non-violent social and political movements, even “neutralizing” individuals through target assassinations. The secret program was vast, with agents monitoring and agitating people involved in the “New Left,” including anti-Vietnam War efforts, the civil rights movement, the Black Panthers, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), the American Indian Movement, Puerto Rican independence groups, popular musicians and counter-cultural and revolutionary independent newspapers.
OTHER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE VIEWS ON THE BILL
Democratic presidential hopeful Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) said that he believes the proposed bill is unconstitutional.
Speaking to a crowd of supporters in New York City Nov. 29, Kucinich took several questions from the audience, including my question asking why he voted against the bill. Kucinich was one of only six representatives to oppose the bill on Oct. 23.
“If you understand what his bill does, it really sets the stage for further criminalization of protest,” Kucinich said. “This is the way our democracy little, by little, by little, is being stripped away from us. This bill, I believe, is a clear violation of the first amendment.”
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul was one of the 22 House members not present for the vote.
A small demonstration against S. 1959 took place outside Senator Hillary Clinton’s office in New York City Dec. 10. Her office did not return an Indypendent’s call for comment.
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Read Jessica Lee’s Nov. 16 article on HR 1955:
“Bringing the War on Terrorism Home: Congress Considers How to ‘Disrupt’ Radical Movements in the United States.”
Blog Update Dec. 2 — Kucinich Opposes H.R. 1955
Blog Update Nov. 27 — Opposition to the Bill and how the Legislation would Target the Internet
Read the proposed Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act:
H.R. 1955:
S. 1959:
OTHER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE VIEWS ON THE BILL
Democratic presidential hopeful Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) said that he believes the proposed bill is unconstitutional.
Speaking to a crowd of supporters in New York City Nov. 29, Kucinich took several questions from the audience, including my question asking why he voted against the bill. Kucinich was one of only six representatives to oppose the bill on Oct. 23.
“If you understand what his bill does, it really sets the stage for further criminalization of protest,” Kucinich said. “This is the way our democracy little, by little, by little, is being stripped away from us. This bill, I believe, is a clear violation of the first amendment.”
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul was one of the 22 House members not present for the vote.
A small demonstration against S. 1959 took place outside Senator Hillary Clinton’s office in New York City Dec. 10. Her office did not return an Indypendent’s call for comment.
–
Read Jessica Lee’s Nov. 16 article on HR 1955:
“Bringing the War on Terrorism Home: Congress Considers How to ‘Disrupt’ Radical Movements in the United States.”
Blog Update Dec. 2 — Kucinich Opposes H.R. 1955
Blog Update Nov. 27 — Opposition to the Bill and how the Legislation would Target the Internet
Read the proposed Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act:
H.R. 1955:
S. 1959:
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