Fight the attack on civil liberties at home

Patriot Act

  • FBI abuses "Patriot Act" of course
  • "Patriot Acts" still mysterious, terrifying and utterly indefensible, posted March 21, 2005
  • Government diversifies campaign against civil liberties, posted March 2, 2004
  • Attorney General given sweeping powers to oppress without oversight, posted august 3, 2003
  • LAPD nixes civil liberties, posted June 15, 2003.
  • Ninety U.$. cities reject USA Patriot Act, posted June 7, 2003.
  • May 30 RALLY at Sen. Barbara Boxer's Los Angeles office; 3,100 signatures delivered.
  • Flyer for May 30th rally with anti-Patriot Act article.
  • Petition (Spanish): Defend civil liberties against "anti-terrorist" attack! Over 3,250 signatures so far!
  • Sign the online petition!
  • Flyer opposing attempts to make Patriot Act I permanent
  • Block Patriot Act II's march to fascism!
  • Full Text of the Patriot Act II can be found here
  • Leave MIM's web page and read what the ACLU has to say about Patriot II
  • Santa Barbara students organize against bogus "security" policies

    Post September 11, 2001 Repression

  • Studs Terkel and white nationalist libertarianism
  • Bush asks Congress for coverup for warrantless surveillance
  • Truth comes from practice: liberals don't know what to say about civil liberties
  • Undercover Catch-22: Bourgeois media admits FBI vigilantes
  • Congressman uses religion to justify imperialism
  • Apple loses: now we can "think different"
  • Demonstrate for Adolfo Oleachea in London September 3, posted September 1, 2003
  • Spain extradites Adolfo Olaechea to Peru: Reuters, posted August 8, 2003
  • Desperate regime in Peru still seeks extradition of Adolfo Olaechea, posted July 19, 2003
  • Spanish authorities arrest Adolfo Olaechea in guise of fight against "terrorism", posted July 14, 2003
  • Supreme Court OKs coercive interrogation, posted June 7, 2003.
  • LAPD nixes civil liberties, starts own "Operation TIPS," posted June 7, 2003.
  • University ofSouthern California students and faculty stand by defense of international students, posted December 6, 2001.
  • Oregon cities refuse to help with interviews of Arabs and Muslims, posted December 3, 2001.
  • More than 1000 Arab and Muslim detainees held without charges: reports of torture and death, posted November 11, 2001.
  • Last ditch struggle: Petition the Supreme Court now against the new repressive laws, posted October 30.
  • Petition for detainees to be released, posted October 30.
  • MIM demands releaseof detainees, posted October 30, 2001.
  • MIM outraged at war-time legislation aimed at cracking down on the people!, posted October 25, 2001.
  • FBI agitating through leaks for torture rights, posted October 22, 2001.
  • ACLU and others petition Congress for 4th Amendment, posted October 19, 2001.
  • Other voices: Libertarian Party speaks against repressionas some kind of solution, posted October 19, 2001.
  • Legislators jump on "anti- terror" bandwagon, posted October 6, 2001.
  • Activists protest restrictions and spying on foreign students, posted October 3, 2001.
  • Universities spying on foreign students, posted October 1, 2001.
  • Polls: Amerikans no "freedom"-loving people , posted September 29, 2001.

    Hate crimes in the imperialist countries against Arab-looking people

  • Update on anti-Arab hate crimes , posted December 27, 2001.
  • PICTURE: 600 kb picture of Sikh child wearing U.S. flagsat a rally of Sikhs to avoidracist harassment, posted October 1, 2001.

    Nitty-gritty of your organizing legal rights regularly abused by police, bureaucrats and property-owners

  • Private property trespassing does not apply to literature distribution U.S. Supreme Court Marsh v Alabama (1946)
  • LA Airport cannot prohibit free speech U.S. Supreme Court (1987)
  • Free literature distribution allowed at non-public forums including airports U.S. Supreme Court (1992)