History shows us that once a nation builds a mass detention apparatus, it never remains limited to its original targets. History isn’t whispering: it’s shouting, says Thom Hartmann.
Call Trump ‘Detention Camps’ by Their Real Name
Tag: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Hedges Report: Construction of the Surveillance State
Whitney Webb on how mass surveillance and the military industrial complex are beginning to coalesce in unprecedented ways under the Trump administration.
Trump’s Desaparecidos
A hacker found more than 40 people not previously acknowledged by the Trump administration on the list of migrants deported to CECOT, according to 404 Media.
Student Jailed for Writing Op-Ed Released From US Detention
Rümeysa Öztürk returned to Boston at the weekend after being released less than 24 hours after courts ruled that Badar Khan Suri’s case must be heard in Virginia and Mahmoud Khalil’s case must remain in New Jersey.
West’s Support For Israel Is No. 1 Threat To Free Speech
After Donald Trump’s threat to free speech on U.S. campuses, everyone who claims to stand for freedom has an obligation to stand against it, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Legislating Silence
Rights Groups: Stop Pro-Palestine College Crackdown
Instead of resorting to excessive policing, three rights groups say universities need to do more to protect student speech from violence and intimidation.
Pro-Palestine Students, Faculty Sue UC Santa Cruz
The lawsuit seeks to “vindicate the fundamental democratic and constitutional rights to free speech, free assembly, and due process against overreach by university authorities.”