The last time the United States faced serious internal dissent was in the 1960s and early 1970s, from war resisters and black and Native American movements.The government responded instantly with violent repression, including a well-documented assass
GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul warned that the National Defense Authorization Act, which was passed by Congress this month, will accelerate the country’s “slip into tyranny” and virtually assures “our descent into totalitarianism.”
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, autocratic ruler of the post-Soviet country for 20 years, has reportedly shut down large portions of his country’s mobile and internet networks in a bid to quell recent rioting, TechEye reports.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano traveled to New York to deliver a speech to the boss today. She told the Council on Foreign Relations there will be no departure from the Bush administration in regard to homeland security. It will be the
Most of us react in horror at what we saw, and at the absurdly dishonest explanations from the campus police chief. But some people think the protesters got what they deserved and even called for heavier-handed tactics.
As sociologist David Bayley pointed out, "The police are to the government as the edge is to the knife." The police are an implement of coercion wielded by the political class, whether they are operationally under the control of Washington, D.C. or C
Police figured out the name of the suspect very quickly. But locating and arresting him took a little-known investigative tool: a vast system that tracks the comings and goings of anyone driving around the District.
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Jesse Ventura made a good point recently in response to the decision by a government lawyer dressed in a black version of a KKK robe (er, I mean, "distinguished federal judge") that his lawsuit against the unconstitutionality of the American police s
In the recent story about the woman accosted by American fascists for taking a picture of a tourist attraction, there's one point I haven't heard mentioned. Here it is.
As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave her speech at George Washington University yesterday, condemning governments that arrest protesters and do not allo free expression, 71-year-old Ray McGovern was grabbed from the audience