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Video: Audience Q&A at Defending Dissent forum

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Thomas Nephew

(Part I) (Part II) The presentations by Kit Bonson, Saqib Ali, Max Obuszewski, and Sue Udry were followed by a series of questions from the audience, among them: What will the public do when these kinds of abuses are claimed?  … Continue reading →

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Video: Sue Udry (Defending Dissent Foundation) speaks at Defending Dissent forum

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Thomas Nephew

(Part I) (Part II) Ms. Udry led off by discussing examples of environmental dissent chilled or disproportionately punished by laws, law enforcement, and the judicial system.  She went on to note that law enforcement agencies have also taken it on … Continue reading →

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Video: Max Obuszewski (Baltimore Nonviolence Center) speaks at Defending Dissent forum

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Thomas Nephew

Max Obuszewski recalled how he learned in 2008 that there were Maryland State Police files on him, via discovery by the ACLU of Maryland and a pro bono legal firm: …when I got back to Baltimore there was a message … Continue reading →

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Video: Saqib Ali (CAIR-MD) speaks at Defending Dissent forum

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Thomas Nephew

Former Maryland Assembly Delegate Saqib Ali (now government affairs director of CAIR-MD) addressed the audience about the civil liberties challenges faced by American Muslims.  He shared some of the questionable work products of the “Demographics Unit” of the NYPD’s Intelligence … Continue reading →

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Video: Kit Bonson introduces Defending Dissent forum

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Thomas Nephew

Kit Bonson introduced the evening’s speakers Saqib Ali, Max Obuszewski, and Sue Udry, and then introduced the forum by noting that the issue of “defending dissent” is what sparked the formation of our group: The Montgomery County Civil Rights Coalition … Continue reading →

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Activists survey challenges to dissent at Wheaton forum, propose Rapid Response Network

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Thomas Nephew

If you’re one of those Americans with a belief or an opinion, you’re at risk these days. That was the take home message from an excellent panel of activists at Thursday night’s “Defending Dissent: A Public Forum” event at Wheaton … Continue reading →

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This week: Defending Dissent — A Public Forum (Thursday 7pm at Wheaton Library)

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Thomas Nephew

Political Repression & Civil Liberties post 9/11 What effect has the “The War on Terror” had on free expression and grassroots political organizing in Maryland and across the United States since 9/11?  Come to a public forum sponsored by Montgomery … Continue reading →

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Defending Dissent: A Public Forum — Wheaton, April 18

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Thomas Nephew

Political Repression & Civil Liberties post 9/11 What effect has the “The War on Terror” had on free expression and grassroots political organizing in Maryland and across the United States since 9/11?  Come to a public forum sponsored by Montgomery … Continue reading →

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