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25 July 2008
Military
show trial of Hamdan opens at Guantánamo Bay
19 July 2008
US
judge rules Guantánamo military tribunal can proceed
17 July 2008
US
court upholds president's power to detain Americans as "enemy
combatants"
One million names on US government "terrorist"
watch list
14 July 2008
Palestinian
political prisoner now charged with criminal contempt
12 July 2008
Federal
judge says US Department of Justice must give priority to Guantánamo
cases
2 July 2008
US
appeals court emphatically overturns military tribunal ruling
28 June 2008
The
reactionary politics of the Supreme Court's "gun rights"
decision
27 June 2008
Bush
administration stacked Justice Department with right-wingers
US
Supreme Court rejects "Millionaire's Amendment" to
campaign finance law
19 June 2008
New York Times covers up
for "confused" US military torturers
18 June 2008
Detainee
torture: Further proof of US government criminality
14 June 2008
Antonin
Scalia and police-state rule
13 June 2008
US
Supreme Court upholds habeas corpus for Guantánamo Bay
prisoners
12 June 2008
California
court decision legalizing gay marriage touches off political
uproar
10 June 2008
Washington
ordered destruction of Guantánamo interrogation records
6 June 2008
US
rushes military show trial for alleged 9/11 conspirators
3 June 2008
Human
rights group charges: US continues "renditions" and
operates a floating gulag
24 May 2008
Texas
towns sue Homeland Security over border wall plans
23 May 2008
FBI
files indict Bush, Cheney and Co. as war criminals
22 May 2008
FBI
agents created "war crimes file" documenting US torture
15 May 2008
Judge cites conflict of interest in removing official
from military commission
Five charges approved and one rejected in 9/11 show trials
8 May 2008
Guantánamo
judge rules Omar Khadr, arrested at 15, can be tried as war criminal
29 April 2008
US
Supreme Court upholds anti-democratic voter ID law
25 April 2008
How
the Pentagon manipulated the media to promote the Iraq war
24 April 2008
US
student held in solitary confinement on terrorism charges
18 April 2008
Second
mistrial in Liberty City "terror" case
4 April 2008
2003
Justice Department memo justifies torture, presidential dictatorship
26 March 2008
US
Supreme Court rejects international law, ruling against Mexicans
on death row
Ex-SLA member Sara Jane Olson returned to prison
24 March 2008
Young
Guantánamo detainee details abuse
19 March 2008
CIA
transfers another detainee from secret prison system to Guantánamo
14 March 2008
"I've been tortured. I'm a human being. I have
not violated any law"
Guantánamo prisoner refuses to cooperate with military
show trial
11 March 2008
Massive
NSA operation exposed as Congress prepares vote on domestic spying
bill
6 March 2008
Bank
drops lawsuit against Wikileaks
29 February 2008
Bush
renews demands for telecom immunity as Democrats seek compromise
on spy bill
Marine
exercise in Toledo Ohio: an attack on democratic rights
28 February 2008
US
district court judge orders shutdown of whistleblower web site
27 February 2008
US
Senator Carl Levin speaks on torture at the University of Michigan
21 February 2008
US
Supreme Court Justice Scalia advocates torture
20 February 2008
US
Supreme Court refuses to hear case against warrantless wiretapping
13 February 2008
Congress
moves toward expanding government spying, with immunity for telecoms
12 February 2008
US
to hold 9/11 show trial at Guantánamo
7 February 2008
Bush
administration acknowledges and defends use of torture technique
26 January 2008
US
Senate moves to grant immunity to telecoms complicit in illegal
wiretapping
23 January 2008
US
"enemy combatant" Jose Padilla sentenced to 17 years
in prison
16 January 2008
US
appellate court rejects British victims' suit for Guantánamo
torture damages
11 January 2008
US
judge denies request for hearings on CIA torture tapes
10 January 2008
US
Supreme Court reviews Indiana voter ID law
9 January 2008
Sentencing
begins in Jose Padilla trial
24 December 2007
An
analysis of the 9/11 Commission memo on interrogation tapes
21 December 2007
New York Times bows to
White House pressure over CIA tapes story
20 December 2007
Report indicates White House encouraged torture tape
destruction
Administration demands retraction, calling news story "pernicious"
19 December 2007
UN
representative expresses "grave concern" over CIA torture,
Guantánamo hearings
17 December 2007
Bush
administration moves to block inquiries into CIA's destruction
of torture tapes
15 December 2007
Miami:
Collapse of Liberty City 7 case exposes fraud of "war on
terror"
US Supreme Court rulings give judges more discretion
in sentencing
12 December 2007
CIA
director testifies behind closed doors on destroyed tapes
Attorneys demand preservation of evidence of detainee
torture
11 December 2007
New revelation regarding CIA destruction of torture
tapes
Former CIA agent acknowledges use of water-boarding in interrogations
10 December 2007
More revelations concerning CIA destruction of torture
tapes
Both parties supported US interrogation program
A letter on "US Supreme Court hears arguments
on habeas corpus for Guantánamo prisoners"
8 December 2007
CIA
destroyed torture tapes
6 December 2007
Another
Guantánamo Bay prisoner attempts suicide
4 December 2007
US
military judge orders witness names withheld from Guantánamo
detainee
1 December 2007
US
House passes Democrat-crafted "homegrown terrorism prevention"
legislation
19 November 2007
Appeals
court panel bars key evidence from lawsuit against NSA spying
9 November 2007
Chicago-area
high school students face expulsion for antiwar sit-in
7 November 2007
Bipartisan support for authoritarian measures
Democratic senator defends vote for Bush's attorney general nominee
3 November 2007
Democrats
cave in on torture: Key senators back attorney general nominee
Detroit suburb to vote on measure to restrict democratic
rights
2 November 2007
New terror scare from the White House
Bush invokes 9/11 to justify torture, domestic spying and war
1 November 2007
US
attorney general nominee refuses to condemn torture techniques
30 October 2007
US:
Police cleared in Taser assault on Florida student
25 October 2007
No
convictions in US terror trial against Muslim charity
19 October 2007
Democrats
reach agreement with Bush administration on domestic spying bill
17 October 2007
US:
Jena Six defendant Mychal Bell sent back to prison
10 October 2007
Supreme
Court refuses to hear case of German citizen tortured by US
9 October 2007
Congressional
Democrats to unveil new domestic spying bill
8 October 2007
Official
investigation clears police in Indiana Taser attack
6 October 2007
Bush
defends torture
5 October 2007
Report
details secret Bush administration memos authorizing torture
Senate Democrats approve half a trillion dollars for
Pentagon, US spy agencies
22 September 2007
US
Senate censure of MoveOn.org: An attack on free speech in the
service of militarism
Bush
calls for expansion of "Protect America" spy bill
30 August 2007
Final act in cover-up of US atrocities
Military court acquits Abu Ghraib interrogations director of
prisoner abuse
28 August 2007
The
firing of Ward Churchill: Attack on academic freedom in US escalates
22 August 2007
US
court hears suit against AT&T's collaboration with domestic
spying program
20 August 2007
Details
emerge of vast scope of US domestic spying law
17 August 2007
A
travesty of justice: Jose Padilla found guilty
16 August 2007
Jurors
begin deliberations in Jose Padilla trial
15 August 2007
Britain:
Guantánamo detainee details years of torture
Judge orders release of New York City police spying
files
6 August 2007
Congress
authorizes vast expansion of domestic spying
31 July 2007
Racist
frame-up in Louisiana: the case of the Jena Six
30 July 2007
US officials tell New York
Times
Vast data mining programs behind 2004 dispute within Bush administration
over domestic spying
23 July 2007
Bush
sanctions CIA torture program
14 July 2007
Supreme
Court term marks shift to the right
7 July 2007
US
appeals court rejects lawsuit against warrentless domestic spying
4 July 2007
The
July 4th holiday and the state of US democracy
2 July 2007
US
Supreme Court in surprise order sets hearing for Guantánamo
prisoners
30 June 2007
Padilla
"terrorism support trial" unravels
29 June 2007
White
House rebuffs congressional subpoenas, escalating confrontation
over attorney purge and domestic spying
27 June 2007
Guantánamo
military tribunals exposed by military officer
23 June 2007
FBI
targets universities in new scheme to recruit informers
Britain: Dispatches programme exposes US renditions
19 June 2007
Former
US general confirms high-level knowledge of Abu Ghraib torture
Spate of antidemocratic rulings by US Supreme Court
Right-wing majority consolidated
18 June 2007
An attack on academic freedom
Critic of Zionism denied tenure at US university
13 June 2007
Appellate
court slams Bush Administration for holding al-Marri as "enemy
combatant"
8 June 2007
Lawsuit to be filed in federal court
Human rights groups list detainees in secret US prisons
7 June 2007
Testimony
by Justice Department official sheds light on White House conspiracy
to manipulate elections
6 June 2007
Military
judges dismiss war crimes charges against Guantánamo prisoners
5 June 2007
As Bush administration prepares to issue new guidelines
for CIA interrogation
New admissions of widespread prisoner abuse
1 June 2007
As part of CIA's "extraordinary rendition"
program
Boeing subsidiary accused of profiting from torture
31 May 2007
US
Supreme Court curbs workers' ability to sue for pay discrimination
US Defense Secretary warns new naval officers on civilian
control of military
18 May 2007
Former Justice Department official's testimony raises
question:
How extensive is police state spying in the US?
17 May 2007
Former
Justice Department official describes illegal actions by Bush
administration in defense of domestic spying
15 May 2007
US:
Opening statements delivered in Jose Padilla trial
3 May 2007
Bush
officials defend proposal to expand domestic spying powers
27 April 2007
US
moves to limit lawyers' access to Guantánamo inmates
19 April 2007
US
Supreme Court rules in favor of abortion restrictions
17 April 2007
Trial
of "enemy combatant" Jose Padilla begins
16 April 2007
Bush
administration seeking to expand spying powers
13 April 2007
US
judge rejects demand to dismiss Padilla case on grounds of torture
11 April 2007
Hunger
strike expanding despite repression at Guantánamo prison
camp
7 April 2007
Amnesty
International report: conditions for Guantánamo prisoners
worsening
4 April 2007
US
Supreme Court refuses to hear Guantánamo appeals
31 March 2007
Guantánamo
prisoner charges confession extracted through torture
28 March 2007
David
Hicks bullied into guilty plea at Guantánamo kangaroo
court
New York police conducted massive international spying
on anti-Bush demonstrators
26 March 2007
Federal
judge rules terrorism trial against Jose Padilla to proceed
24 March 2007
A
tale of two cases in US "war on terror": Jose Padilla
and Chiquita Brands
Political prisoner Sami Al-Arian's hunger strike enters
third month
16 March 2007
Washington
exploits Guantánamo "confession" to justify
its crimes
12 March 2007
FBI
conducted illegal spying on tens of thousands
9 March 2007
Press
barred from Guantánamo hearings
2 March 2007
Judge
rules Jose Padilla competent for trial
24 February 2007
What the New York Times doesn't say about the
court ruling on habeas corpus
Padilla suffered brain damage during captivity, experts
say
21 February 2007
US
appeals court upholds denial of habeas corpus rights to Guantánamo
detainees
15 February 2007
Is there a Bush pardon in Lewis Libby's future?
Cheney aide abruptly ends defense in perjury trial
9 February 2007
US
refuses to sign UN ban on renditions and secret detention
22 January 2007
Pentagon
official witch-hunts Guantánamo detainees' lawyers
18 January 2007
Bush
administration gets secret court's sanction for illegal spying
operation
16 January 2007
Military,
CIA prying into Americans' financial records
10 January 2007
Bush
asserts expanded surveillance powers over US mail
8 January 2007
David
Hicks enters his sixth year of detention at Guantánamo
Bay
Newly released FBI files document widespread torture
at Guantánamo
21 December 2006
Judge
in Padilla case orders mental evaluation
18 December 2006
Oregon
lawyer wins lawsuit over false arrest for Madrid bombings
15 December 2006
Australian
lawyers launch court bid to secure David Hicks's release from
Guantánamo
US Supreme Court sloughs off right to fair trial in
a murder case
11 December 2006
Former
detainees argue right to sue Rumsfeld over torture
5 December 2006
Video
reveals US torture of "enemy combatant" José
Padilla
Secret US database on international travelers exposed
19 October 2006
The US Supreme Court minority in Hamdan: executive
rule in the "state of exception"--Part 3
18 October 2006
Bush
signs Military Commissions Act authorizing police-state tribunals,
torture
Lynne
Stewart sentenced to 28 months in prison in New York City "terror"
case
The US Supreme Court minority in Hamdan: executive
rule in the "state of exception"--Part 2
17 October 2006
The US Supreme Court minority in Hamdan: executive
rule in the "state of exception"--Part 1
9 October 2006
US
Marine reports widespread prisoner abuse at Guantánamo
22 August 2006
A damning admission: New York Times concealed
NSA spying until after 2004 election
21 August 2006
SEP campaign for state Senate
American "democracy" on display in Oregon's new ballot
access law
19 August 2006
US court rules NSA spying program unconstitutional
Bush appeals decision and denounces judge
10 August 2006
US
Congress moves to sanction domestic spying
1 August 2006
Bush
seeks to extend Guantánamo procedures to American citizens
17 July 2006
Voting rights under attack across US
States move to enact new restrictions
15 July 2006
Judge
upholds unprecedented raid on US Congressional office
12 July 2006
The outsourcing of political intimidation
Private firm revealed to be spying on antiwar groups in California
6 July 2006
The Hamdan dissents: US Supreme Court justices
argue for presidential dictatorship
4 July 2006
July
4th 2006: The state of US democracy 230 years after the American
Revolution
3 July 2006
New York Times, Los
Angeles Times respond to government witch-hunt: a cowardly
evasion of democratic principles
1 July 2006
After the Supreme Court ruling Congressional
Democrats join with Republicans to maintain military commissions
at Guantánamo
30 June 2006
Supreme
Court rules against Bush administration's military commissions
Anti-flag-burning
amendment to US Constitution fails by a single vote
29 June 2006
US
Supreme court issues more anti-democratic rulings
28 June 2006
Bush, Cheney threaten New York Times over exposure
of surveillance programs
24 June 2006
New exposure of US government spying Bush administration compiling massive database of
bank records
20 June 2006
Champaign,
Illinois officials uphold unconstitutional ban on SEP petitioners
The
US Supreme Court's "no-knock" decision: a frontal assault
on democratic rights
15 June 2006
The
Guantánamo suicides and their impact on American political
life
12 June 2006
Three
prisoners commit suicide in Guantánamo gulag
9 June 2006
Republicans'
anti-gay marriage amendment: a cynical and reactionary maneuver
6 June 2006
US
military moves to condone "humiliating and degrading"
treatment of prisoners
2 June 2006
Political
crisis mounts over FBI raid on Congress
US Supreme Court rules against government employees
who report misconduct
1 June 2006
Amnesty
International condemns human rights abuses committed in US-led
"war on terror"
24 May 2006
FBI
stages unprecedented raid on congressman's office
19 May 2006
Senate
hearing on CIA nominee: Democrats rubberstamp Bush police-state
spying
17 May 2006
FBI
tracking reporters' phone calls in CIA leak investigation
15 May 2006
NSA
phone spying program: a blueprint for mass repression
12 May 2006
Framework for a police state
US government phone spying targets all Americans
UN
hearings probe Washington's systematic use of torture at home
and abroad
5 May 2006
US
government continues to escalate domestic spying
18 April 2006
Lawsuit
details AT&T cooperation in illegal government spying on
Americans
5 April 2006
Supreme
Court shirks Padilla appeal against "enemy combatant"
detention
1 April 2006
US
Supreme Court hearing on Guantánamo tribunals bares attacks
on basic rights
After new details on FBI cover-up before 9/11
Zaccarias Moussaoui case goes to the jury
23 March 2006
New York Times details
secret US military torture operation
WSWS International Editorial Board meeting
Democratic rights and the attack on constitutionalism
20 March 2006
Judge
rejects government demand for Google search terms
17 March 2006
Transcripts
of Guantánamo hearings: a window into Washington's gulag
9 March 2006
US Senate panel votes to sanction illegal spying
Rubberstamp for police-state measures
8 March 2006
Guantánamo
files offer glimpse of Pentagon's kangaroo courts
Right-wing campaign targets Colorado teacher for anti-Bush
remarks
7 March 2006
CBS’ “60 Minutes” expose on killings
in Afghanistan
Former aide to Powell: authorization for torture came from “the
very top”
California Sheriff admits spying on antiwar group
4 March 2006
An
act of social cruelty: South Dakota bars abortions for victims
of rape and incest
2 March 2006
With
bipartisan support, US Senate agrees to Patriot Act renewal
17 February 2006
The
Abu Ghraib photos and the anti-Muslim "free speech"
fraud
UN report denounces US torture and calls for closure
of Guantánamo prison camp
16 February 2006
Australian
TV airs more photos of US torture at Abu Ghraib
15 February 2006
Bush
appointees censor scientists at government agencies
14 February 2006
FBI
stages violent raids in Puerto Rico
7 February 2006
Senate
wiretapping hearing: Democrats bow to police state threat
21 January 2006
US
government demands Google hand over Internet search data
19 January 2006
Miller takes the Fifth
US general withholds testimony in Abu Ghraib abuse trial
6 January 2006
Bush
administration seeks dismissal of Guantánamo habeas corpus
suits
31 December 2005
New
reports expose extensive illegal spying by US government
21 December 2005
With
the White House defiant on illegal spying: Why no outcry for
Bush's impeachment?
19 December 2005
Bush
defends illegal spying on Americans: the specter of presidential
dictatorship
15 December 2005
Pentagon's
domestic spying operations target opponents of Iraq war
14 December 2005
Thousands protest outside San Quentin
Worldwide outrage over execution of Stanley Tookie Williams
13 December 2005
The
execution of Stanley Tookie Williams
Deal to renew USA Patriot Act extends police-state
measures
Bush aides suppressed challenges to anti-democratic
election plans
8 December 2005
Palestinian
activist Sami Al-Arian acquitted on charges in Florida
28 November 2005
Military
trial of David Hicks and other Guantánamo prisoners deferred
24 November 2005
Indictment
of Jose Padilla: another chapter in Bush's war on democratic
rights
14 November 2005
Wall Street Journal defends
torture
12 November 2005
Legislating a war crime
US Senate moves to ban court review of Guantánamo detentions
4 November 2005
The
CIA's global gulag
31 October 2005
US
judge orders release of Guantánamo hunger strikers' medical
records
29 October 2005
US
passports to contain remotely readable computer chips
26 October 2005
Order
broadens surveillance of Internet users
PBS film documents Rumsfeld's role in authorizing
torture
20 October 2005
Guantánamo
Bay hunger strike enters third month
29 September 2005
With Canberra's loyal support
US to resume Guantánamo trial of David Hicks
28 September 2005
War
protestors acquitted on federal conspiracy charges in New York
27 September 2005
California
National Guard investigated for domestic spying
23 September 2005
War
protesters tried on federal conspiracy charges in New York
13 September 2005
Court
upholds power of White House to jail citizens as "enemy
combatants"
9 September 2005
New
York City police continue arrests of bicyclists
31 August 2005
Reader
in Utah comments on police raid
13 August 2005
Released
papers document Supreme Court nominee Roberts's anti-democratic
record
9 August 2005
Pentagon
devising scenarios for martial law in US
4 August 2005
Military
commissions' prosecutors charge: trials rigged against Guantánamo
detainees
Amid massive security buildup in subways New York City transit to cut conductor jobs
1 August 2005
US
Congress votes to make Patriot Act permanent
Abu Ghraib abuse: new revelations of top-level involvement
27 July 2005
Life
sentence for Islamic fundamentalist Al-Timimi: an attack on free
speech
23 July 2005
US
military exonerated torturers of John Walker Lindh
19 July 2005
US
court upholds military trials for Guantánamo prisoners
16 July 2005
Amidst
new torture reports, US military defends architect of abuse at
Guantánamo
15 July 2005
Bush
administration refuses to relinquish US control of Internet
More letters on the jailing of Judith Miller
13 July 2005
Scores
of Muslim men jailed as "material witnesses" in wake
of 9/11 attacks
11 July 2005
Why
the WSWS opposes the jailing of Judith Miller--a reply to readers
7 July 2005
Jailing of Times reporter: an attack on press
freedom and democratic rights
6 July 2005
US
Supreme Court weakens church/state separation in Ten Commandments
rulings
2 July 2005
O'Connor
retirement triggers drive for rightward shift on US Supreme Court
29 June 2005
Democrats
praise treatment of Guantánamo detainees
28 June 2005
New York teenager deported to Bangladesh FBI held
girl as "suicide bomber" suspect
27 June 2005
Donald
Fell case: Bush administration attempts to impose death penalty
on Vermont
23 June 2005
The New York Times' Joseph Lelyveld: another
"liberal" defense of torture
Ringleader in 1964 civil rights murders convicted
of manslaughter
21 June 2005
Florida
Governor Jeb Bush renews persecution of Michael Schiavo
Case of 1964 civil rights killings goes to the jury
20 June 2005
Bush
administration defends Guantánamo prison camp
18 June 2005
Public
defense system crisis denies justice to poor in US courts
11 June 2005
Democrats
and Guantánamo: an exercise in damage control
Florida trial begins on terror charges against four
Palestinian activists
Terrorism case in Lodi, California begins to unravel
10 June 2005
White
House pushes for renewal of Patriot Act
8 June 2005
Amnesty
International refuses to retract torture charges against US
Forum in New York City on "the question of torture"
6 June 2005
Ohio
sheriff delivers reactionary tirade
26 May 2005
Real
ID Act: Congress takes another step toward a police state
20 May 2005
US:
civil liberties group charges FBI intimidation of political activists
16 May 2005
"How can they call themselves champions of democracy?"
Sister of Guantanamo detainee Omar Deghayes speaks out
New study: US use of psychological torture systematic
and unabated
US: protest hits plans for stadium in New York City
6 May 2005
Supreme
Court backs Bush against Gulf War POWs
20 April 2005
State
investigation clears Michael Schiavo of all abuse charges
16 April 2005
US
Marshals, local police stage nationwide mass arrests
14 March 2005
Pentagon plans rendition of Guantánamo prisoners
Detainees face torture in Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Yemen
8 March 2005
Federal
suit charges Rumsfeld authorized detainee torture
Afghan
and Iraqi prisoners detail abuse by US torturers
2 March 2005
Judge
orders end to indefinite detention of Jose Padilla
26 February 2005
Torture
charged in US case alleging plot against Bush
24 February 2005
Michigan
artist sentenced to jail over mural nudity
23 February 2005
New
evidence of US torture in Iraq and Afghanistan
22 February 2005
Bush
signs bipartisan bill to curb class action lawsuits
16 February 2005
House passes "Real ID Act"
US legislation targets immigrants, refugees in "terror war"
14 February 2005
New attack on democratic rights in Lynne Stewart case
New York civil rights attorney convicted on frame-up terror charges
11 February 2005
US
judge rejects claim that Guantánamo detainees have no
rights
The
new McCarthyism: the witch-hunting of Ward Churchill
7 February 2005
Guantanamo
videotapes expose brutality against detainees
1 February 2005
US
military covers up suicide protest at Guantánamo Bay
17 January 2005
Rights
group urges prosecution of Bush officials responsible for Iraq
torture
15 January 2005
White
House blocked Senate ban on torture
14 January 2005
US
releases Mamdouh Habib and four British prisoners from Guantánamo
Bay
13 January 2005
US
doctors tied to torture at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib
11 January 2005
US
defends "evidence" obtained through torture at hearing
for Guantanamo prisoners
10 January 2005
US
defends "evidence" obtained through torture at hearing
for Guantanamo prisoners
8 January 2005
Gonzales
nomination hearing: US Senate welcomes a war criminal
5 January 2005
Washington
prepares international network of permanent detention camps
US government makes closing arguments in frame-up
of New York attorney Lynne Stewart
24 December 2004
Documents
reveal systematic torture by US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan
14 December 2004
Official
documents vindicate Red Cross report on US torture
4 December 2004
Front man for a police state
Bernard Kerik to head US Homeland Security Department
2 December 2004
International Red Cross charges systematic abuse
Bush's "Torture Inc." at Guantanamo
13 October 2004
FBI
shuts down 20 antiwar web sites: an unprecedented act of Internet
censorship
1 October 2004
Prisoner
releases expose illegal nature of Guantanamo Bay detentions
30 September 2004
The
release of Yaser Hamdi: legal manipulation of "enemy combatant"
cases
25 September 2004
Another
Guantanamo "spying" frame-up collapses
24 September 2004
The
deportation of Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)
11 September 2004
Death toll rises on US-Mexico border
Stop the persecution of immigrant workers!
3 September 2004
US
judge throws out Detroit terrorist "sleeper cell" convictions
25 August 2004
Former
detainees detail abuses at Guantanamo Bay
20 August 2004
Civil
rights advocates denounce FBI harassment of protesters
19 August 2004
FBI's
Albany terror "sting" begins to unravel
18 August 2004
Specter of a police state
FBI "anti-terror" task force targets Bush administration
opponents
6 August 2004
Britons
release devastating account of torture and abuse by US forces
at Guantanamo
5 August 2004
Terror
scare paves way for police-state measures
3 August 2004
Terror
alerts set stage for election based on fear
22 July 2004
New
York City officials muzzle anti-Republican protests
21 July 2004
What activists don't know can hurt them: May police now arrest people for refusing to identify
themselves?
10 July 2004
Supreme
Court gives HMOs immunity from damage suits
2 July 2004
The
meaning of the US Supreme Court rulings on "enemy combatants"
1 July 2004
US
Supreme Court overturns Pledge of Allegiance ruling on technical
grounds
30 June 2004
US:
jury acquits Idaho webmaster of terrorism charges
9 June 2004
US
federal judge rules anti-abortion law unconstitutional
3 June 2004
Amnesty
International report highlights human rights abuses in "war
on terror"
29 May 2004
Soldier
beaten at Guantanamo in interrogation training
21 May 2004
New US torture revelations
Former prisoners demand release of Guantanamo Bay videotapes
7 May 2004
Private
security company in Iraq suppressed labor struggles in US
Corporate censorship in the US
Disney blocks release of Michael Moore documentary
4 May 2004
Washington weighs terror's impact on presidential
vote
A warning to the American people
28 April 2004
Massive
march on Washington for women's rights
Bush administration claims police-state powers in
Guantánamo arguments before US Supreme Court
20 April 2004
The
political questions raised by Justice Scalia's attack on the
media
12 April 2004
Portland,
Oregon: second police killing in 10 months
9 April 2004
Bush
signs "Unborn Victims of Violence Act": legislation
targets abortion rights
26 March 2004
Frame-up
prosecution of Guantanamo Bay chaplain collapses
19 March 2004
Britain:
Freed Guantanamo Bay detainees detail beatings and abuse
15 March 2004
Families
come to US to demand release of Guantanamo detainees
6 March 2004
Another
violation of ethics law by US Supreme Court Justice Scalia
24 February 2004
Bush
installs right-wing judge without Senate confirmation
23 February 2004
Pentagon
institutionalises indefinite detention without trial at Guantanamo
Bay
21 February 2004
Hospitals
oppose US government effort to obtain abortion patients' records
20 February 2004
Supreme
Court Justice Scalia's hunting trip with Cheney: the political
and constitutional issues
17 February 2004
New
York City Council opposes USA Patriot Act
12 February 2004
Federal
authorities drop subpoenas to Iowa anti-war activists
30 January 2004
US
military lawyer denounces Guantanamo Bay trials
21 January 2004
A further attack on democratic rights
All US airline passengers to undergo government background checks
19 January 2004
Bush
seeking Supreme Court precedents to dismantle democratic rights
"Friend of court" applications denounce
Guantanamo Bay detentions as illegal
16 January 2004
Armed "sky marshals" and fingerprinting
foreign passengers
Bush imposes security crackdown on international travel
10 January 2004
Piecemeal enactment of "Patriot II"
Bush administration expands police spying powers
5 January 2004
Guantanamo
Bay, habeas corpus and the Texan who would be king: Some legal
observations
30 December 2003
Australian
detainee at Guantanamo Bay pressured to plead guilty
27 December 2003
US
Justice Department admits abuse of immigrant detainees after
September 11
24 December 2003
US
voting machines: Will 2004 elections be electronically rigged?
23 December 2003
Two
appellate courts rule against Bush administration detentions
19 December 2003
Pentagon
fired military lawyers assigned to defend Guantánamo prisoners
17 December 2003
Military's
"espionage" case against Guantanamo chaplain collapses
16 December 2003
Legal
observer details police violence against FTAA protesters in Miami
4 December 2003
Ashcroft
defends US victimization and abuse of Maher Arar
2 December 2003
FBI
memo encourages local police to spy on protest groups
26 November 2003
Police violence at Miami FTAA protest
Mayor says repression was a "model for homeland security"
22 November 2003
New
York police assault fundraiser for anarchist group
21 November 2003
Massachusetts
high court rules in favor of same-sex marriages
Federal appeals court upholds Bush abuse of 'material
witness' statute
A green light for arbitrary arrests
18 November 2003
The
Maher Arar case: Washington's practice of torture by proxy
14 November 2003
War
on terror methods for Miami anti-globalization protests
31 October 2003
US
high court to hear Guantanamo appeal
31 October 2003
Florida
Governor Jeb Bush intervenes in "right-to-die" case:
A cruel pandering to the religious right
23 October 2003
Police
spy uncovered in California peace group
25 September 2003
Amnesty
International report denounces US treatment of war prisoners
19 September 2003
Families
of Guantanamo Bay prisoners launch US Supreme Court appeal
18 August 2003
US
antiwar protesters face $10,000 fines for travel to Iraq
12 August 2003
Father of Australian Guantanamo Bay prisoner speaks
to WSWS
"Howard is clutching at straws, but they're getting shorter"
24 July 2003
Bush
government deports Muslim cleric to Lebanon
11 July 2003
US
Supreme Court strikes down anti-gay laws
10 July 2003
Guantanamo detainees face military tribunals
Bush picks six for drumhead trials, possible execution
1 July 2003
US
Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action: the language of oligarchy
30 June 2003
Bush
packs US federal courts with right-wing ideologues
25 June 2003
US
Supreme Court upholds affirmative action
Secret arrests and detentions
Bush invokes "enemy combatant" rule against defendants
23 June 2003
US
appeals court approves secret roundup of immigrants
11 June 2003
US:
13,000 Arab and Muslim men face deportation
9 June 2003
US attorney general defends civil liberties abuses
Ashcroft dismisses report on post-911 dragnet
7 June 2003
Split
verdict in Detroit terror trial exposes government frame-up
4 June 2003
US
prepares for military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay
23 May 2003
Hecklers
shout down journalist's anti-war speech at college commencement
7 May 2003
ACLU
files lawsuit challenging "no-fly" list
15 April 2003
US:
Republicans seek to make Patriot Act provisions permanent
14 April 2003
Baseball
Hall of Fame cancels film ceremony in attack on antiwar performers
10 April 2003
The
campaign for Israeli divestment and the charge of anti-Semitism
8 April 2003
Police
fire rubber bullets at anti-war protesters in California
29 March 2003
Pittsburgh
police lock up antiwar protesters for 30 hours
22 March 2003
Blacklist
excludes antiwar celebrities from Oscar Awards broadcast
Right-wing campaign against US country music group
18 March 2003
US
Air Force base authorizes deadly force against anti-war protesters
15 March 2003
European Commission and US Customs deal
US authorities gain access to international air travellers' personal
data
13 March 2003
Letters
protest expulsion of board member from Detroit architects' group
12 March 2003
In response to exposé on Pentagon war hawk's
conflict of interest
Richard Perle brands journalist Seymour Hersh a "terrorist"
Actor Martin Sheen attacked for antiwar views
8 March 2003
Peace
T-shirt arrest sparks protests in New York
7 March 2003
British
academic accused of planning terrorism by US
22 February 2003
A monstrous attack on democratic rights
US government mounts conspiracy frame-up of Palestinian activists
20 February 2003
Bush
administration withholds evidence in case of Zacarias Moussaoui
14 February 2003
The US terror alert
Washington employs fear and panic as instruments of war
13 February 2003
Court
sanctions expanded political surveillance by New York City police
11 February 2003
US congressman defends WWII internment of Japanese-Americans
Republican heads domestic security committee
25 January 2003
US:
anti-immigrant dragnet in advance of Super Bowl
22 January 2003
French
airline steward detained for nine months in US
15 January 2003
Striker
killed on GE picket line in Kentucky
14 January 2003
Federal
appeals court upholds indefinite detention of US citizen
9 January 2003
US:
Racist campaign against Somali immigrants in Maine
8 January 2003
New
York police seek new spying powers
4 January 2003
Michigan
rally marks one year since the arrest of Rabih Haddad
3 January 2003
New
revelations about Guantanamo Bay prisoners
30 December 2002
Latest attack on academic freedom
"Campus Watch" web site witch-hunts Middle Eastern
studies professors in the US
23 December 2002
US
immigration authorities detain hundreds of Middle Eastern men
in Los Angeles
30 November 2002
Harvard
University forced to back down on censorship of British poet
28 November 2002
Bush
picks Kissinger to head official probe: new stage in the September
11 coverup
25 November 2002
Bush
administration to track Iraqis living in the US
Once again on the US "free press"
Fox News chief doubled as political adviser to Bush
22 November 2002
US
intelligence appeals court sanctions increased domestic spying
19 November 2002
New Bush administration attack on civil liberties
US Border Patrol sets up random checkpoints in Michigan
18 November 2002
Bush Homeland Security bill nears passage by US Congress
Police-state measure threatens democratic rights
14 November 2002
The
US "free" press and the Pentagon war machine
12 November 2002
White
House defends CIA killing of US citizen in Yemen
New evidence exposes frame-up of youth in New York
"Central Park jogger" case
9 November 2002
The Washington Post and the killings in Yemen:
"Liberal" press extols CIA's Murder Inc.
4 November 2002
US midterm elections
Republicans marshal "poll watchers" to intimidate Democratic
voters
22 October 2002
Iranian
film director denounces US immigration policy
18 October 2002
Bush seizes on Washington-area sniper attacks to deploy
military for domestic policing
Deployment of Army planes breaches Posse Comitatus law
7 October 2002
WSWS interview with defense attorney
John Walker Lindh sentenced to 20 years
1 October 2002
US
refuses visa to Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami
28 September 2002
Mass
arrests at anti-IMF protest in Washington
26 September 2002
New
York state "terror" arrests--test case in attack on
rights
14 September 2002
Palestinian-American
professors victimized: An attack on academic freedom and free
speech
12 September 2002
One
year after the terror attacks: still no official investigation
into September 11
11 September 2002
One
year since September 11: an unprecedented assault on democratic
rights
10 September 2002
Michigan
judge rejects early release for Nathaniel Abraham
24 August 2002
Police
attack anti-Bush demonstrators in Portland
23 August 2002
Australian
families of Guantanamo Bay prisoners denounce US court ruling
16 August 2002
Bush
presses ahead with "enemy combatant" detentions
7 August 2002
US
country singer Steve Earle subjected to witch-hunt
5 August 2002
US
seeks to block enforcement of anti-torture treaty
2 August 2002
Bush
administration moves to stifle discovery in 9/11 lawsuits
26 July 2002
Bush
civil rights commissioner warns of detention camps for Arab Americans
24 July 2002
Once again: the New York Times and the case
of John Walker Lindh
US chief justice signals support for White House assault
on constitutional rights
23 July 2002
Northern
Command chief backs domestic use of US military
22 July 2002
Operation
TIPS: Bush plan to recruit 1 million domestic spies
18 July 2002
Legal
witch-hunt of John Walker Lindh ends with plea bargain
17 July 2002
Outrage
over police beating of black youth in Los Angeles suburb
16 July 2002
US
deports 131 Pakistanis in secret airlift
10 July 2002
US
political establishment vilifies "Pledge" plaintiff
5 July 2002
US
Supreme Court Justice Scalia on capital punishment: "Death
is no big deal"
3 July 2002
Why
is the US government protecting anthrax terrorist?
2 July 2002
US
Supreme Court authorizes school vouchers: a simultaneous assault
on freedom of thought and public education
27 June 2002
Divided
US Supreme Court ruling bans execution of the mentally retarded
25 June 2002
US
torture of John Walker Lindh exposed as frame-up continues
24 June 2002
The case of Yaser Esam Hamdi
Bush claims right to jail US citizens indefinitely, without charges
or hearing
21 June 2002
Why
is the US media blacking out documentary on war crimes in Afghanistan?
19 June 2002
New York Times whitewashes
US torture
17 June 2002
New
Jersey appeals court upholds secret detentions
Most radical "states' rights" ruling to
date
US Supreme Court steps up attack on federal regulatory powers
15 June 2002
US
to hold Jose Padilla indefinitely without charges
12 June 2002
Another
step towards presidential dictatorship: Bush orders US citizen
held indefinitely by military
8 June 2002
Bush's
new Department of Homeland Defense: the scaffolding of a police
state
Amnesty says US leads in human rights violations following
September 11
7 June 2002
Bush administration cites September 11 "failures"
to attack democratic rights
FBI gets blank check for domestic spying
31 May 2002
Bush
administration lifts restriction on domestic spying by FBI
US Supreme Court reinstates death sentence against
Tennessee man
29 May 2002
September
11 cover-up crumbles: Who was covering for Moussaoui, and why?
15 May 2002
US
attorney general invokes God in "war on terrorism"
7 May 2002
Pro-Palestinian
student group suspended following University of California-Berkeley
protest
4 May 2002
INS pretext for political retaliation
Palestinian activist arrested in New York City
1 May 2002
Is
the US torturing Abu Zubaida?
20 April 2002
Police
threats against Washington anti-war protesters
17 April 2002
Father
of Australian POW denounces illegal detention at Guantanamo Bay
13 April 2002
Right-wing
terror against New York family of Mideast activist
11 April 2002
US
indicts Sheik Rahman's lawyer, escalating government attack on
democratic rights
5 April 2002
US
judge orders open hearings for detained Muslim cleric
3 April 2002
As legal case against American Taliban POW unravels
Judge shows pro-government bias at hearing for John Walker Lindh
US civil liberties group challenges closed deportation
hearings for detained Muslim cleric
2 April 2002
Pentagon
rules for military tribunals violate constitutional rights
1 April 2002
US
prosecution brief defends brutal treatment of American Taliban
POW
29 March 2002
Bush
expands "voluntary interviews" of Middle Eastern immigrants
27 March 2002
Defense
reveals government conspiracy to deny John Walker Lindh access
to counsel
25 March 2002
Victim of anti-Clinton witch-hunt denounces independent
counsel's report on Lewinsky affair
An open letter from Julie Hiatt Steele
22 March 2002
The Wall Street Journal and the Pickering nomination:
Is the Republican right preparing for violence?
21 March 2002
Bush
administration bases case against John Walker Lindh on coerced
statements
20 March 2002
The CIA's international dirty war
US oversees abduction, torture, execution of alleged terrorists
Former Black Panther Jamil Al-Amin sentenced to life
in prison
11 March 2002
Australian,
British and US lawyers challenge detention of Guantanamo Bay
prisoners
4 March 2002
The
shadow of dictatorship: Bush established secret government after
September 11
27 February 2002
Conference
of US right-wingers hears call to execute John Walker
15 February 2002
Britain:
Case against innocent Algerian sought by FBI collapses
13 February 2002
Bush
targets Middle Eastern immigrants in new police dragnet
9 February 2002
The
political vendetta against John Walker Lindh continues
New York City police crack down on World Economic
Forum protests
6 February 2002
Palestinian
professor victimized in Florida
31 January 2002
Deportation
proceedings against family of Michigan Muslim leader
25 January 2002
The
Bush administration and John Walker Lindh: who are the real "conspirators"?
21 January 2002
Muslim
woman strip-searched at Chicago's OHare airport
17 January 2002
Detained
Muslim cleric secretly moved to Chicago
14 January 2002
US
Supreme Court ruling limits disabled workers' rights
11 January 2002
Gag
order against former Black Panther leader on trial for murder
9 January 2002
New
US dragnet to target Middle Eastern men for deportation
20 December 2001
Muslim
leader in Michigan detained by US officials
19 December 2001
US
judge overturns Mumia Abu-Jamal's death sentence
18 December 2001
Bush
administration seeks to relax curbs on FBI domestic spying
17 December 2001
Protests
mark 20 years since arrest of Mumia Abu-Jamal
15 December 2001
Widening
assault on democratic rights in US
13 December 2001
FBI
begins questioning of 5,000 Middle Eastern immigrants
12 December 2001
Ashcroft defends Bush's war against the Constitution
Tells Senate hearing that critics "aid terrorists"
Palestinian scholar held in Florida penitentiary
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