The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has launched an internal probe of the events leading up to the suicide of internet activist Aaron Swartz, who was facing federal charges for allegedly hacking into the school's journal archives.
Furor over Swartz' death has reached the White House in the form of a petition asking for the removal of U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz who pressed the case against Swartz.
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Columbia, MO Police Department is actively targeting activists with public wanted posters.
Read more »In Holland, Santa doesn't have elves. He has blackface helpers named "Zwarte Piet" (Black Pete). An artist who has been active protesting the racist tradition was peppersprayed, tackled, and arrested for wearing a t-shirt proclaiming "Zwarte Piet is Racism."
Read more »"We All Live in a Fascist Regime"
A peaceful person was arrested by the British police state for singing about our civilization's continuuing descent into a tyranny where free speech is no longer accepted by the control system.
British schoolboy's amazing speech on social justice
Cory Doctorow at 10:07 PM Friday, Dec 10, 2010
"They can't stop us demonstrating, they can't stop us fighting back, and how ever much they try to imprison us in the streets of London, those are our streets. We will always be there to demonstrate, we will always be there to fight... We are no longer that generation that doesn't care, we are no longer that generation to sit back and take whatever they give us. We are now the generation at the heart of the fight back. "
Read more »In front of Hundreds of people and multiple police officers, Orlando activist openly declares through a Mega Phone that he is Carrying Marijuana, and is not harrassed.
Read more »BLUFF CITY, Tenn. – Brian McCrary found the perfect venue to gripe about a $90 speeding ticket when he went to the Bluff City Police Department’s website, saw that its domain name was about to expire, and bought it right out from under the city’s nose.
Read more »Raw milk farmer and activist Michael Schmidt's letter to the gang that he is done dealing with them.
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