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Homeland security has many disturbing civil liberties implications. One striking example emerged last October, when the Socialist Workers candidate for mayor of Miami, FL, was fired by Goodwill Industries. The reason, said the plant manager, was that Michael Italie’s “views of the US government” were contrary to those of the company.

A week later, Lida Rodriquez-Tassef, president of the Miami chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), compounded the problem. “Employees don’t have a First Amendment right to express their political views if they work for private employers,” she announced, explaining why the ACLU wouldn’t take Italie’s case. “Employers have a First Amendment right to associate with people whose opinions they approve of.” read more

"You have been a great inspiration and a wonderful teacher to many people over these long hard years of struggle. Without you, there would be less information, less initiative, and certainly less movement." — Leonard Peltier

"For the peoples all over the world struggling for freedom and dignity, you embody the honor of the many good-hearted Americans who opposed imperialist interventions in Vietnam, Central America, Angola and elsewhere, and those who are raising their voices to stop the current aggression against Afghanistan and the threat which the US-led military response to terrorism poses to the world. An eloquent spokesman for non-violence and an unflinching anti-imperialist, your warning decades ago against ‘the insanity of war’ couldn’t be more timely now." — Ricardo Alcaron de Quesada, president of the Cuban National Assembly read more

An international gathering of genetic engineering opponents will convene in Boston on March 24-30. Their gathering, Biodevastation 2000, is planned to coincide with the convention of the Biotechnology Industry Organization at the Hynes Convention Center.

"Biodevastation 2000 will highlight biotechnology’s growing threat to our health, the environment and the future of our farms," said Jessica Hayes, spokesperson for Biodevastation 2000. "Following last November’s events in Seattle, we also hope to bring the resistance against corporate globalization back to the center of public attention, as we bring diverse organizations and individuals together to express the growing rejection of genetic engineering." read more

"Every generation should have a moral assignment, and one of ours must be justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal." —  Ossie Davis

There is a growing awareness that the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal is a travesty of justice. His case has become the focus of a growing international movement. The issues bound up in this case include the death penalty, racial bias in the US criminal justice system, and the punishment of political dissent. Where people stand on this case has become a benchmark of where they stand on social justice. read more