A prisoner gag law in Philadelphia, apparently triggered by rage at a recent commencement speech at Goddard College by alumni, inmate and author Mumia Abu-Jamal, is being challenged in court as an unconstitutional abrogation of the right of speech. The legal challenge is being mounted by the Abolitionist Law Center and Prison Radio producer and former MA board member Noelle Hanrahan, who has been distributing Abu-Jamal’s commentaries for decades. Their press release below. Continue reading Muzzle Mumia Law Falls Outside the US Constitution→
The San Francisco Media Company suddenly and with no notice shut down the San Francisco Bay Guardian, the city by the Bay’s alternative newspaper for decades.
The decision was supposedly based on the failure of the Guardian to achieve financial viability in a difficult market for print media, but appeared to abruptly cut short a revitalization effort underway before it even had much of a chance to get going. Continue reading Bay Guardian Shut Down→
California governor Jerry Brown signed SB 828 into law in 2014. The final version of the bill is far weaker than what started out in the CA State Senate months ago, but is still a powerful symbol of the dis-ease Californians feel about mass blanket government surveillance of their telephone calls and Internet activity. Continue reading SB 828 – Turn The Water Off On The NSA Bill Signed by Jerry Brown→
Congresswoman Lee has responded to our letter and relocated her event from the Oakland Marriot. Urban Shield has announced the 2015 show will not be held at the Marriot next year. Thank you, Barbara Lee!
As courts release formerly classified documents, albeit heavily blacked out, the extent of surveillance overreach gets a bigger paper trail.
Enclosed is one sample document discussing in detail the FISC Court’s (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court) unease with many of the NSA’s actions. Continue reading Declassified Documents→
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has proposed new sweeping censorship rules for information going into and out of California prisons
Public comment remains open, years after the call. Use this tool to send a note with your objection to the vague and over-reaching regulations, which characterize all political materials as “oppositional to society and authority”.
On June 5, people all over the world reset the net to take online privacy and security into their own hands and Bay Area Shame on Feinstein activists delivered thousands of petitions to Senator Dianne Feinstein’s office asking her to stop undermining real surveillance reform. Activists held a press conference outside the Senator’s district office. Continue reading Reset The Net – San Francisco→
