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Legal Systems as Instruments of Oppression
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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryAaron Swartz and the Assault on Open Information: Malicious Government Prosecution Geovanis, Chris Article 2013 The great corporate-supported push to hide essential, publicly funded information behind private firewalls and government secrecy, represents a breathtaking breach of the basic tenets of democracy. Aaron Swartz and the Fight for Free Information: His Blood is on the Hands of the US Government Martin, Abby Article 2015 It’s been just over two years since computer prodigy Aaron Swartz took his own life. He was the target of a merciless witch-hunt by the Department of Justice, ultimately choosing death over 35 years b... Aaron Swartz and the Fight for Information Freedom: They Can't Stop the Movement Lopez, Alfredo Article 2013 Aaron Swartz was a target of a deliberately vicious, sadistic government campaign in which the federal government wanted to make his pain an example to the entire progressive techie community. What's ... Am I a bad feminist? Atwood, Margaret Article 2018 My fundamental position is that women are human beings, with the full range of saintly and demonic behaviours this entails, including criminal ones. They're not angels, incapable of wrongdoing. Nor do... Chevron's Crude Attacks: Court Sides With Big Oil Winship, Michael Article 2011 Yet another instance of the increasingly pro-business stance of the US legal system. Citizen-Journalist Fined for Telling the Truth Brasch, Walter Article 2015 The story of an injunction against against a journalist who dared to tell the truth. Connexions: Volume 4, Number 4 - September 1979 - Food/La Nourriture Serial Publication (Periodical) 1979 Criminalizing Truancy: Should Kids be Jailed for Skipping School? Fuentes, Annette Article 2012 American jurisdictions are increasingly turning to the criminal justice system to deal with truancy. Students and parents are being fined, and in some cases jailed, for missing school. Cuadrilla versus The Nanas - #IamTinaRothery Rothery, Tina Article 2016 Thanks to fracking company Cuadrilla, grandmother Tina Rothery will be in court tomorrow over a £55,000 'debt' imposed on her for joining a peaceful occupation of a fracking site in Lancashire. But as... Destroying the Commons: How the Magna Carta Became a Minor Carta  Chomsky, Noam Article 2012 Our rights and liberties are under ever-increasing attack. Extraordinary Violence at 500 Pearl Street: The Sentencing of Jeremy Hammond Tarrant, Anthony Article 2013 On Friday, November 15, 2013, extreme violence with malicious intent was meted out by Federal District Court Judge Loretta Preska in the sentencing phase of 28 year old hacktivist Jeremy Hammond befor... Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Outrageous Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture Krasovitzky, Laura Article 2015 Civil asset forfeiture violates civil and property rights, not to mention fundamental notions of justice. Now, finally, it's under increasing fire. How Israel Stacks the Legal Deck: Court System Provides Little Justice for Palestinians Bisharat, George Article 2012 To Palestinians, Israeli military courts are sites of repression, not houses of justice. Palestinian defendants facing trial in 2010 were found guilty in 99.74% cases. How Laws Assault Queer People (book review): Against The Current vol. 156 Dirr, Susan; Echeverria, Tessa Article 2012 Queer (In)Justice is authored by Joey Mogul, a partner at the People’s Law Office in Chicago and director of DePaul University’s Civil Rights Clinic; Andrea Ritchie, an attorney and organizer who work... The ICC is now an instrument of imperialism Pheko, Motsoko Article 2015 The Rome Statute is the treaty that established the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC was to be an international tribunal and intergovernmental organisation that would prosecute all individu... If boycotts could change the system they'd be illegal Mortinston, Peter Article 1996 A ruling by the Ontario Court of Appeal says that boycotting by a grassroots group Friends of the Lubicon Lake Cree Nation of Daishowa paper products was illegal because it resulted in economic harm t... Lessons from COINTELPRO Bohmer, Peter Article 2011 We can best honor those who have been murdered by our government and their agents, not by mourning but by organizing, by building movements that put into practice solidarity across borders that are in... Montreal spends $110,000 on private lawyers to fight challenge to anti-protest bylaw: There's room for austerity around everything except repression McSorley, Tim Article 2014 As the city of Montreal tightens its belt-buckle and is cutting budgets, two Montrealers who are challenging the city's regulations around demonstrations are questioning the amount of resources the ci... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - October 16, 2014: Arms Trade Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2014 Topic of the week is the Arms Trade. Featured resources include The No-Nonsense Guide to the Arms Trade, an article on Israel's War Business, and the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade. A new feature ... The Persecution of Pvt. Bradley Manning: A Sick Game Lindorff, Dave Article 2011 The torture and prolonged confinement without trial of Pvt. Manning are the tactics of a totalitarian state. They are exactly what is done in countries like China, Iran, and Burma. The pursuit of Julian Assange is an assault on freedom and a mockery of journalism Pilger, John Article 2012 Four years ago, a barely noticed Pentagon document, leaked by WikiLeaks, described how WikiLeaks and Assange would be destroyed with a smear campaign leading to "criminal prosecution". We are witnessi... Quotes about Law and Crime Unclassified Resisting State Violence: Justice Or Just Us Burton, Orisanmi Article 2014 None of the ambiguities that surrounded Mike Brown’s killing are present in the grotesque spectacle of Eric Garner’s murder. By now the whole world has watched the man die at the hands of police witho... Rights vs. Privileges Carson, Kevin Article 2011 We now owe our 'liberties' to the good will of the government, which can withdraw them at any time, rather than to our ability to force the government to respect them. 'Shariafication by stealth' in the UK Patel, Pragna Article 2014 Access to justice is being denied in the UK in the shadow of neoliberalism and religious fundamentalism. Minority women are being denied the right to participate in the wider political community as ci... Ssangyong Motors Strike in South Korea Ends in Defeat and Heavy Repression Goldner, Loren Article 2009 The hard-right Korean government is signaling with these measures -- its latest and most dramatic "take no prisoners" victory over popular protest in the past year and a half -- its intention to steam... Stansted 15: British Activists Who Stopped Deportation Charter Flight Convicted of Terrorism Charge England, Charlotte; Perkin, Beth Article 2018 A look at a group of fifteen activists who prevented a deportation charter flight from leaving Stansted airport in the UK by securing themselves around the aeroplane, and were subsequently found guilt... These Activists Blocked Migrant Deportations. Now They Face Life Imprisonment in the U.K. Nathanson, Rebecca Article 2018 Fifteen activists who blocked a plane deporting migrants are being charged with laws intended for terrorists. The use of charter flights for deportations is one of the issues they raise. 12 most absurd laws used to stifle occupy movement Khalek, Rania Article 2011 Here are 12 desperate and unsuccessful measures the authorities are using to discourage, deter and crack down on peaceful protests. Unlawful Dissent: New Laws Around the Globe Don't Curb Inequity, They Undercut Social Protests and Gag Free Speech Warnke, Brett Article 2012 The state is increasingly encroaching upon dissent as social conditions worsen. You are all suspects now. What are you going to do about it? Pilger, John Article 2012 A state of permanent war has been launched by the United States and a police state is consuming western democracy. Sources LibraryAuthorities ramp up pressure on media over banking disclosures Sources News Release 2015 Bulgarian Financial Supervision Commission has imposed fines of up to 80,000 euros each on several newspapers for disclosing information about the banking sector. Reporters Without Borders deplores th... China Deprives Uyghur Prisoner Right to Legal Counsel Sources News Release 2014 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is concerned that undue political pressure has been applied to a defence lawyer to make her withdraw from defending a Uyghur scholar accused of separa... Debs v. United States Wikipedia article Debs v. United States, 249 U.S. 211 (1919), was a United States Supreme Court decision that upheld the Espionage Act of 1917.
Eugene V. Debs was an American labour and political leader and five-time ... A dramatic suicide in a 'court' of fake justice 2017 After a war crimes tribunal rejected his appeal, a Bosnian Croat general drank poison and died. His last words resonate with many in the Balkans, who regard the court as a tool of US and NATO that has... Judicial persecution of Bahraini news providers continues Sources News Release 2014 Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the five-year jail sentences that a court passed today on the photographer Hussain Hubail and the cyber-activist Jassim Al-Nuaimi. Seven other activists recei... Justice Department finally stops harassing New York Times reporter Sources News Release 2015 Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that New York Times reporter James Risen will not be called to testify in the trial of Jeffrey Sterling, a former CIA officer charged with leaking classi... Supreme Court of Pakistan to indict TV chief and anchor for contempt Sources News Release 2014 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in expressing deep concern over the legal course against ARY News channel's CEO and its anchor ... |
