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Letters to the Portland editor, July 25, 2008

Time to end torture
The Black Bird Legal Collective would like to thank Lance Tapley for his continued exposure of Maine prison issues.
By LETTERS TO THE PORTLAND EDITOR | July 23, 2008

Freewheeling

Perishable’s probing Constitutional
Think of it as speed dating the US Constitution.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | February 20, 2007

MCLU worries FBI is watching peace groups

Big chill
The Maine Civil Liberties Union is fighting on two fronts to protect Mainers’ privacy against the government's efforts to intrude.
By SARA DONNELLY | November 01, 2006

Peace movement renews activism in support of withdrawal

Iraq
In perhaps the greatest critique of the war in Iraq, US intelligence agencies — confirming what many critics have recognized for some time — say that the conflict is increasing the threat of anti-American terrorism.
By IAN DONNIS | September 27, 2006

Israeli and Palestinian women promote reconciliation

The Middle East
Although her daughter was killed by a Palestinian suicide-bombing attack, Israeli peace activist Nurit Peled-Elhanan is part of a group of trying to promote reconciliation among Israelis and Palestinians.
By MIRIAM ALTMAN | September 27, 2006

The Ninth Annual Muzzle Awards

Our annual New England roundup of those who undermined freedom of speech and civil liberties. But first, a word about George W. Bush.
Nearly five years after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, our political culture has been warped beyond recognition.
By DAN KENNEDY | July 04, 2006

Pentagon withholds details of spying on anti-war groups

Surveillance Society
Given growing attempts at government surveillance, Alden Eagle, a coordinator for the Rhode Island Community Coalition for Peace (RICCP), seems right on target when he says, “Anybody is a potential terrorist.”
By ANDREW FOX | June 21, 2006

Peace corps

Maine’s anti-war activists have found a way to make their congressional delegates listen. Now they’re sharing it with people in other states
In December 2004, 13 anti-war activists gathered in Senator Susan Collins’s office in Portland, Maine. They read the names of American soldiers who had died in the Iraq war, as well as an equal number of Iraqi civilians who had died.
By SARA DONNELLY | January 18, 2006

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