Repressing Radicalism
The Espionage Act was passed today in 1917. It helped destroy the Socialist Party of America and quashes free speech to this day.
46 Articles by: Chip Gibbons
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Chip Gibbons is policy director of the nonprofit advocacy organization Defending Rights & Dissent.
The Imperial Bureau
The FBI embodies authoritarianism more than any other domestic agency. It can’t curb Trump’s autocratic tendencies.
A Game of Russian Roulette
Couching opposition to Trump in anti-Russia language will only end up benefiting the Right.
The Trial(s) of Harry Bridges
In the 1930s and ’40s, conservative forces waged a relentless campaign to deport militant labor leader Harry Bridges.
The Repression Lists
For decades, the state has used lists like the no-fly list to expand its power and harass political dissidents.
When Iraq Was Clinton’s War
Bill Clinton’s “quiet war” on Iraq set the stage for George W. Bush’s bloody invasion.