Silencing political dissent / Nancy Chang and the Center for Constitutional Rights ; foreword by Howard Zinn.
Series: An open media bookPublication details: New York : Seven Stories Press, c2002.Description: 168 p. ; 18 cmISBN:- 1583224947
- Silencing political dissent : how post-September 11 anti-terrorism measures threaten our civil liberties
- United States. Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001
- Civil rights -- United States
- Terrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy -- United States
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
- War on Terrorism, 2001-
- JC571 .C487 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-166).
The constitution in turmoil. Criminalizing political dissent -- Interfering with the right to freedom of political association -- Targeting perceived enemies for detention and deportation -- How the USA Patriot Act undermines our civil liberties. Blurring the line between ideology and terrorism -- Tolling the death knell on privacy -- Stripping noncitizens of constitutional protections -- Edging toward government by executive fiat. America's disappeared -- Monitoring the attorney-client communications of federal inmates -- Silencing political dissent. A question of patriotism -- Guilt by association -- The rise of government secrecy -- Reclaiming our civil liberties.