T-SHIRT DESIGNS Anarchism Culture Freedom Humor LGBT Nationalism Republicrats POPAGANDA INFO make your own shirts, check out Iraqi women's & labor groups, and have a laugh at "W" Ketchup POPAGANDA QUOTES from one big mouth to the next CONTACT US The flag says: "Liberty or Death"-skull-"Black Guards" DESIGN DETAIL GOP: Kinda Rhymes with KGB Get a T-SHIRT with this design. Click here. Shouldn't you have freedom from gov't spying on your peaceful activities? The Bolsheviks didn't think so, neither does the US gov't these days, especially the red-faced Republican Hardliners who used to foam at the mouth while criticizing the USSR for authoritarian gov't. "Recent revelations that the FBI has been gathering thousands of pages of intelligence on such organizations as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the environmental group Greenpeace. Other groups that have been part of peaceful protests find that they are being investigated as well. "There is no need to open a counterterrorism file when people are simply exercising their First Amendment rights," says Ann Beeson, associate legal director of the ACLU." America wrestles with privacy vs. security, AP What's Wrong with the The Patriot Act, 1 & 2? reformthepatriotact.org House Votes to Extend Patriot Act Fri Jul 22, 6:57 AM ET [these guys deserve medals:] "...Nine Republicans broke ranks and voted with a united Democratic bloc on a last-ditch effort to make all 16 of the Patriot Act's most sensitive provisions subject to an additional four-year "sunset" period. 'It is not a Republican vote; it is not a Democrat vote,' said one of the rogue Republicans, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (news, bio, voting record) of California. Instead, he cast it as an attempt to adhere to the limited government envisioned by the Founding Fathers." US House votes to renew sweeping 'Patriot Act' supervision laws Fri Jul 22,10:29 AM ET "Civil libertarians have strongly opposed the measures, which give law enforcement officials access to educational, financial and medical records without having to show probable cause of a crime. It also allows police and prosecutors to access details of an individual's Internet activities and correspondence without probable cause or consent, among other measures." Relevant background information "U.S. Constitution: Fourth Amendment - Search and Seizure The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." findlaw.com Alien Registration Act / Smith Act of 1940 "The Act is best known for its use against political organizations and figures, mostly on the left. Prosecutions continued until a series of United States Supreme Court decisions in 1957 threw out numerous convictions under the Smith Act as unconstitutional. The statute remains on the books, however." The Sedition Act of 1918 again violated the 1st Ammendment The Sedition Act of 1918 The Sedition Act of 1918 The Palmer Raids 1918 - 1921 "All in all, by January 1920, Palmer and Hoover organized the largest mass arrests in U.S. history, rounding up at least 10,000 Americans... Palmer announced that a Communist revolution was to take place on May 1 (May Day). Following initial panic, the non-appearance of the revolution led to criticism of Palmer over his disregard for civil rights and accusations that the entire Red Scare was designed to secure him the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party." The Sedition Act of 1798 directly violated the 1st Ammendment The Alien And Sedition Act of 1798

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