The wave of repression that is coming is real, but the conspiracy cranks divert attention away from serious attempts to battle the bad legislation.
For a good time (salvaging civil liberties) contact:
ACLU http://www.aclu.org/
National Lawyers Guild National office: (212) 627-2656, www.nlg.org
Know Your Rights - A Legal Guide National Lawyers Guild http://www.nlg.org/wtc/Know%20Your%20Rights.htm Also available at that site as downloadable .pdf and .doc files
National Immigration Project: Immigration Law Center Immigration law information is available on www.nilc.org
Security for Activists: Overcoming Repression An Online Guide http://www.publiceye.org/liberty/Security_for_Activists.htm
Demonizing Dissent by Kit Gage Executive Vice President, National Lawyers Guild Executive Director, First Amendment Foundation and NCARL - the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation National Coordinator, National Coalition to Protect Political Freedom http://www.publiceye.org/liberty/DemonizingDissentNLG.htm
And those zany folks at: http://www.indefenseoffreedom.org/organizations.html a coalition to make your head spin.
-Chip Berlet
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Murray" <seamus2001 at home.com> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 9:56 PM Subject: Re: spam, scams, and hoaxes
>
> From: "Chip Berlet" <cberlet at igc.org>
>
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Rense is a notorious conspiracy crank: Here is a list of his areas
> of interest
> > from his web page.
> ============
> Apropos,
>
> I found this buried in S1510
>
> SEC. 803. DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM.
>
> (a) DOMESTIC TERRORISM DEFINED- Section 2331 of title 18, United
> States Code, is amended--
>
> (1) in paragraph (1)(B)(iii), by striking `by assassination or
> kidnapping' and inserting `by mass destruction, assassination, or
> kidnapping';
>
> (2) in paragraph (3), by striking `and';
>
> (3) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting
> `; and'; and
>
> (4) by adding at the end the following:
>
> `(5) the term `domestic terrorism' means activities that--
>
> `(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the
> criminal laws of the United States or of any State;
>
> `(B) appear to be intended--
>
> `(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
>
> `(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or
> coercion; or
>
> `(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction,
> assassination, or kidnapping; and
>
> `(C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United
> States.'.
>
>
>
> Lots of strategic ambiguity in the above, no?
>
> Ian
>