McCarthyism

Waste Management Drivers Become Snoops in Tampa »

by Matthew Rothschild, July 10, 2012

They’re on duty for the RNC, and if you don’t think we’re moving toward a corporate police state, think again.read more

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Ozzie Guillen and Free Speech »

By Dave Zirin April 11, 2012

DAVE ZIRIN | Guillen was forced to grovel like a broken man at a press conference that was missing only a stockade.read more

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In Defense of Ozzie Guillen »

By Elizabeth DiNovella, April 11, 2012

The Marlins hired an opinionated coach and now are suspending Ozzie for being who he is. Isn’t voicing unpopular opinions something that can get you jailed in Cuba?read more

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Ozzie Guillen and Modern McCarthyism »

By Matthew Rothschild, April 10, 2012

Guillen’s suspension has nothing to do with his ability to manage his players. He merely expressed an unpopular view, and the irony is that critics of Castro stress Fidel’s own intolerance of dissent.read more

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Ozzie Guillen, Victim of McCarthyism

April 10, 2012

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Newt Gingrich akin to Joe McCarthy, says Dave Obey »

By Matthew Rothschild, January 29, 2012

“He did more than anybody except Joe McCarthy in my lifetime to denigrate the political dialogue and to degrade it.”read more

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Banned in Tucson »

By Matthew Rothschild, January 19, 2012

By banning Mexican American Studies, the Tucson Unified School District taught the students an object lesson in cowardice and racism and censorship.read more

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Prof. Juan Cole Responds to Bush-Cheney Siccing of CIA on Him »

By Matthew Rothschild, June 16, 2011

“I am a relatively small fish and it seems to me rather likely that I was not the only target of the baleful team at the White House.”read more

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Air Force Backtracks on Wiki Prosecution of Its Own Members’ Families »

By Matthew Rothschild, February 12, 2011

At first, it threatened to charge family members with espionage if they dared to access Wikileaks.read more

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U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Goes After Richard Falk »

By Matthew Rothschild, January 29, 2011

Professor Richard Falk of Princeton has long been a thorn in the side of the U.S. foreign policy establishment because he has been an outspoken critic of Israeli policy toward the Palestinians. But what’s raised the ire of the State Department this time has nothing to do with his views on the Palestinians but rather on 9/11.read more

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FBI Infiltrates Twin Cities Anti-War Group »

By Matthew Rothschild, January 14, 2011

For two and a half years, she posed as a member. She had a key to the office. She handled the books sometimes. She even chaired some meetings and spoke at rallies. But she wasn’t who she said she was.read more

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ACLU of Tenn. Is Engaged in “Terrorism” or “Other Suspicious Activities”? »

By Matthew Rothschild, December 27, 2010

How reminding public schools that it is unconstitutional to engage in religious indoctrination put the ACLU of Tenn. on the “Terrorism” map.read more

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The FBI Comes After Activists »

By Matthew Rothschild, December 6, 2010

The FBI agents at their home even went through their son’s T-shirt drawer and separated “those that were controversial from those that weren’t.”read more

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Another Arab American Finds Tracking Device in His Car »

By Matthew Rothschild, October 15, 2010

A retired social worker, who is a U.S. citizen, was humiliated and his expectation of privacy was violated.read more

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FBI Placed Secret Tracking Device on Arab American’s Car  »

By Matthew Rothschild, October 14, 2010

After Yasir Afifi’s auto mechanic discovered the recording device, the FBI demanded it back.read more

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