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How organizers raised over $233,000 in one day to bail hundreds out of jail
Defense Secretary Mattis Unaware Of Myanmar Journalist Arrests
Undercover Israeli Police/Military Hitting Palestinian Protest Ranks Hard
TFC Asks #OpIsrael Anonymous About Net Neutrality, Internet Freedom
TFC Exclusive: #OpIsrael Anons Talk The Present And Future Of Anonymous
American General: US-Backed Rebels Detaining ISIS Supporters And Doctors
(TFC)– In mid-October, US Army Major General James B Jarrard of a joint spec ops task force operating throughout Syria and Iraq attended a press conference. He made headlines for accidentally stating America has 4000 boots in Syria, not a…
Intelligence Assessment Resurrects Fears of US Government Abuses
WI ACLU & Electronic Frontier Foundation Comment On Police Surveillance Study
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (TFC)— With so little transparency inherent in police surveillance programs, some were excited to hear of Seaglass. The new technology–developed by University of Washington researchers–aimed to empower citizens to detect cell tower simulators. These shadowy devices, sometimes called…
Is Officer PTSD Being Properly Addressed, Or Covered By Stigma?
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (Pontiac)— Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a highly complicated, stigmatized issue in law enforcement. As a result, little data exists to demonstrate how widespread this and other mental health issues are among officers. In Wauwatosa Wisconsin, one…
Mass Protests, Riot Police, Surveillance Follow Clearing Of Castile Shooting
St. Paul, Minnesota (TFC)— Following a not guilty verdict for the officer who shot 32-year-old Philando Castile, large-scale protests have swallowed St. Paul. As militarized police clear streets, independent outlets join them and marchers documenting the drama. Philiando Castile was…
From Prosecution to Pride: Goran Miletić on the Evolution of LGBT Activism in the Western Balkans
(BD) – Goran Miletić, Civil Rights Defenders’ Program Director for the Western Balkans, has been involved in LGBT and wider human rights activism since the early 1990s. Miletić sat down with Balkan Diskurs to discuss how the nature of LGBT…
Where We Go From Here
(NM) – I. What a difference election day makes. “Make June the end of May,” they said; and so they did. Theresa May has gone from being the adored “mummy” of Tory activists, whose secret strength according to A N…
Did Dane County, WI Cops Return To Work Too Soon After Policing DAPL?
Dane County, Wisconsin (TFC)— Recently, Wisconsin’s Dane County Sheriff’s (DCS) Office responded to open records requests filed by The Fifth Column. These pertained to DCS’s Standing Rock deployment, which concluded in October 2016. From October 9th-16th 2016, Dane County sent…
Native American Tribe Warn Of DAPL-Like Pushes Against Border Wall On Their Land
Topawa, Texas (TFC)— Trump’s border wall ambitions may kick off another Native American-spearheaded political movement. One, some warn, which may match the only recently concluded Dakota Access Pipeline protests. At this resistances’ helm is the The Tohono O’odham Nation, possessing…