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Congress Tries to Pull a Fast One: SOPA Vote Likely This Week

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Action for Freedom — Leave a comment

Some annoying news: As was widely reported last Friday, all indications were that the House Judiciary Committee would delay its vote on SOPA for a few weeks. Now it looks like they might vote this week, if Congress stays in…

Tagged with: Congress, Eric Cantor, John Boehner, Lamar Smith, SOPA, Speakers, United States, United States Congress, United States House Committee on the Judiciary
Posted in Free Speech, Government Control, Human Rights, Internet Censorship

Stand Up and Fight: A Week of Action Against Censorship

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 1 Comment

By Rainey Reitman When the government claims the right to shut down websites by breaking the Domain Name System and forcing search engines to dump user requests to reach a site, there’s only one word for it: censorship. And when…

Tagged with: censorship, COICA, Congress, Domain Name System, Electronic Frontier Foundation, PIPA, Recording Industry Association of America, SOPA, United States, United States Congress, United States House Committee on the Judiciary
Posted in Free Speech, Government Control, Human Rights, Internet Censorship

Censorship in America: TAKE ACTION NOW TO STOP SOPA / PIPA INTERNET BLACKLIST!!!

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 6 Comments

The Internet Censorship Bill took a massive beating last week (yeah, you did that!) but drug companies, movie studios and the Chamber of Commerce do *not* go down easy. Now– get this– they’re telling Congress it’s a “jobs” bill. This…

Tagged with: American Censorship, Chamber of commerce, Harry Reid, Internet censorship, PIPA, Senate, SOPA, Tumblr, Twitter, United States, United States Congress, YouTube
Posted in Free Speech, Government Control, Human Rights, Internet Censorship

Obama Certifies End to Ban on Gays in Military

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Action for Freedom — Leave a comment

President Barack Obama formally certified Friday the end of the ban on gays serving openly in the U.S. military. Obama said the policy change, which will go into effect in September, means the armed forces no longer will be deprived…

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Posted in Human Rights

Oregon Senator Wyden Freezes Second Internet Censorship Bill

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 1 Comment

A U.S. Senator from Oregon has once again taken a stand against his own party to defend what he sees as the inherent right to free speech on the Internet, placing a hold on a bill that could force search…

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Piracy Politics Fuel Internet Censorship

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 9 Comments

Source: TorrentFreak Internet censorship is a hot topic in 2011, but also one that reveals the disturbing double-standards of politicians and governments around the world. This week U.S. Senator Dick Durbin sent China’s largest search engine a letter asking them…

Tagged with: All Articles, Baidu, BitTorrent Inc, COICA, Combating Online Infringement & Counterfeits Act, Dick Durbin, First Amendment, Free Speech Internet, General Censorship, Government, Internet, Internet censorship, Newsworthy, Politics, TorrentFreak, United States, United States Congress, United States Senate
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How To Get Elected Officials To Actually Hear Our Worries About Censorship: Speak Up!

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Action for Freedom — Leave a comment

Source: techdirt EFF‘s Cindy Cohn asked Lofgren a simple question towards the end of Lofgren’s talk, questioning what we in Silicon Valley could actually do so that folks in Washington DC actually understand these issues. Lofgren, at first, seemed unsure…

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Mar 3, 1845: Congress Overrides Presidential Veto for First Time

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Action for Freedom — Leave a comment

On this day in 1845, Congress reins in President John Tyler’s zealous use of the presidential veto, overriding it with the necessary two-thirds vote. This marked Congress’ first use of the Consitutional provision allowing Congressional veto overrides and represented Congress’…

Tagged with: 1845, Andrew Jackson, Executive (government), John Tyler, March, March 3, President, Supermajority, This Day in History, This Day In History, United States, United States Congress, Veto
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Mar 3, 1820: Congress Passes the Missouri Compromise

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 1 Comment

After months of bitter debate, Congress passes the Missouri Compromise, a bill that temporarily resolves the first serious political clash between slavery and antislavery interests in U.S. history. In February 1819, Representative James Tallmadge of New York introduced a bill…

Tagged with: 1820, James Tallmadge, Kansas–Nebraska Act, Louisiana Purchase, March, March 3, Missouri, Missouri Compromise, Slavery, This Day in History, This Day In History, Union (American Civil War), United States Congress
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Mar 1, 1781: Articles of Confederation are Ratified

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 1 Comment

On this day in 1781, the Articles of Confederation are finally ratified. The Articles were signed by Congress and sent to the individual states for ratification on November 15, 1777, after 16 months of debate. Bickering over land claims between…