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Tom Burke speaks out against FBI repression in New York cities
BY Staff | Albany, NY | 12/03/11
Tom Burke, a leader of the Committee to Stop FBI Repression, toured upstate New York Nov. 29 through Dec. 1 to talk about FBI repression and the upcoming trial of Carlos Montes.
Carlos Montes, Committee to Stop FBI Repression, Tom Burke
Detroit forum exposes FBI repression
BY Staff | Detroit, MI | 7/19/11
60 people met at an African-American community center on July 16 to discuss the growing movement for the right to free speech, to organize and for civil liberties for all.
Michigan Emergency Committee Against War and Injustice, National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms, NCPCF, Sharmin Sadequee, Shifa Sadequee, Tom Burke
Relaxed rules for FBI's domestic spying operations in 2011 handbook
BY Kosta Harlan | United States | 6/14/11
The FBI is relaxing its rules and removing restrictions on domestic spying for its 14,000 agents, the New York Times reported June 13. While FBI spokesperson Valerie Caproni claims the changes are "more like fine-tuning than major changes," civil liberties advocates and activists are speaking out against the new rules.
Azadeh Shahshahani, Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC), Committee to Stop FBI Repression, National Lawyers Guild, Shahid Buttar, Tom Burke
Milwaukee rallies March 19 against wars and occupations
BY Staff | Milwaukee, WI | 3/21/11
150 people protested here, March 19, to demand an end to the wars and occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Afghanistan War, Committee to Stop FBI Repression, Governor Scott Walker, Iraq War, Tom Burke, Wisconsin
Speaking out for Ricardo Palmeras’s freedom and against FBI repression at Utah student event
BY Joshua West | Orem, UT | 11/16/10
Orem, UT - Tom Burke from the National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera spoke to students at Utah Valley University, Oct. 27. The event, sponsored by the Revolutionary Students Union, brought in many students wanting to know more about the U.S.-held Colombian political prisoner, Ricardo Palmera and the situation in Colombia.
National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera, Ricardo Palmera, September 24 FBI Raids, Tom Burke
Fight continues to end censorship, get Ricardo Palmera supporter back on Facebook
BY Staff | United States | 7/19/10
The struggle to support Colombian revolutionary Ricardo Palmera and to oppose Facebook censorship continues, with a new campaign launched July 18.
censorship, facebook, National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera, Tom Burke
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