Defending Rights & Dissent

Defending Rights & Dissent Get involved: https://www.rightsanddissent.org/online-actions/ In short, together both groups have been Defending Rights & Dissent for decades

Defending Rights & Dissent is product of the merger between the Bill of Rights Defense Committee and the Defending Dissent Foundation. The Bill of Rights Defense Committee was founded in 2001 to fight the Patriot Act and the Defending Dissent Foundation was founded all the way back in 1960 to work for the abolition of the House Un-American Activities Committee. Both organizations were involved in

the intervening years opposing violations of civil liberties whenever, wherever they popped up. We worked to propose model ordinances to limit racial profiling, to rein in the FBI’s spying on dissent, and to end torture, detention without trial, and mass surveillance.

Today in Espionage Act history — in 2013, The Guardian began publishing Edward Snowden’s Top Secret NSA documents exposi...
06/05/2026

Today in Espionage Act history — in 2013, The Guardian began publishing Edward Snowden’s Top Secret NSA documents exposing mass surveillance on U.S. citizens

The Espionage Act is an affront to whistleblowers, the freedom of the press, and your right to know.

Learn more about the Act, its history of abuses, and how to reform it at rightsanddissent.org

06/05/2026

June is Espionage Act history month!

One of the worst laws in the U.S. legal code, the Espionage Act poses a direct threat to whistleblowers, journalism, and your right to know.

We’re spending the month highlighting its abuses and the urgent need for major reform. Heres CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling on his own experience under the Act and why we need to pass reform.

Learn more at rightsanddissent.org

June is Espionage Act history month! One of the worst laws in the U.S. legal code, the Espionage Act poses a direct thre...
06/04/2026

June is Espionage Act history month!

One of the worst laws in the U.S. legal code, the Espionage Act poses a direct threat to whistleblowers, journalism, and your right to know.

We’re spending the month highlighting its abuses and the urgent need for major reform.

Rightsanddissent.org

BREAKING: Defending Rights & Dissent Sues State Dept, FBI, DOJ, & ICE For Records on Surveillance of Palestine Solidarit...
05/26/2026

BREAKING: Defending Rights & Dissent Sues State Dept, FBI, DOJ, & ICE For Records on Surveillance of Palestine Solidarity Activism

Our FOIA lawsuit seeks to expose comms between the U.S. gov’t & blacklisting groups like ADL, Betar, & Canary Mission in the free speech crackdown.

Read the complaint at rightsanddissent.org

Courtney Williams is a U.S. Army veteran who blew the whistle on sexual harassment & gender discrimination in the milita...
05/19/2026

Courtney Williams is a U.S. Army veteran who blew the whistle on sexual harassment & gender discrimination in the military. Now the government is charging her under the Espionage Act.

Sign the / petition to drop the charges today!

tinyurl.com/FreeCourtneyWilliams

05/12/2026

Was this excerpt quoted by Rage Against the Machine an inspiration for Trump’s counterterrorism plan??

Spencer asks, from our panel with featuring former FBI agent Terry Albury and our policy director Chip Gibbons — watch the full discussion at our YouTube channel /

05/12/2026

FBI whistleblower Terry Albury: Trump is using the War on Terror playbook to go after the left here at home.

From our panel with featuring reporter Spencer and our policy director Chip Gibbons — watch the full discussion at our YouTube channel /

05/12/2026

Legal expert. NSPM-7 dramatically expands the investigative power of the FBI to “go find terrorists,” leading them to abuse their authority.

From our panel with featuring reporter Spencer and former FBI agent Terry Albury — watch the full discussion at our YouTube channel /

05/12/2026

Journalist Spencer Ackerman: With NSPM-7, Trump is attempting to criminalize left-wing activism

From our panel with featuring former FBI agent Terry Albury and our policy director Chip Gibbons — watch the full discussion at our YouTube channel /

05/12/2026

NSPM-7 is Trump’s plan to crush the left, the way past movements & uprisings have been suppressed

From our panel with featuring reporter Spencer and former FBI agent Terry Albury — watch the full discussion at our YouTube channel /

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