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Defending Rights & Dissent (DRAD) is a national not-for-profit advocacy organization in the United States, dedicated to defending civil liberties, exposing government repression, and protecting the right of political dissent. DRAD was formed as the merger of the Defending Dissent Foundation (DDF) and the Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC).
Service Employees International Union Committee on Political Education (SEIU COPE) – Washington, D.C. Transport Workers Union Political Contributions Committee – New York, NY; Transportation Communications International Union Responsible Citizens Political League – Rockville, MD; Working America PAC – Washington, D.C.
Citizens in Charge is a 501(c)(4) advocacy organization started by Paul Jacob in 2001 that works directly with public officials and voters to protect and spread ballot initiative rights. Citizens in Charge and Citizens in Charge Foundation are separate organizations. Paul Jacob also serves as president of Citizens In Charge. [10]
"We need to make sure that we rise up because the threats to black and brown people in this country are very real," said Alphonso David, president and CEO of the Global Black Economic Forum.
The ACLU's support of the NLRB was a significant development for the ACLU because it marked the first time it accepted that a government agency could be responsible for upholding civil liberties. [60] Until 1937, the ACLU felt that citizens and private organizations best upheld civil rights. [60]
The CLERB board only reviews MPD actions but is similar to what the Shelby County committee could be. CLERB, the city of Memphis board, has been in existence since 1994 but was not in operation ...
On December 1, 1961, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) published a 288-page book entitled Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications. [1] This massive list, annotated with notes documenting the first official government mention of alleged communist affiliation, superseded a very similar list published on January 2, 1957. [1]
While purporting to defend speech already protected by the 1st Amendment, Trump's order would make such necessary communication "impossible" and "limit the government’s ability to address ...