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Related: The Declaration of Independence: Fanfare for the Common Man and Woman", which is about how the average person truly believed in freedom (not the modern day cliche) and free speech. And, Shattering the Modern Day Myth of what the Boston Tea Party Was Really About, which is about how the Boston Tea Party Patriots were truly an 18th Century version of Occupy Wall Street

Folks,

http://sacramento.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=21&event_id=21&met...

I thought you would be interested the the latest city attempt to quash free speech rights. The City Hall exception to the park curfew is about to be radically changed - in effect, it appears any free speech, or other, activities on City Hall grounds will not be allowed unless and until the City Manager approves it, and then only with insurance and permit fees.

National Univision "Quieren deportar a indocumentada en Sacramento por vender tamales"
[They want to deport an undocumented woman in Sacramento for selling tamales]
http://noticias.univision.com/noticiero-univision/videos/video/2012-07-1...

Sacramento Bee "Mother who sold tamales outside Walmart on Florin Road faces deportation"
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/19/4641130/hed-hereupper-and-lower-case-de...

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Rally and press conference for Juana Reyes, a Sacramento mother who has lived in the US for over 20 years after undocumented entry, protesting her arrest and possible deportation.

ENTRAPMENT PANEL

How Law Enforcement Entraps Political
Activists

TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 6 P.M.SOL COLLECTIVE (2574 21st Street, Sacramento):

A panel of experts will explore how people are targeted by law enforcement for "preventive
prosecution" based on their political and religious beliefs. The panel will also include a
discussion about the chilling effect this has on our 1st amendment right to political and religious expression.

Panelists include:

Sunaina Maira – Professor of Asian American Studies and author of the book Missing:
Youth, Citizenship, and Empire After 9/11;
Bradley Crowder - Former political prisoner who
was entrapped by an FBI informant at the 2008 Republican National Convention protests;
Jenny Esquivel - Member of Sacramento Prisoner Support and partner of entrapped
environmental activist Eric McDavid.

Texas's war on history

Christian-nationalist zealots are trying to rewrite US history, airbrush slavery and enshrine creationism in Texas schools

Katherine Stewart
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 17 May 2012

Student protest disrupts UC regents meeting in Sacramento

University of California students disrupted a meeting of the UC regents in Sacramento this morning, protesting tuition increases in a sustained chant that forced regents to break early for a closed session meeting.

RT @joshacagan: Hoodies get you shot. Short skirts get you raped. No wonder people in the future always wear jumpsuits. via @mochamomma

— NatashaChart (@NatashaChart) March 23, 2012

Via correntewire

UC Davis pepper-spray probe remains partly sealed

By Hudson Sangree and Sam Stanton
hsangree@sacbee.com

An Oakland judge on Friday set the stage for the release of most of an investigation into the Nov. 18 pepper-spraying incident at UC Davis, but he agreed to keep confidential some portions about individual police officers – at least for now.

The ruling by Alameda Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo left both sides claiming partial victory in a dispute over how much detail can be released about the actions of UC Davis police during a campus demonstration last fall over tuition hikes.

He also appeared to clear the way for release soon of a lengthy report on the incident by former state Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso, the first in a series of inquiries into how plans to remove the protesters turned into a nightmare for the university and its students.

Legal Experts Destroy Rationale for Obama’s Assassination Policy … And Slam Democrats for Supporting It

Obama Expanding Program Started by Cheney

Attorney General Eric Holder announced at Northwestern University law school that the U.S. can assassinate U.S. citizens without any without disclosure of why they are even alleged to be baddies and without any review of any nature whatsoever by any judge, Congress or the American people.

Northwestern University’s law school professor Joseph Margulies said:

I defy anyone to read [Holder's] speech and show any differences between Obama and Bush on these issues, They both say we are in a war not confined to particular battlefield. … Both say we can target citizens without judicial oversight and that can happen anywhere in the world.

Columbia law school professor Scott Horton notes that this assassination strategy was created by Dick Cheney, and is being carried out by the Obama administration:

A lot of this seems to have been put in place under the tutelage of Dick Cheney. So here we see one of Dick Cheney’s ideas being ratified by Barack Obama and his Attorney General Eric Holder.