Hell no
Subtitle: your right to dissent in 21st-century America
By: Michael Ratner, Margaret Ratner Kunstler
Contributors: Ratner Kunstler, Margaret
Publisher: New Press, The
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781595585400
Subjects: United States; Dissenters; Resistance to Government; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Freedom of expression; Civil rights; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights; Legal status, laws; History
Description: "Includes chapters on what today's activists must know about the threats posed by federal law enforcement agents and their tactics, as well as the actual text of the recently released FBI Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide in which the FBI spells out its approach to policing dissent. Hell No also includes information on several key security practices that offer the best protection from government surveillance and interference.  With an introduction on What's Happened to Dissent Today looking at the protests at the Republican National Convention by CCR board chair Michael Ratner and constitutional rights expert Margaret Ratner Kunstler Hell Nois an indispensable tool in the effort to give free speech true meaning in a post-9/11 world"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. An introduction discussing the current state of dissent; title: 2. If An Agent Knocks. Sections Include:; title: Can An Agent Search My Trash?; title: Sneak and Peek searches; title: What is Entrapment?; title: When Can the Government Tap My Phone Calls?; title: Can the Government Monitor My Text Messages?; title: National Security Letters; title: What Threats Do Grand Juries Pose to Activists?; title: Special Considerations for Non-Citizens; title: 3. Restore. Protect. Expand: The Right to Dissent (CCR white paper); title: 4. FBI manual for infiltrating activist groups; title: 5. A history of the right to dissent in the United States.