FBI on trial
Subtitle: the victory in the Socialist Workers Party suit against government spying
By: edited by Margaret Jayko.
Contributors: Jayko, Margaret.
Publisher: Pathfinder Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 331
Subjects: Socialist Workers Party -- Trials, litigation, etc; Young Socialist Alliance (U.S.) -- Trials, litigation, etc; United States. -- Dept. of Justice -- Trials, litigation, etc; United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation; Privacy, Right of -- United States
Description: This book is about a historic victory for democratic rights. It contains the federal court decision [Socialist Workers Party v. Attorney General] that codifies the accomplishments of the successful fifteen-year legal battle waged by the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and Young Socialist Alliance (YSA) against decades of spying, harassment, and disruption by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Leonard B. Boudin; title: Introduction / by Margaret Jayko; title: Judge Griesa's August 25, 1986, decision; title: Justice department brief and affadavits on proposed injunction; title: August 17, 1987, injunction; title: Excerpts from trial testimony; title: Appendix A: Workers rights versus the secret police / by Larry Seigle; title: Appendix B: Political Rights Defense Fund financial summary and statement / by John Studer; title: Index.