Secret Prisons and the Silencing of Dissent: Video to Watch

by Stephanie Ernst · 2009-06-25 14:24:00 UTC
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Check out Amy Goodman's Democracy Now! interview with animal rights activist Andrew Stepanian, who was just recently released from the secretive Communication Management Unit (CMU) prison in Marion, Illinois (where he was held along with mostly Muslim prisoners); his attorney, Paul Hetznecker; and journalist and blogger Will Potter, of Green Is the New Red, who of course has covered this issue extensively.

As always, what Will Potter has to tell us, in addition to what Stepanian himself shares, is frightening and disturbing. And among all his excellent points, Will makes the important point about how the media has completely dropped the ball when it comes to the political use (and abuse) of "terrorism" labeling.

Video here.

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Stephanie Ernst wrote the original Animal Rights blog at Change.org until December 2009. She can now be found at Animal Rights & AntiOppression.
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