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We cover artists from around the globe whose work explores and realizes social change. Our goal is to provide a narrative about these activist efforts while simultaneously participating in them. Maintained by The Groundswell Collective since 2007.

ACLU’s Ideological Exclusion

James David Morgan wrote this post at 2:14 pm on October 24th, 2007.

The ACLU has a new website for their Ideological Exclusion campaign. Designed by Hyperakt Design Group, the site features case studies of prominent artists, writers, and political figures who were barred entrance to the United States because of their ideologies. The list ranges from Nelson Mandela to recent Nobel Prize in Literature recipient Dorris Lessing. [...]

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LGBT Rights Movie Night with the MCLU

James David Morgan wrote this post at 4:00 pm on October 18th, 2007.

This month, the regular Monday night civil liberties movie series with the Maine Civil Liberties Union features The Way Life Should Be: Marriage in Maine. They’ll be screening it on October 22 at the North Star Cafe (225 Congress Street, Portland, ME). Field Organizer Rachel Myers says: This episode of the ACLU Freedom Files – [...]

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Civil Liberties Cinema and Stand Up!

James David Morgan wrote this post at 3:10 pm on August 15th, 2007.

The Maine Civil Liberties Union, Maine’s branch of the ACLU, is hosting Civil Liberties Cinema every Wednesday.  This week they are watching “Beyond the Patriot Act,” which tells how a misguided law and other government reactions to 9/11 are restricting out most basic constitutional freedoms and threatening America’s checks and balances. Relatedly, the national ACLU [...]

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