[news] Ten Lessons from the Criminalization of Dissent

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by Camilo Viveiros

In the aftermath of the 2000 Republican National Convention, I was charged with multiple felonies and accused of assaulting several police officers, including then Philadelphia Police Chief John Timoney. I approached my case with the attitude that the only way to stop the attempts to criminalize me and dissent in general was to organize more effectively than the forces of the state that wanted to shove me into prison.

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