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JackRiddler

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40. Make fun of made-up gulags, but ignore the real ones in your own state.

Sat May 19, 2012, 09:09 PM

May 2012

The United States is home to the world's largest prison-industrial complex, providing near wage-free labor to private businesses, with many of the prisons themselves privately owned. While the penal institution complex may have finally peaked, the overall incarceration number continues to grow as tens of thousands are now detained by the immigration authorities. Adding a few thousand political prisoners a month - they would surely be called "terrorists" - would represent a growth in the gulag system, not the creation of one, and it would be located at prisons and jails and detention camps already operating in every state of the nation.

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Lawyers Guild claims NATO activists "disappeared" without warrant or charges [View all] kpete May 2012 OP

If they hate us for our freedoms, they should really hate us a lot less nowadays. denverbill May 2012 #1

Thank you. schmice May 2012 #14

Renditioned in Chicago. leveymg May 2012 #2

..." It's the Chicago way " may3rd May 2012 #35

It appears to be the Obama Admin. way. leveymg May 2012 #36

COINTELPRO Lives pscot May 2012 #3

This is what a police state looks like - n/t coalition_unwilling May 2012 #4

Can we call it fascism yet?........ socialist_n_TN May 2012 #24

habeas corpus is such a quaint idea in a time of police state HereSince1628 May 2012 #5

Oh, it was only 12 hours gratuitous May 2012 #6

But it is legal now! Haven't you heard about the NDAA? sabrina 1 May 2012 #15

Gulags in Area 51 in Nevada coming soon n/t Smilo May 2012 #7

Nope they're all over here in AZ. lonestarnot May 2012 #29

Make fun of made-up gulags, but ignore the real ones in your own state. JackRiddler May 2012 #40

"Pre-Emptive" raids for Thought Crime now becoming SOP, bvar22 May 2012 #8

"Neither Political Party ... awoke_in_2003 May 2012 #21

Amen to that! Vidar May 2012 #23

I'm gonna make a prediction bighughdiehl May 2012 #9

You're giving Freepers more credit than they are due. sabrina 1 May 2012 #16

"We are now officially Pinochet's Chile" dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #20

Way too sophisticated, and you're confusing Freepers with the Ron Paul base. JackRiddler May 2012 #41

(looking for updates). . . .n/t annabanana May 2012 #10

Welcome to the USA under the NDAA. Citizen Worker May 2012 #11

That was christx30 May 2012 #12

NATO Protesters Held Without Charge After Raid as Chicago Steps Up Police Activities Judi Lynn May 2012 #13

Where is Rahm, good democrat that he is, while his citizens are being wrongfully sabrina 1 May 2012 #17

I know right? Why is this Democratic Mayor allowing this? midnight May 2012 #26

This is what you get when you elect republicans Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #18

Chicago isn't a republican bastion... awoke_in_2003 May 2012 #22

Rahm is mayor of Chicago, now. (nt) w4rma May 2012 #25

... awoke_in_2003 May 2012 #27

Chicago has a Democratic Mayor. He is responsible for the actions of the police. sabrina 1 May 2012 #32

I know. I was being sarcastic. Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #42

Oops, my mistake. Sorry! sabrina 1 May 2012 #43

'salright. Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #44

It's Chicago, where lots of Germans disappeared. FarCenter May 2012 #19

The uniform serves the powerful. Dawson Leery May 2012 #28

found at the CPD Organized Crime Division police station lock up at 3340 W. Fillmore St. on the West lonestarnot May 2012 #30

Kevin Gosztola reports that the police called them EFerrari May 2012 #31

Interesting. That must be part of the 'strategy' to suppress dissent. Other protesters have sabrina 1 May 2012 #33

Too bad we lost the Cold War and the KGB won leveymg May 2012 #37

LOL EFerrari May 2012 #38

Nato protesters arrested in Chicago raid held on terrorism conspiracy charges Eugene May 2012 #34

"They had already been pulled over by police last week and asked about their protest plans"!!! Peace Patriot May 2012 #39