Trump’s war on free speech began with Gaza – Mondoweiss

Last year Palestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights published a report on the history of anti-terrorism laws in the United States.

The paper revealed how opposition to Palestinian rights helped shape “anti-terror” policies. The first and only time Congress declared a group to be a terrorist organization, lawmakers were targeting the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The first time Congress passed a law allowing private lawsuits against international…