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Climate of Fear

By AAN Staff
july 25, 2003  10:19 pm
Climate of Fear
UMass Boston professor Tony Van Der Meer and his many supporters say he’s been caught up in the climate of repression that’s swept the nation since September 11, 2001. Prosecutors say his pending criminal trial has nothing to do with repression; they allege that Van Der Meer assaulted a cop. The story might sound like a he-said-they-said dispute. But, according to Kristen Lombardi, it has come to epitomize the potential injustices facing those who dare speak out against the prevailing pro-war, pro-"USA" fervor.
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