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In Northampton, linking legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. to contemporary action
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By SUZANNE WILSON
Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
NORTHAMPTON - ...Robert Meeropol, executive director of the Rosenberg Fund for Children in Easthampton, linked the fate of his birth parents… Read More
Robert Meeropol, son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, assails federal government at Northampton Martin Luther King Day ceremony
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Published: Monday, January 17, 2011, 3:47 PM Updated: Monday, January 17, 2011, 6:24 PM
By Sandra Constantine, The Republican
Digital Divide interview with Robert Meeropol regarding WikiLeaks and our right to information-
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program: The Digital Divide
program date: Fri, 01/14/2011
Rabia Yeaman interviews Robert Meeropol, attorney and the son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. We'll discuss the governments attempts to stifle… Read More
The fight to protect Julian Assange
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The US Espionage Act of 1917 is a threat to an open society; used to send dissenters to prison for voicing their opinions, transforming dissent into treason, argued Robert Meeropol. Will WikiLeak’s… Read More
Son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg: "My Parents Were Executed Under the Unconstitutional Espionage Act—Here’s Why We Must Fight to Protect Julian Assange"
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December 30, 2010- As the Justice Department considers charging WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under the Espionage Act of 1917, we speak with Robert Meeropol, the son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg—… Read More
My Parents Were Executed Under the Unconstitutional Espionage Act -- Here's Why We Must Fight to Protect Julian Assange
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The Espionage Act is a huge danger to our open society; it's been used to send hundreds of dissenters to jail just for voicing their opinions, transforming dissent into treason.
December 29, 2010
Activist Levasseur Speaks in Northampton
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Raymond Luc Levasseur was a militant activist who was acquitted of sedition during a trial in Springfield in the 1980s. He was convicted on other charges stemming from the Ohio seven's bombing of… Read More
Raymond Luc Levasseur thanks Rosenberg Fund for Children in a celebration in Northampton
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NORTHAMPTON – In its first year the Rosenberg Fund for Children spent exactly $805 to send two children to send two children to a Quaker summer camp, which charged exactly $402.50 per child.
Terrorist Speaking at Northampton Event
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Terrorist speaking at Northampton event
Raymond Luc Lavasseur convicted of 70's bombings
Updated: Friday, 15 Oct 2010, 6:24 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 15 Oct 2010, 1:21 PM EDT
* Shane Symolon
Convicted bomber Raymond Luc Levasseur to speak at Northampton fund-raiser for Rosenberg Fund for Children
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Diane Lederman, The Republican
October 15, 2010
NORTHAMPTON – The last time convicted bomber Raymond Luc Levasseur was scheduled as part of a panel at the University of Massachusetts, the planned… Read More
Activist Ray Levasseur Comes to WMass - A Year After Denial By UMass
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AMHERST, MA (wfcr) - Ray Levasseur -- a former radical political activist -- is making his first appearance in Western Massachusetts since 1989, when he was tried for sedition in Springfield as part… Read More
Board, volunteers key to Rosenberg Fund's success
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By Daily Hampshire Gazette
Created 10/14/2010
To the editor:
Former inmate, activist now free to speak out
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By Rick Wormwood
October 12, 2010
Last year, when Ray Luc Levasseur was invited to speak on the University of Massachusetts — Amherst campus to commemorate the anniversary of a federal sedition trial… Read More
The Price of Activism
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By Stephanie Kraft
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Activists who abandon normal lives to serve political and social causes suffer in many ways. They may lose their lives; they may go to prison; they may… Read More
Gala Offers Chance to Hear Ray Levasseur
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To the editor:
I am writing to applaud reporter James Lowe for his Sept. 25 stories on the Rosenberg Fund for Children's upcoming 20th Anniversary Gala in Northampton, featuring Ray Levasseur as… Read More
Rosenberg Fund marks 20 years helping children of militant activists
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By James Lowe, staff writer
Saturday, September 25, 2010
NORTHAMPTON - When militant activist Raymond Luc Levasseur was locked up in some of the country's highest-security prisons, the Easthampton-… Read More
After thwarted visit last year, Levasseur poised to appear in Valley next month
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By James Lowe, staff writer
Saturday, September 25, 2010
NORTHAMPTON - Protests and parole restrictions thwarted Raymond Luc Levasseur's last planned visit to the Pioneer Valley, but won't prevent… Read More
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