Material support laws criminalize peace activism by non-Muslim leftists

Evidence

In 2010, the FBI raided the homes and offices of anti-war activists (including Caucasian US citizens) in Illinois, Minnesota, and North Carolina. They were given grand jury subpoenas on the grounds that they provided material support for terrorism. The state not only equated their peace activism with providing material support to terrorists, but also infiltrated various leftist groups. FBI agents became active in the groups, formed friendships, and recorded private conversations. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 580

Categorization

• XREF: Directly evidences ch39’s claim that anti-communist/anti-left machinery transfers across successive targets; shows content-agnostic operation relevant to reader’s MOC thread. — connects to: Anti-terror material support laws criminalize religious charity and political solidarity; Material support laws target non-Muslim anti-war activists, not only Muslims; Material support statutes criminalize expressing an ideology, not committing violence (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Material support laws also enabled FBI targeting of non-Muslim anti-war activists. #corroborates (0.95)
• Material support laws target non-Muslim anti-war activists, not only Muslims #corroborates (0.92)
• Anti-war activism was prosecuted as material support for terrorism #exemplifies (0.88)
• Material support statutes criminalize expressing an ideology, not committing violence #expands (0.75)
• Counter-subversive measures built for leftists get redeployed against Arab and Muslim Americans #qualifies (0.70) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 631