#Hegseth , #Trump had no authority to order #Anthropic to be #blacklisted , judge says

"Classic #FirstAmendment retaliation." That's how US District Judge Rita Lin described the Department of War's effort to #blacklist Anthropic and designate it a supply-chain risk.
#supplychain #dod #security

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/hegseth-trump-had-no-authority-to-order-anthropic-to-be-blacklisted-judge-says/

So there are some sane purveyors of justice still out there!

Federal judge has granted Anthropic’s request for a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit against the Trump administration. Anthropic sued the administration to try to reverse the Defense Department’s decision to try to blacklist the company.

The order bars the Trump administration from implementing, applying or enforcing the president’s directive banning federal agencies from using Anthropic's Claude models and temporarily blocks the Pentagon’s efforts to designate Anthropic as a threat to U.S. national security. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/26/anthropic-pentagon-dod-claude-court-ruling.html #Anthropic #Lawsuit #DoD #Pentagon #USGov #Claude #TRO #BlackList #NationalSecurity #Justice #AI #ChatBot

Locarno Retrospective Titled ‘Red and Black – Hollywood Left and the Blacklist’ Will Focus on ‘Fierce Artistic Resistance’

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/locarno-retrospective-red-and-black-hollywood-blacklist-1236700437/

Locarno Retrospective Titled ‘Red and Black – Hollywood Left and the Blacklist’ Will Focus on ‘Fierce Artistic Resistance’
#Variety #Festivals #Global #News #Blacklist #Hollywood #LocarnoFilmFestival

https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/locarno-retrospective-red-and-black-hollywood-blacklist-1236700437/

Today in Labor History March 14, 1954: Salt of the Earth premiered. The film depicted the 1951 strike of Mexican-American workers at the Empire Zinc mine, in New Mexico. The film was one of the first to portray a feminist political point of view, particularly through Actress Rosaura Revueltas’s role as Esperanza Quintero. When the Company uses the new Taft-Hartley Act (which also bans General Strikes) to impose an injunction preventing the men from picketing, their wives go walk the picket line in their places. LGBTQ and labor activist Will Geer (Pa Walton) also played in the film. Writer Michael Wilson, director Herbert Biberman and producer Paul Jarrico had all been blacklisted for their alleged communist ties. Only 13 of the 13,000 theaters in the U.S. showed the film.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #SaltOfTheEarth #strike #union #generalstrike #lgbtq #TaftHartley #communism #feminism #MexicanAmerican #chicano #film #blacklist

Splinter Cell - Blacklist [X] Queen (The Invisible Man) [VIDEO CLIP MUSIC © GAME ONE] (2013)

#soundtrack #SplinterCell #Blacklist #PC #PS3 #WiiU #Xbox360 #Queen #TheInvisibleMan #1989 #videogame #music #retrogaming #games #gaming #clip #videoclip #GAMEONE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNV7XiOY9_c

Today in Labor History March 9, 1902: Actor Will Geer was born. Best known for his role as Grandpa Walton in the long-running series, “The Waltons,” Geer also appeared in the groundbreaking film, “Salt of the Earth,” which portrayed the struggle of Mexican American workers at the Empire Zinc Mine. Because of his activism on labor and political issues, he was blacklisted in Hollywood for many years. In 1934, he became a member of the Communist Party. He also met LGBTQ activist Harry Hay that year and they became lovers. Together, they supported the 1934 San Francisco General Strike and demonstrated against fascism and for workers’ rights. Hay was a co-founder of the Mattachine Society, the first major gay rights group in the United States, and the Radical Faeries, an anarcho-pagan queer spiritual-political movement.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #communism #lgbtq #sanfrancisco #generalstrike #antifascism #blacklist #radicalfaeries #anarchism #pagan #mattachine