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By its very nature, Maoism believes in power of the state -- in the philosophy's mind, the people -- over the activities of its citizens, justifying that dissent can pose... ... Source: goeasteurope.about.com --- 4 days ago
If you keep yourself updated on Russian news, you may be aware that its leaders are restricting freedoms rather than expanding them. One recent example of this is the shutting... ... Source: my.telegraph.co.uk --- 7 days ago
I have just returned from Brussels where I was involved in talks aimed at setting up a group that will defend the interests of social and economic liberals throughout Europe, people who don't want politicians and bureaucrats dictating every aspect of our daily lives. Such a group is long overdue because the ordinary punter hardly gets a look in these days, and when we do try to engage with the political process we are soon sent packing. Three months ago I attended a meeting... ... Source: www.huffingtonpost.com --- 9 days ago
This post is not about me, or complaining about what happened to me. I'm doing fine. This post is just another snapshot of life in this nutty country. You may have noticed the ad here in the HuffPo for my new record of songs about Bush administration members. The title is "Songs of the Bushmen," the cover art is a smiling GW with a bone through his nose (this exposition is necessary for the story to come). Neither HuffPo nor TVNewser, a blog covering, what else, TV news, had a problem with the ad. But we also bought some ads on digital billboards, the kind that change messages every few seconds, in Chicago, and on digital screens in coffee shops and other retail establishments in LA and SF. The goal was to make that cover image kind of ubiquitous, as ubiquitous as it could be on a small marketing budget. The billboards were owned by Clear Channel, the good people behind Rush Limbaugh and other forms of bad radio, and those folks were ultra-eager to take our money and suggest that we spend more with them in other cities -- until they saw the artwork. At which point, the tone changed from oleaginously friendly salesman to angry schoolmarm -- the art was "not acceptable," a curt email informed us. There was no explanation for the grounds of unacceptability -- wrong kind of bone? -- just the loud sound of the only provider of digital billboards in Chicago slamming the door. Meanwhile, out west, this hip little startup in San Francisc ... Source: hughhewitt.townhall.com --- 8 days ago
I interviewed AEI's Fred Kagan yesterday, who has just returned from an 11 -day trip around Iraq. The entire transcript is here and the podcast is here.I asked Kagan about media and political debate in Iraq as the... ... Source: www.iol.co.za --- 11 days ago
South Africa's ruling party has said that it would defend and support the "independence, integrity and credibility" of state institutions and the judiciary. ... Source: www.news24.com --- 10 days ago
The ANC says it believes that Free expression on the conduct of public officials contributes to "vibrant debate". ... Source: www.thepetitionsite.com --- 3 days ago
The following petition was drafted by Academics for Justice and will be sent with signatures to the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), the North Carolina AAUP (NC-AAUP), and North Carolina State University (NCSU) Chancellor James L. Oblinger. In March 2008, Dr. Terri Ginsberg filed a Grievance Petition with the NCSU Faculty for alleged violations of First Amendment rights and other rights guaranteed under the University Code that were perpetrated by senior, administrative colleagues during her employment there as a one-year, non-tenure-track Assistant Professor with possibility of renewal. These alleged violations constituted concerted attacks on Dr. Ginsberg%u2019s academic Speech supporting Palestinian rights and legitimacy and criticizing U.S. and Israeli policy in the Middle East, and they culminated in her non-reappointment to her position at NSCU. Despite strong, legally grounded recommendations on the part of James Martin, NCSU Faculty Chair, that Dr. Ginsberg%u2019s case should be given a fair hearing on campus, NCSU Chancellor James L. Oblinger chose in June 2008 to dismiss her case upon the basis of an Appeal he was sent by the Grievance Petition%u2019s named respondents which argued, erroneously, that the Petition was filed too late, and that, moreover, as contingent faculty, Dr. Ginsberg had no right to grieve under the University Code. Whereas the national AAUP and the NC-AAUP had been providing Dr. Gi ...
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*Speech Technology Magazine: Free 1-Year Subscription* Speech Technology Magazine enables you to quickly and accurately understand how Speech is changing your communications and technology needs worldwide. Geographic Eligibility: USA Publisher: Information Today, Inc. Image: http://img.tradepub.com/Free/st2/images/st2c.gif ... Source: www.buzzmachine.com --- 9 days ago
When I am in England and other countries speaking with journalists, I often take the opportunity to put in a plug for the First Amendment, begging them to that they should fight for one of their own — and for a Section 230, while they’re at it — because with global publishing we are all [...] ... Source: www.powerlineblog.com --- 5 days ago
This past April our friends at the The New Criterion co-hosted (together with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies)... ... Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 9 days ago
Internet service providers write their own rules for users worldwide. They serve as prosecutor, judge and jury in handling disputes behind closed doors. Many cases aren't clear-cut and balancing compe... ... Source: www.wbgo.org --- 8 days ago
Andrew Meyer takes a look at the new battle over a Newark ordinance requiring permits for any gathering of 15 people or more. ... Source: www.insidenova.com --- 5 days ago
Planned Parenthood met at the Chinn Park Regional Library on Tuesday. A small group of picketers assembled outside to protest. ...
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Sens. Arlen Specter and Joe Lieberman have an op-ed in the WSJ today on a bill they are co-sponsoring which would immunize Americans from Islamists bent on using foreign libel law to squelch critical Speech in the US:Our bill bars... ... Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 12 days ago
"How did George W. Bush go from being an alcoholic bum to the most powerful figure in the world?" That's the burning question in Oliver Stone's new movie, according ... ... Source: sbspalding.disqus.com --- 12 days ago
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” — Evelyn Beatrice Hall Recently the blogosphere has been having a strikingly poignant conversation about Loren Feldman, Verizon and freedom of Speech. Let’s set the stage. Loren Feldman is a satirist and comedian who makes videos ... Find more results for Free Speech on RSSMicro.com |
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According to DiversityInc, the number of reported noose incidents has increased exponentially since the Jena 6 affair: Since September of last year, the number of reported noose incidents nationally jumped to nearly 80, according to the DiversityInc Noose Watch , the first and only tracker of national reported noose sightings.... "We might see half a dozen [noose] cases a year; there is no doubt in my mind that there has been a major outbreak of noose incidents blossoming because of Jena," said Mark Potok, director of the Intelligence Project for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which monitors hate crimes. Also from DiversityInc, legislative responses to the noose "epidemic": To date, three states have passed laws to punish those who use nooses as a means to intimidate. Connecticut and New York passed laws in May, with prison sentences ranging from a year in Connecticut to four years in New York. Earlier this month, Louisiana, the state where thousands of protestors marched in support of the Jena 6, became the third state to pass such a law. So far, no one has been sentenced under these new laws.... Louisiana's law makes hanging a noose, or an image of one, on another person's property or on public property with "the intent to intimidate" illegal and punishable by up to $5,000 and up to a year in prison. Lawmakers in Florida, Maryland, Missouri and North Carolina are considering similar legislation. There's little debate a ...
Remember how I've said some Democrats fantasize about the deaths of Republicans? Well, they don't have to fantasize any more… An artist's video game that is being exhibited at a Free-Speech exhibit in Chicago challenges players to kill the president. The video game is part of a "confrontational art" exhibit by Chicago-based artist Wafaa Bilal. In the 3-D [...] ...
The New York Times headed out West the other day for a very interesting look at a clash between traditional faith and modern sensibilities, in a “Los Angeles Journal” entry that ran under the lilting headline, “At the Intersection of Synagogue and Boardwalk , a Feud.” It’s a great read, with only one real flaw that I could find — a flaw that may have something to do with the fact that this story was covered by a newspaper on the East Coast during an age of tight budgets and high travel costs. More on that in a moment. The story focuses on life in the Pacific Jewish Center (“Welcome to the Shul on the Beach! ), a small Orthodox synagogue that is located on the famous boardwalk at Venice Beach. This is not, needless to say, your normal place to try to hang up a mile or two of fishing line to create an “eruv” — the symbolic, ritual zone that allows Orthodox believers to perform certain tasks on the Sabbath. The synagogue also has an interesting next-door neighbor, a shop called “Unruly” that, as the Times gently puts it, is “a purveyor of T-shirts, bathing suits and undergarments.” That leads us to the key section of this interesting tale from the, well, nearly Naked Public Square . Worshipers say workers in the shop blast music on Saturday mornings, overwhelming the religious service held with the door open to the boardwalk. When the worshipers ask for the music to be lowered for an hour, they are met with hostility, they say, some ...