Freedom of Speech

The Time When 193 ‘Local New’ Stations Across the Country Were Given a Script to Read

Here’s a story about “The Time When 193 ‘Local New’ Stations Across the Country Were Given a Script to Read.” Viewers assumed the message was local. It wasn’t. It was centrally distributed propaganda. No. It didn’t happen in Soviet Russia or Mao’s China, it happened in the United States — recently. This is what happens… Continue reading The Time When 193 ‘Local New’ Stations Across the Country Were Given a Script to Read

ACQUITTED: Lindsay Shepherd Found Not Guilty of Being a Conservative

In November 2017 at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada, Teaching Assistant Lindsay Shepherd had allowed a discussion in her classroom about gender pronouns and she showed a 3-minute public television TVOntario debate on the topic. In a meeting with three of her superiors, Shepherd was brought to tears and reprimanded for having allowed the discussion. She was… Continue reading ACQUITTED: Lindsay Shepherd Found Not Guilty of Being a Conservative

Is Violence an Effective Tool of Resistance and Protest?

Responding to Racism with Violence or Peaceful Protest Is Violence Ever Acceptable in the Face of Hate Groups? Richard Cohen, President of The Southern Poverty Law Center, and Mark Bray, Author, “Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook” debate the tactics used by white nationalist counter-protesters. [Source: NBC, 20 Aug 2017]