Report Inside China’s human rights crackdown As nearly 150 rights activists are locked up or questioned in China, Reuters correspondent Sui-Lee Wee speaks about talking to one of them, lawyer Wang Yu, in a recent interview.[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Free Speech’
July 1st, 2015 - 4:49 pm § in America
South Carolina approves KKK’s pro-Confederate flag rally at capitol
Do I know The Guy Holding the Flag???????????? Photo: Getty Images The white supremacist Ku Klux Klan has received approval from South Carolina officials to hold a pro-Confederate flag rally at the state capitol, a newspaper reported on Monday, less than two weeks after a white man shot dead nine [...]
June 7th, 2015 - 4:44 am § in America
Man Arrested For Using $$*# Word
Washington County man sues after arrest for swearing (Pennsylvania, June 5, 2014) A man from the Washington County was arrested and charged for repeatedly swearing in front of Canonsburg police . Officer James Spingola warned Mr. Pustovrh not to use the word, then handcuffed Mr. Pustovrh, took [...]
CHINA: Ai WeiWei
How can China be free when he is still treated like this? READMORE The film starts with Ai Weiwei returning home after 81 days in detention for tax evasion, which is basically the Chinese government doing a cover of Eliot Ness because they’re tired of the artist speaking out and you can’t blac[...]
May 10th, 2015 - 1:06 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: FREE SPEECH
With all due respect to Islam and the Muslim world, your prohibition against drawings of the Prophet are intended to avoid worshipping this man as if he were a God. Clearly I do not think Muhammad was a God or should be worshipped. Still, you have a right to ask for respect for your Prophet. [&hel[...]
April 20th, 2015 - 12:09 pm § in Hypocrisy
Flags, Protests, Cops, and Playboy Models
What we have here is a former Playboy model and Air Force veteran physically wrenching an American flag away from two female black protesters because she’s unhappy that they were stepping on it, which is a legal form of protest in the U.S., because she thinks it’s disrespectful to the fl[...]
April 8th, 2015 - 7:39 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
You Tube Video of Steve Salaita’s Talk at UW Kane Hall
Video of the talk by Steven Salaita at the University of Washington. Professor Salaita speaks about free speech, his own dismissal by the University of Illinois, and the rights of the Palestinians. For comment and background, READMORE ON TA.[...]
April 3rd, 2015 - 9:00 am § in Misc.
Of Passover, Anti Zionism, and Free Speech
Paul Burstein Exactly 47 years ago today, Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his last speech, at the Mason Temple in Memphis Tennessee. He described a vision–a vision of struggles for freedom throughout history, beginning with the Exodus from Egypt and the trek “through the wilderness on tow[...]
April 2nd, 2015 - 4:49 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
Free Speech at the UW: A UW Professor Speaks out AGAINST FREE SPEECH
“I was appalled to learn that the UW-Chapter of the AAUP is sponsoring the visit of Steven Salaita to campus.” TALK: Monday, April 6, 2015 6:00 – 8:30pm Gowen 301 UW Seattle Campus MAP Free and open to the public Michael Rosenthal , Professor, Department of Philosophy Dear Prof[...]