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A quotation from Stewart, Potter

Censorship reflects a society’s lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime. Long ago, those who wrote our First Amendment charted a different course. They believed a society can be truly strong only when it is truly free. In the realm of expression, they put their faith, for better or for worse, in the enlightened choice of the people, free from the interference of a policeman’s intrusive thumb or a judge’s heavy hand. So it is that the Constitution protects coarse expression as well as refined, and vulgarity no less than elegance. A book worthless to me may convey something of value to my neighbor. In the free society to which our Constitution has committed us, it is for each to choose for himself.

Potter Stewart (1915-1985) US Supreme Court Justice (1959-81)
Ginzburg v. United States, 383 U.S. 463, 498 (1966) [dissenting]

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Ginzburg v. United States, 383 U.S. 463, 498 (1966) [dissenting] - Stewart, Potter | WIST Quotations

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime. Long ago, those who wrote our First Amendment charted a different course. They believed a society can be truly strong only when it is truly...

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Biden’s DOJ Is Pressuring Journalists to Help Build Its Case Against Assange

by #JamesBall

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/biden-doj-julian-assange-wikileaks-case-pressuring-journalists-1234782793/

The #Department-Of-Justice and #FBI are pressuring multiple #British #journalists to cooperate with the #prosecution of #WikiLeaks founder #JulianAssange, using vague #threats and #pressure-tactics in the process.

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Biden's DOJ Is Pressuring Journalists to Help Build Its Case Against Assange

The prosecution of the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is already a threat to a free media — the justice department’s campaign to get me and other journalists to testify only makes matters w…

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A quotation from Black, Hugo

The First Amendment is truly the heart of the Bill of Rights. The Framers balanced its freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition against the needs of a powerful central government, and decided that in those freedoms lies this nation’s only true security. They were not afraid for men to be free. We should not be.

Hugo Black (1886-1971) American politician and jurist, US Supreme Court Justice (1937-71)
James Madison lecture, NYU School of Law (1960-02-17)

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James Madison lecture, NYU School of Law (1960-02-17) - Black, Hugo | WIST

The First Amendment is truly the heart of the Bill of Rights. The Framers balanced its freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition against

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A quotation from Black, Hugo

Since the earliest days, philosophers have dreamed of a country where the mind and spirit of man would be free; where there would be no limits to inquiry; where men would be free to explore the unknown and to challenge the most deeply rooted beliefs and principles. Our First Amendment was a bold effort to adopt this principle — to establish a country with no legal restrictions of any kind upon the subjects people could investigate, discuss, and deny.

Hugo Black (1886-1971) American politician and jurist, US Supreme Court Justice (1937-71)
James Madison lecture, NYU School of Law (17 Feb 1960)

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James Madison lecture, NYU School of Law (17 Feb 1960) - Black, Hugo | WIST Quotations

Since the earliest days, philosophers have dreamed of a country where the mind and spirit of man would be free; where there would be no limits to inquiry; where men would be free to explore the unknown and to challenge the most deeply rooted...

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The Belmarsh Tribunal D.C. ~ The Case of Julian Assange

January 20, 2023

https://invidious.namazso.eu/watch?v=j_QqpYATupw
https://act.progressive.international/belmarsh-tribunal-dc/

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The Belmarsh Tribunal D.C. — The Case of Julian Assange

On January 20, 2023, Democracy Now! is livestreaming the Belmarsh Tribunal from Washington, D.C. The event will feature expert testimony from journalists, whistleblowers, lawyers, publishers and parliamentarians on assaults to press freedom and...

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“[A] representative democracy ceases to exist the moment that the public functionaries are by any means absolved from their responsibility to their constituents; and this happens whenever the constituent can be restrained in any manner from speaking, writing, or publishing his opinions upon any public measure, or upon the conduct of those who may advise or execute it.”

-Justice Black, New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 297 (1964)

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FBI must be abolished – former US presidential candidate

https://invidious.namazso.eu/watch?v=QhcCDGW4SSo
http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2022/december/19/twitter-files-make-it-clear-we-must-abolish-the-fbi/

The agency used its influence at #Twitter to #unconstitutionally crush #free-speech, retired congressman #RonPaul argues

The #FBI used proprietary backchannels at Twitter to infringe on Americans’ #FirstAmendment rights and should be “ #abolished,” former #US Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul stated on Monday.

While Twitter has previously skirted accusations of violating Americans’ right to free speech by arguing it is a private corporation, Paul pointed out that recently released internal communications between employees of the social media giant and #government officials in the FBI and other agencies confirm the platform was acting as a surrogate of the state.

“Now we have proof that the FBI (along with US intelligence agencies and the Department of Homeland Security) have been acting through ‘private’ social media companies to manipulate what Americans are allowed to say when they #communicate with each other,” the former Texas congressman wrote in his weekly column for his website, the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity.

“We do not need the FBI and #CIA and other federal agencies viewing us as the enemy and attacking our #Constitution. #End-the-Fed…and end the #Federal-Bureau-of-Investigation!” Paul concluded, referencing his long-standing call to liquidate the US’ privately-held central bank.

FBI agents emailed Twitter Trust and Safety chief #YoelRoth about 150 times between 2020 and 2022, according to internal communications released by platform CEO #ElonMusk earlier this month, with most messages involving requests for #censorship. However, even as Musk was releasing the Twitter documents, former FBI general counsel turned Twitter lawyer #JimBaker was ‘vetting’ the messages, allegedly without Musk’s knowledge. When this was brought to the billionaire’s attention, Baker was dismissed – but not before he had reshaped the narrative.

Twitter has reportedly hired dozens of FBI agents and other intelligence and military veterans in recent years, raising questions about the platform’s impartiality even before a lawsuit filed by the Missouri and Louisiana attorneys general revealed earlier this year that employees were regularly meeting with representatives of US government agencies to coordinate the #banning and #suppression of certain accounts and narratives.

While Paul questioned the media’s failure to make the #TwitterFiles the scandal that he felt they deserved, he was encouraged by a recent survey showing 70% of Americans believe Congress must take action to end #collusion between #BigTech and #BigBrother.

The FBI said in a statement released following the publication of the Twitter Files that the agency “regularly engages with private sector entities to provide information specific to identified foreign malign influence actors’ subversive, undeclared, covert or criminal activities.” It added that “private sector entities independently make decisions about what, if any, action they take on their platforms and for their customers after the FBI has notified them.”

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House Republicans Warn: Subpoenas Will Fly To The FBI Over 'Twitter Files'

Outspoken Members of the Incoming US House Republican majority have warned the FBI that subpoenas and hearings will be high on the agenda in the next Congress. This after the latest release from the Twitter Files shows direct contact between the...

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Julian Assange and Albanese’s Intervention

https://countercurrents.org/2022/12/julian-assange-and-albaneses-intervention/

"The same day of the letter’s publication, #Brazil’s #President-elect #Lula-da-Silva also added his voice to the encouraging chorus. He did so on the occasion of meeting the #WikiLeaks #editor-in-chief #KristinnHrafnsson and #JosephFarrell, an associate of the organisation, and expressed wishes that “ #Assange-will-be-freed-from-his-unjust-imprisonment.”

“We now get to see #Australia’s standing in #Washington, #valued #ally or not,” was the guarded response of #Assange’s father #JohnShipton.

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Julian Assange And Albanese’s Intervention| Countercurrents

The unflinching US effort to extradite and prosecute Julian Assange for 18 charges, 17 of which are chillingly based upon the Espionage Act of 1917, has not

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The President and the Press ~ April 27, 1961

https://archive.org/details/john-f-kennedy-american-newspaper-publishers-association

WikiLeaks 'tweets' Kennedy speech on secrecy in 2010:
https://phys.org/news/2010-12-wikileaks-tweets-kennedy-speech-secrecy.html

"The very word ' #secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our #traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official #censorship and #concealment."

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John F Kennedy American Newspaper Publishers Association : John F Kennedy : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

April 27, 1961 Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen: I appreciate very much your generous invitation to be here tonight. You bear heavy responsibilities these...

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The War on Journalism: The Case of Julian Assange

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=FVT7_WFoU04
https://consortiumnews.com/2022/09/16/watch-cn-live-the-war-on-journalism/

#documentary #film #screening #juanpassarelli #julianassange #thewaronjournalism #thecaseofjulianassange #wikileaks #media #journalism #johnpilger #rafaelcorrea #nilsmelzer #edwardsnowden #truthtelling #maxblumenthal #stellaassange #jenniferrobinson #kristinnhrafnsson #rsf #freepress #espionageact #freeassange #danielellsberg #firstamendment #johnkiriakou #joelauria #jamesgoodale #cathyvogan #stefaniamaurizi #chipgibbons #weareallassange

EVENT: The War on Journalism - Washington DC, Cleveland Park Library

Screening of Juan Passarelli's 'The War on Journalism: The Case of Julian Assange'' with expert panel discussion on Sept. 18, 2pm EDT in Washington DC at Cleveland Park Library. The guest speakers are Daniel Ellsberg, James Goodale, Stefania...

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