Monday, 5 June , 2023

Censorship

Briefing to the UN Security Council on the Nord Stream pipeline

9266TH MEETING (PM) SC/15206 21 FEBRUARY 2023 Summary of the session can be found here: https://press.un.org/en/2023/sc15206.doc.htm UN News piece here: https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/02/1133752 Prof. Sachs’ testimony begins at 5:30. Testimony of Professor Jeffrey...

Totalized Censorship

Content warning, canceling, de-platforming, denying access: The fate of Sy Hersh’s Democracy Now! interview on YouTube is the latest indication of how much rougher press...

Modern Totalitarianism attacks Greek Classical Civilization

UK Universities Place “Trigger Warnings” on Greek Tragedies and Literature By Alexander Gale January 27, 2023 Universities in the United Kingdom have reportedly placed “trigger warnings” on...

Ukraine adopts restrictive media law

December 30, 2022 From now on, any positive coverage of Moscow’s actions is outright banned Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky signed into law a restrictive media bill...

Elon Musk’s Twitter mass bans tech reporters

By Kevin Reed 16 December 2022 In an act of blatant retaliation Thursday evening, Twitter suspended the accounts of leading tech journalists who have been reporting...

Guarding Democracy From News

As Orwellian as the Disinformation Governance Board may be, it’s not even the most immediate threat to our freedom of speech, writes John Kiriakou. By...

Ukraine bans import of Russian books and performances of Russian music

By Sandy English Jul 2, 2022 On June 19, the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (parliament) approved by wide margins two reactionary bills that censor Russian literature and...

Dutch coalition challenges EU ‘censorship’ of Russian media

By Sofia Stuart Leeson May 25, 2022 A Dutch coalition filed a petition on Tuesday calling on the EU Court of Justice to look into the...

Ukraine Parliament Passes New Laws Seeking To Purge Russian Culture

The bills forbid playing Russian music and bar the import of Russian books by Kyle Anzalone* Posted on June 19, 2022ories Ukraine’s Parliament passed...

Russian DJ and performer Nina Kraviz banned from three music festivals

By David Walsh 24 May 2022 In another deplorable, anti-democratic action by the cultural establishment in the US and Europe, three music festivals have excluded Russian...