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Don’t Be Silent

by Sheldon Richman | Feb 28, 2023 | Blog, Politics

We should reject the fashionable idea that one should never write or post anything that possibly could be used by bad people for bad purposes. That admonition brings two things to mind. First, it fails its own test. If good people avoid a topic because even...

1/12/23 Matt Taibbi on the Twitter Files, Russiagate and Government Censorship

by Scott Horton | Jan 13, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. This week on Antiwar Radio, Scott talks with Matt Taibbi about the latest batch of Twitter Files, released seconds before Taibbi jumped on the line. To start, Scott asks Taibbi to respond to the claim he’s become a right-winger. They then dig into...

COI #364: The Twitter Files

by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 20, 2022 | Uncategorized

On COI #364, Kyle Anzalone discusses the FBI's role in censorship on Twitter. Odysee Rumble Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash Qp6gznu4xm97cj7j9vqepqxcfuctq2exvvqu7aamz6 Patreon...

The Antiwar Comic: The Social Media War

by Tony DiGerolamo | Dec 13, 2022 | Blog

Twitter is suddenly cool again. For more comics visit The Webcomic Factory.

The Greatest Enemy of Free Speech in America: Israel

by Scott Horton | Oct 4, 2022 | Blog

Conservatives hate cancel culture and censorship, right? Can't wait to see them rally to Katie Halper's defense. This is What Got Katie Halper Censored & Canceled By The Hill: Israel Is An Apartheid State https://youtube.com/watch?v=_3xLOxx1ggQ

TGIF: Why Can’t You Shout “Fire!” in the Virtual Public Square?

by Sheldon Richman | Jul 8, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF

Almost 10 years ago the free-speech champion Trevor Timm, with the Electronic Frontier Foundation at the time and now with the Free of the Press Foundation, implored readers "to stop using the ‘fire in a crowded theater’ quote" to justify limits on free expression....

COI #285: Biden Is Escalating Tensions with North Korea

by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 7, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest

On COI #285 Kyle discusses North Korea and censorship. Odysee Rumble Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash Qp6gznu4xm97cj7j9vqepqxcfuctq2exvvqu7aamz6 Patreon Subscribe Star YouTube...

The Harrowing Conversations

by Kym Robinson | May 15, 2022 | Blog

I sometimes coach (MMA etc) cops and military types. They know my opinion on certain things and I am not shy about expressing them. I at times feel a hypocrisy in working with them and have even mentioned that to them. Those few I work with, are "nice" men. Easy to...

Press Censorship in Wartime Ep. 214

by Patrick Macfarlane | May 4, 2022 | Foreign Policy, Vital Dissent

https://youtu.be/s5Jhj1smhFI With the risk of kinetic war between the US and Russia becoming more and more likely each day, the United States is already marshalling its forces to silence domestic and international dissent to the conflict. In this episode, I examine...

COI #270: New Bill Would Give Biden the Power to Start WWIII

by Kyle Anzalone | May 3, 2022 | Conflicts of Interest

On COI #270, Kyle Anzalone discusses the war in Ukraine and the censorship of the independent media. Odysee Rumble Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash...

Salafis Throwing Bombs: How American and British Planners Partnered With Al-Qaeda Affiliated Groups At the Start of the Syrian Civil War

by William Van Wagenen | Dec 28, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

Introduction In the mainstream view, al-Qaeda did not play a role in the Syria conflict until Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dispatched his deputy, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to Syria in August 2011 to establish a wing of the group there, called...

Is Virtue Signaling Vicious?

by Laurie Calhoun | Dec 27, 2021 | Featured Articles

Virtue signaling—the practice of highlighting what one takes to be one’s own moral superiority, often by loudly denouncing the character and comportment, including the speech, of other people—has become a dominant mode of rhetoric throughout social media and network...

For One Day, Protestors Stopped the War Machine

by Jim Bovard | Dec 27, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy

I’ve attended most of the major antiwar protests in Washington since 9/11. At a 2005 protest, a cop tried to whack me on the head with a wooden pole. At a 2007 protest, I snapped a picture showing George W. Bush hanging next to the U.S. Capitol. But my favorite...

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick

by Steven Woskow | Mar 31, 2021 | Blog

Pirate Wires Mike Solana reviews the latest attempt by government to force more censorship on the tech companies. The main push-back came from Jack Dorsey, CEO of twitter. Right and left want government to "rein in" big tech but this is what government interference...

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My Testimony Before the Maine State Senate

In support of Ld 1054, Defend the Guard legislation: Thank you all so much for the opportunity to testify before your committee today. Today is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq War II. The consensus now is that we should not have done it. Iraq was not...

These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress

On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...

Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition

In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...

Empower the Workers: Decriminalize Economic Activity Between Consenting Adults

The most reliable and effective protection for most workers is provided by the existence of many employers. As we have seen, a person who has only one possible employer has little or no protection. The employers who protect a worker are those who would like to hire...

Chris Rock’s New Special Exposes His Political Ignorance

A common claim among Democrats is that, "It's not that people don't want to be educated, they just haven't been given the opportunity, thus government spending on education needs to increase." If there were ever a group of people capable of "educating" themselves it...

War and Delusion: A Critical Examination

In this episode of the Protestant Libertarian Podcast, Alex Bernardo sits down once again with Laurie Calhoun. Laurie is a philosopher, a cultural critic and an author. She is a senior fellow at the Libertarian Institute, where she regularly writes articles analyzing...