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Daniel McGowan is now serving the last six months of his seven-year sentence for an environmentally motivated arson at a halfway house in Brooklyn. The Bureau of Prisons has retaliated against McGowan for writing constitutionally protected political blogs by placing him in a special prison unit and then after he was released, re-imprisoned him when he exercised his free speech rights by writing an article complaining about it. Kafka is twirling in his grave.

The culture wars turn bloody, Republicans split, and more developments in a time of turmoil

Activist and scholar says he is being denied tenure at Harvard University because of his views on Israeli occupation. There is a long history of attempts to suppress or have outspoken critics of Israel fired from academic posts.

How France responded when a right to post was taken away. Holiday gift scams, Substack, the Huawei war, and more.

The joys and horrors of social media... Organizing protest! Surveillance stalkerware! And more

The George Floyd murder is turning society inside out

Zuckerberg For Trump, Against Twitter and Facebook Employees ... Full Court Press Against Speech Rights ... The Press and the Protests

Clarence Thomas has an expansive view of free speech for campaign donors. For most everyone else, not so much.

Trump’s executive order will greatly exacerbate this repression with the intention of shutting down all campus activism for Palestinian rights, as promised by his campaign prior to his election.