The purpose of free speech
The unpopular, the unpatriotic, the annoying – these are the voices we need, because sometimes they’re right.
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Democracy Rising 18: Deliberation, Free Speech, and Democracy
We all have a sense (though often only a fairly vague sense) that free speech is somehow crucial to democracy. But why should that be the case?
Down the Memory Hole: Trump’s Strategic Assault on Democracy, Word by Word
Perhaps instead of hurling insults at President Trump’s incompetence and the seeming disarray of his presidency, it might be worth taking a step back and asking ourselves whether there is indeed a larger goal in mind: namely, a slow, patient, incremental dismantling of democracy, beginning with its most precious words.
The Coddling of the Capitalist, White-Supremacist, Patriarchal American Mind
To avoid being conned, politically and intellectually, it’s important to examine how a debate is framed and what ideology is advanced by that framing.
Review: “Corporations are not People”
The title says it all: Corporations Are Not People.