Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis, accused in court of antisemitism because of her reporting critical of Israel, was among the speakers at this rally in Melbourne covered by CN.
WATCH: Defending Free Speech on Palestine
Category: Free Speech
Fighting Trump’s Witch Hunt on Campus
A coalition of University of California faculty, students, staff, and labor unions are suing the Trump administration for violating their free speech and academic freedom.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Our Age of Unreason
We have lost that connection between reason and morality …. We have decisively lost our idea of the commonweal as the anchor from which reason will make its case.
Caitlin Johnstone: A Charlie Kirk Ministry of Truth
The proposed “Charlie Kirk Act” would give the U.S. government sweeping new powers to decide what does and does not constitute propaganda and untruth and administer penalties accordingly.
Hedges Report: Israel, Kirk, & the Coming Repression
Max Blumenthal provides important context on Charlie Kirk’s changing relationship with Israel and tension within the Trump administration in the lead up to his assassination, and discusses the political impact of his death.
WATCH: Germany’s Israel Obsession
Germany has become one of the world’s most repressive states in cracking down on legitimate speech in support of Palestine, empowering the far-right in the process, says Antony Lowenstein in his latest documentary.
Charlie Kirk’s Death
Discourse following the Charlie Kirk assassination has left little to be hopeful about, writes Nolan Higdon.
Chris Hedges: The Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk
Martyrs are used by messianic movements to sanctify violence. To show any mercy or understanding toward the enemy is to betray the martyr and the cause the martyr died defending.
Israel Activates Its Cells
The conflation of anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism is the test in the Zionist lobby case against Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis for her Gaza reporting and the outcome will be of great international significance, says Joe Lauria.
WATCH: The Right to Criticize Israel
An event in support of Mary Kostakidis, the Australian journalist hauled into court for criticizing Israel’s genocide on social media.