Divide & Conquer Strategy Is Working
By John W. Whitehead What exactly is going on? Is this revolution? Is this anarchy? Is this a spectacle engineered to distract us from the machinations of the police state? Is this a sociological means […]
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Crushing Freedom of Speech: A Truly Bipartisan Endeavor
By Donald Jeffries Both left-wing and right-wing “free speech squelchers,” to quote conservative commentator Michelle Malkin, caused her November 2019 appearance at Boston’s small Bentley University to be cancelled. Those on the right often face […]
New Movie Stands Up for First Amendment
By Mark Anderson The newly released pro-free speech docudrama “No Safe Spaces: You Have the Right to Remain Silent” is finding more safe spaces through which to air its vital message that our long-cherished First […]
How the Internet Is Controlled
The practice of shadow-banning and the art of stealth censorship are key components of controlling the internet. By Dr. Kevin Barrett On Oct. 17 I published an article headlined “The Legal Lynching of a Truth-Seeker: […]
Journalist Arrested in Washington
Free speech hypocrisy abounds as the left ignores mistreatment of another newsman. By S.T. Patrick On Oct. 25, Max Blumenthal, the editor of independent news website “The Grayzone” and a frequent contributor to “Consortium News,” […]
Free Speech on the Ropes
Is criticism of Israel already an official hate crime in America? By Philip Giraldi One subject that congressmen and the mainstream media tend to avoid is the erosion of fundamental liberties in the United States […]
Free Speech Isn’t Free: We Must Fight for It!
The Free Expression Foundation continues to fight for Americans’ free speech. Read below more about the organization’s recent efforts to support jailed protests and please consider how you can generously support FEF in this critical […]
Free Speech Worth Supporting
FREE EXPRESSION FOUNDATION needs help in this huge battle! By Paul Angel Getting free speech rights would be really easy these days if we donned black masks and helmets, threw on some all-black military fatigues, […]
Campus Free Speech Is Dead
Once bastions of free thought and speech, colleges are now leftist censorship centers. By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts Georgetown University law professor Jonathan Turley notes that the University of California, once a bastion of free […]
Free Speech Triumph
Front-page news in AFP’s Issue 33&34, mailed to print subscribers last week and online now for digital subscribers to read: Judge rules man fired for beliefs had rights violated. By John Friend A former Memphis […]
Assange, Free Speech in Peril
By Dr. Ron Paul More than seven years ago, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was granted asylum by the government of Ecuador over fears that espionage charges were being prepared against him by Washington. He spent […]
Does Assange’s Arrest Mean He’ll Face Charges in the U.S?
With the UK’s arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after Ecuador withdrew asylum, accusing him of “interfering in internal affairs of other states,” questions arise over free speech and journalistic credentials. Not only does he […]
The Greatest Threat to Our Freedom of Speech Rights?
The Justice Department’s revival of the 1968 Anti-Riot Act is designed to suppress unwanted dissent in response to the Charlottesville rally. But the government should put the Anti-Riot Act back to sleep. By the AFP […]
Father Seeks Justice for Activist Son
A young man who went to Virginia to protest the tearing down of a monument now faces years in jail. Recently, AFP spoke with Thomas Gillen’s father about the case and what can be done […]
Attorney Filing Unique Lawsuit Against SPLC Speaks With AFP
Glen K. Allen, an attorney in Baltimore, Maryland, is the plaintiff in a lawsuit he filed in December 2018 in federal court in Maryland against Heidi Beirich, Mark Potok, and the Southern Poverty Law Center […]
