Re: PBS Self-Censorship and Emma Goldman Documentary

2004-03-15 Thread k hanly
cultures. It is just a matter of degree.. Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "Michael Hoover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 1:12 PM Subject: PBS Self-Censorship and Emma Goldman Documentary > Note: The American

PBS Self-Censorship and Emma Goldman Documentary

2004-03-15 Thread Michael Hoover
Note: The American Experience documentary on Emma Goldman airs on Mon., April 12. Check out the website http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldman/index.html for more information.] Even Buttoned-Down PBS Gets Caught in the Wringer By Lisa de Moraes Thursday, March 11, 2004; Page C07 Viacom CEO Sumner

Re: censorship

2003-03-24 Thread Michael Hoover
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/22/03 11:08AM >>> a lot of radio stations are refusing to play any songs by the Dixie Chicks, because their leader criticized Bush, saying that she was ashamed that her state, Texas, had produced him. Despite her apologies, many still refuse to air their songs Jim <<<>>> s

censorship

2003-03-22 Thread Devine, James
Title: censorship  ken writes: PS Just heard on CBC that a Florida radio station that has a weekly program of news from Canada has discontinued it on the grounds it will not broadcast any news that does not  support the war! --- speaking of which, a lot of radio stations are

self-censorship

2002-09-10 Thread Chris Burford
Email is a public space and people have learned to be very careful, but on the anniversary of Sept 11, I was struck by an interview on CNN with an activist from the anti-segregation struggle. He gave as an example of self censorship how he felt he had not been able to mention how

Re: censorship, Canadian style

2002-01-27 Thread Ken Hanly
m bad to bad, but it seems it is from bad to worse... Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "Ian Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 2:47 PM Subject: [PEN-L:21970] censorship, Canadian style > Canadian Publisher

censorship, Canadian style

2002-01-27 Thread Ian Murray
Canadian Publisher Raises Hackles Family Is Accused of Trying to Restrict Local Newspapers' Autonomy By DeNeen L. Brown Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, January 27, 2002; Page A25 TORONTO -- Late last year, columnist Stephen Kimber says, the editing of his writing became more and more in

Censorship cascade

2001-10-03 Thread Ian Murray
itary installations. No longer. Concerned they could be aiding terrorists, some government and private Web sites have decided to stop sharing quite so much potentially sensitive data. Such self-censorship wouldn't prevent terrorists from turning to libraries or even other Web sites for information tha

Re: Re: Brooklyn Congressman protests WBAI censorship

2001-03-07 Thread Louis Proyect
At 07:24 AM 3/7/01 -0800, you wrote: >what was Rep. Major Owens saying when they cut him off? (and does he have a >sibling named "Minor"?) > The audio transcript of the show is at: http://www.savepacifica.net. Utrice Leid, the hand-picked Pacifica station manager, is horrific. Louis Proyect Marx

Re: Brooklyn Congressman protests WBAI censorship

2001-03-07 Thread Jim Devine
what was Rep. Major Owens saying when they cut him off? (and does he have a sibling named "Minor"?) At 10:14 AM 03/07/2001 -0500, you wrote: >(from save wbai mailing list) > >Credit: New York Newsday http://www.newsday.com/news/daily/wbai307.htm > >WBAI Spat In Congress > >Rep. upset about being

Brooklyn Congressman protests WBAI censorship

2001-03-07 Thread Louis Proyect
(from save wbai mailing list) Credit: New York Newsday http://www.newsday.com/news/daily/wbai307.htm WBAI Spat In Congress Rep. upset about being cut off during interview by Peter Goodman Staff Writer The bitter fight over control of listener-sponsored WBAI/99.5 FM is about to spill onto the

TINAF Special: Government Censorship of Union

2000-03-27 Thread Paul Kneisel
bz8SnrbAjwjxa/www.softflip.com/c/?x=topica_1 SPECIAL ISSUE ON GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP OF LABOR UNIONS __ The Internet Anti-Fascist: Sunday

Journalists Threaten Strike To Fight Censorship at Pacifica

2000-01-24 Thread Seth Sandronsky
(Hi All,The latest on labor matters at Pacifica. Seth Sandronsky) Journalists Threaten Strike To Fight Censorship at Pacifica January 24, 2000 -- Pacifica Radio's top free-lance reporters and contributors today say they are prepared to strike Pacifica's national news program to

[PEN-L:1533] email and censorship

1998-12-14 Thread Tom Kruse
Lou writes: >[...] Something tells me that >there are signs of government repression gathering momentum around the use >of email. That is why it is important to fight for free speech on the >Internet. In a time of growing class polarization, one of the few >uncensored mediums will be the Internet

FW: Religious Freedom Amendment; Internet Censorship

1998-05-13 Thread Bove, Roger E.
-- From: Philadsa To: QuinnKM Subject: Religious Freedom Amendment; Internet Censorship Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 2:54PM The following alerts were forwarded by members: CONGRESS TO VOTE ON RELIGIOUS "FREEDOM" AMENDMENT The UFWC Education Task Force is alerting UFWC me

[PEN-L:12572] censorship!

1997-09-24 Thread James Devine
I noticed at our local Pavillions (a.k.a. Von's grocery store) that no tabloid newspapers are being sold, because of the horror of the Papapazzi. Amazingly, this censorship extended to include the WEEKLY WORLD NEWS! That rag has never, to my knowledge, even mentioned Princess Di on their

[PEN-L:11572] (XPN) IGC/Basque Censorship Issue

1997-08-01 Thread Wojtek Sokolowski
>Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 18:59:38 -0700 (PDT) >From: Raleigh Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: (XPN) IGC/Basque Censorship Issue >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Computer u

[PEN-L:11195] Re: On censorship

1997-07-07 Thread Michael Eisenscher
Ajit, The question was addressed to the list, but I appreciate your response. My principle difference with you, I suppose, is an estimate about Karl's willingness to be engaged. As a union organizer, I encountered all sort of folks in the course of a campaign. They came to the workplace with a

[PEN-L:11194] Re: On censorship

1997-07-07 Thread Michael Eisenscher
Rakesh, Why should the burden be on Maggie or any other women on this list to respond to sexism? When I challenged Karl around his sexism, it was not out of some noble sense of chivalry nor because I did not believe women on the list could not respond for themselves, but because I found it perso

[PEN-L:11192] Re: On censorship

1997-07-07 Thread Ajit Sinha
At 09:02 PM 7/7/97 -0700, you wrote: >Ajit told a story about leaving a disruptive student in class. Let me >refer to my own experience. > >As a grad. student in Berkeley, I volunteered at the Prescott School in >Oakland, where a young Berkeley gratudate was trying to maintain order >is a class o

[PEN-L:11191] Re: On censorship

1997-07-07 Thread Ajit Sinha
At 08:38 PM 7/7/97 -0700, you wrote: >Ajit, I think you have misplaced the question. If the person is a Nazi- >skinhead-type, there is no point to trying to change him/her (the few >pyschological breaks that do occur are not where your energy needs to be >placed). These people need to be DEFEAT

[PEN-L:11190] Re: On censorship

1997-07-07 Thread Michael Perelman
Ajit told a story about leaving a disruptive student in class. Let me refer to my own experience. As a grad. student in Berkeley, I volunteered at the Prescott School in Oakland, where a young Berkeley gratudate was trying to maintain order is a class of 30 or so students. Nothing was being lea

[PEN-L:11188] Re: On censorship

1997-07-07 Thread zarembka
Addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Reply to note from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon, 7 Jul 1997 19:42:58 -0700 (PDT) > ... A few years ago at the > URPE summer conference I attended a workshop on how to teach race and gender > cources. A very good friend of mine (a white

[PEN-L:11186] Re: On censorship

1997-07-07 Thread Ajit Sinha
At 01:40 PM 7/7/97 -0700, you wrote: If, rather than >sexism, Karl had expressed equally damaging racism, would those who have >spoken in favor of allowing him to remain continue to be so inclined? Karl >and others like him have many venues on the Internet to spew their hurtful >vituperation.

[PEN-L:11181] Re: On censorship

1997-07-07 Thread rakesh bhandari
>patience and toleration and then exercised your responsibility. Otherwise, >what is the point have having a moderated list at all? If, rather than >sexism, Karl had expressed equally damaging racism, would those who have >spoken in favor of allowing him to remain continue to be so inclined? K

[PEN-L:11175] Re: On censorship

1997-07-07 Thread Michael Eisenscher
tuperation. This list does not have to be one of them. in solidarity, Michael At 08:32 AM 7/7/97 -0700, Michael Perelman wrote: >I do not consider the fate of Karl to be censorship. I don't think that >anyone on this list disagrees with everything on this list. > >I had already

[PEN-L:11168] Re: On censorship

1997-07-07 Thread Karl Carlile
MICHAEL: PERLEMAN:I had already written to Karl on the list about his style of behavior -- not his opinions. I am more concerned about maintaining a satisfactory signal-noise ratio. KARL: So you ignore opinions and focus exclusively on style. What trite! You are seemingly an academic and yet yo

[PEN-L:11167] Re: censorship

1997-07-07 Thread Karl Carlile
deal with obnoxious characters who invade pen-l, I do not consider Michael Perelman's expulsion of Karl Carlisle from pen-l to be "censorship." It's Michael's living room and we're having (or trying to have) a serious intellectual discussion from a left-wing political perspe

[PEN-L:11165] censorship

1997-07-07 Thread James Devine
Even though I prefer collective shunning as a way to deal with obnoxious characters who invade pen-l, I do not consider Michael Perelman's expulsion of Karl Carlisle from pen-l to be "censorship." It's Michael's living room and we're having (or trying to have) a s

[PEN-L:11163] On censorship

1997-07-07 Thread Michael Perelman
I do not consider the fate of Karl to be censorship. I don't think that anyone on this list disagrees with everything on this list. I had already written to Karl on the list about his style of behavior -- not his opinions. I am more concerned about maintaining a satisfactory signal-noise

UPDATE: Censorship at the University of Illinois

1997-05-08 Thread Dennis Grammenos
ces to the GEO election results in the article about the legal decision, but that associate chancellor Bill Murphy blocked the publication of the references to the election!!! I contacted Dean Bill Murphy and I expressed my displeasure at the reported case of censorship. As Murphy explaine

[PEN-L:6857] Fwd: Shawgi and Censorship

1996-10-22 Thread MScoleman
-- victim of censorship! Responding to Maggie's suggestion yesterday that we make it a "two-way street", I sent Shawgi's messages back to him. Read what the poor victim and outspoken opponent of censorship on the Net did next .../Jerry -- Forwarded message -- Da

[PEN-L:6831] censorship and pen-l

1996-10-21 Thread JDevine
since Paul Zarembka invoked my name in the current discussion of kicking Shawgi Tell off of pen-l, I guess I have to weigh in & say something (though the penultimate verb suggests that I have to cut back on doughnuts). Since pen-l is Michael Perelman's salon, kicking people off of pen-l is i

[PEN-L:6814] Re: censorship

1996-10-20 Thread Rosser Jr, John Barkley
> I do not consider the question about Shawgi to be censorship. I > personally do not find his postings objectionable. On subjects that do > not interest me I can easily delete them. > > Some people do pay by the message. Others pay for the time that they > spend on the ne

[PEN-L:6813] Re: Shawgi and Censorship

1996-10-20 Thread bill mitchell
ime last year. the list, in my view, has not recovered since. i also found shawgi's claims to be always willing to talk rather odd. the style of his posts are not communicative at all. kind regards bill >Oh My! Poor Shawgi -- victim of censorship! > >Responding to Maggie's

[PEN-L:6807] Shawgi and Censorship

1996-10-20 Thread Gerald Levy
Oh My! Poor Shawgi -- victim of censorship! Responding to Maggie's suggestion yesterday that we make it a "two-way street", I sent Shawgi's messages back to him. Read what the poor victim and outspoken opponent of censorship on the Net did next .../Jerry

[PEN-L:6802] Re: censorship

1996-10-20 Thread Max B. Sawicky
Mike, Since everybody else is weighing in and I didn't find anything else worth reacting to today, even with 87 messages, let me say that if some people find S. Tell's correspondence valuable and relatively few don't mind it then you could just as well have left it on. Personally I did find some

[PEN-L:6799] Re: censorship, AND a proposal to S. Tell

1996-10-20 Thread Paul Zarembka
Michael, What is Shagwi Tell's offense to Pen-L? That he posts "too much". Jim Devine used to post a lot on Pen-L and I didn't see a request and/or decision that he be removed. As in any comparable situation, we need an objective criterion and that criterion would need to apply to all persons-

[PEN-L:6798] censorship

1996-10-19 Thread Michael Perelman
I do not consider the question about Shawgi to be censorship. I personally do not find his postings objectionable. On subjects that do not interest me I can easily delete them. Some people do pay by the message. Others pay for the time that they spend on the net. My interest here is not in

[PEN-L:2418] Re: pen-l and censorship

1996-01-18 Thread Michael Perelman
A. S. Fatemi wrote: > Since so many important > world issues are being discussed on this list, wouldn't it be more useful > and rational to sometimes allow different perspectives which are not > fundamentally the same as the majority of those on the list? Of course it > is always more comfort

[PEN-L:2417] Re: pen-l and censorship

1996-01-18 Thread A. S. Fatemi
On Wed, 17 Jan 1996, Michael Perelman wrote: > Here are my thoughts on censorship: > > I do not believe that free speech should be censored when that speech occurs > in the public domain, such as publishing in books or broadcasting. I do not > regard pen-l as the public domain.

[PEN-L:2413] Re: pen-l and censorship

1996-01-18 Thread Tom Walker
Michael Perelman wrote: >Here are my thoughts on censorship: >snip.. snip.. >I have read Hayek. I even once taught a course on him. But to begin a >debate on Hayek would dilute the value of the list to most of us, especially >because there are so many alternative sites wher

[PEN-L:2400] Re: pen-l and censorship

1996-01-17 Thread Blair Sandler
At 10:09 AM 1/17/96, Michael Perelman wrote: >Here are my thoughts on censorship: > >I do not believe that free speech should be censored when that speech occurs >in the public domain, such as publishing in books or broadcasting. I do not >regard pen-l as the public domain. Inst

[PEN-L:2390] pen-l and censorship

1996-01-17 Thread Michael Perelman
Here are my thoughts on censorship: I do not believe that free speech should be censored when that speech occurs in the public domain, such as publishing in books or broadcasting. I do not regard pen-l as the public domain. Instead, pen-l is a space created for people to meet together to

[PEN-L:1661] Rheingold on censorship (fwd)

1995-12-01 Thread D Shniad
Forwarded message: Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 10:27:41 -0800 (PST) From: Phil Agre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Rheingold on censorship Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-URL: http://communication.ucsd.edu/pagre/rre.html X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: list Internet C

[PEN-L:5904] Internet Censorship Workshop

1995-07-19 Thread Doug Henwood
>Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 11:32:03 -0400 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MOTD [Panix]) >Subject: Internet Censorship Workshop >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Precedence: bulk > >(The following article has been automatically mirrored from MOTD) &g

Re: FWD>Censorship of Latino Sc (fwd)

1994-12-07 Thread MBURKE
can anyone help with information on literature about R&D tax credits inducing firms to make incremental investments in R&D that would substantially exceed the revenue cost of the credit...and while reducing tax revenue in the short run, will realize tax revenue in the long run (while actually cut

FWD>Censorship of Latino Sc (fwd)

1994-12-07 Thread Enrique Dussel
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 15:57:11 -0800 (PST) From: Anibal Yanez-Chavez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Enrique Dussel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, david myhre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FWD>Censorship of Latino Sc (fwd) Por si les interesa