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Freedom of Speech - Free speech and its enemies

By Mary Rizzo • Mar 15th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Opinions and Letters

from Counterpunch

The Silencing of Gilad Atzmon
By OREN BEN-DOR
I have recently signed a petition that condemns the constant attempts to silence Gilad Atzmon. The same petition also objects to the constant attempts to discredit and hinder the website that hosts, among others, Gilad’s views–Peacepalestine–one of the more enlightening internet platforms on Palestine.
It would be an understatement [...]

Looking for the King of Copy and Paste

By Mary Rizzo • Feb 13th, 2008 • Category: Hasbara Deconstruction Site, Internet and Communication, Israel, Zionism

By Miguel Martinez, Translated by Ernesto P�ramo. Revised by author
Repubblica. Plus, they dedicated the whole of pages 10 and 11 to him.
Just a question� how much would it cost a run of the mill blogger to buy all that newspaper space?
Jewish web-page and put it on his blog (ten readers a day?) with this presentation:�THIS [...]

Turin Book Fair - Israel Guest of Honour

By Mary Rizzo • Jan 24th, 2008 • Category: Hasbara Deconstruction Site, Middle East Issues, Opinions and Letters, Zionism

at the left, a book to BUY!
Turin will host the International Book Fair in May. Already, there has been quite a bit of movement about it in activist circles. Why? Because the Guest of Honour is Israel, and 60 Authors (magic of numbers?) will be the highlighted ones. Aharon Shabtai already said NO! Ibrahim Nasrallah [...]