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Censorship on campus?

Posted: March 25, 2014 at 7:42 am

BOSTON Free, free Palestine! protesters shouted, carrying a 30-foot-long Palestinian flag through the streets.

At first glance, the 150 people gathered just outside Northeastern University on March 18 seemed to be staging a typical rally criticizing Israeli policiesan increasingly common sight on left-leaning American campuses. But upon closer inspection, the mix of NEU students and local Boston activists were calling for another thing to be freed: their speech.

Eleven days before the protest, the NEU chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine had been suspended, meaning they could no longer meet as a group on NEU property or receive university funds. The administration cited several violations of campus policies and procedures, most recently when SJP failed to get university approval to distribute 600 fliers on February 23.

The fliers were designed as mock eviction notices to symbolize the Palestinian experience in occupied territory, where homes have been razed for Israeli settlements. It warned the reader that their dorm was scheduled for demolition in three days, followed by statistics on displaced Palestinian families. The flier was punctuated by a disclaimer at the bottom: This is not a real eviction notice. #BostonMockEviction.

The requirement to obtain pre-approval before distributing fliers is in the student resource handbook at Northeastern. But according to SJP members, the university doesnt consistently enforce the policy.

There are hundreds of fliers in different places around campus, and almost none of them have the universitys stamp of approval, said Max Geller, an SJP leader.

Charlie Flewelling, a third-year law student who's part of several Northeastern student groups, including the National Lawyers Guild and Queers United in Radical Rethinking, agreed with that assessment. "It is common practice for student groups to put up fliers around school," he said. "None of [our] fliers had university approval," but neither he nor any of his group members "have received any form of discipline or warning."

Tori Porell, the president of SJP, said this double standard is part of a concerted effort to censor the pro-Palestinian group. The result, she said, is that our free speech is suppressed.

Renata Nyul, director of communications at Northeastern, said SJP was "sanctioned based on a series of violations of university policy. Every student organization is viewed the same way. [SJP] is not being singled out." Northeastern also wrote in an earlier statement that the issue at hand is not one of free speech."

Still, the campus has become the latest battleground for pro-Palestinian student activists who claim they have been marginalized or unfairly punished by university higher-ups. Earlier this month, a banner reading Stand for Justice, Stand for Palestine was taken down at Barnard College following complaints by pro-Israel student groups. Last year, five Florida Atlantic University students were put on indefinite probation and ordered to take a civility training course after briefly protesting and walking out of a talk by a member of the Israel Defense Forces. Palestine Solidarity Legal Support, which has been tracking this issue, has documented more than 80 complaints of campus intimidation against advocates for Palestinian human rights.

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PH not (yet) on enemies of the Internet list

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Now, for some good news for Filipino netizens.

Despite worries about attempts to clamp down on their right to free speech, they dont have to deal with some really brazen, even shameless, forms of Internet censorship.

In fact, the Philippines is not on the list of the worlds notorious Enemies of the Internet compiled by a prominent international journalism organization.

Well, at least, not yet.

The list is in the Enemies of the Internet report by Reporters Without Borders and includes countries like China, Tunisia, Somalia, Bangladesh and even the U.S. where the government data-gathering operation was exposed last year.

Filipinos are wrestling with politicians who are trying to use an anti-cybercrime law as a way to intimidate them. Netizens of other nation face bigger problems.

Reporters Without Borders offers some stunning examples.

Take Chinas efforts to help Iran create a national version of the Internet that would be disconnected from the World Wide Web and under the governments complete control.

In Syria and Iran, according to the report, Internet speed is often reduced drastically during demonstrations to prevent the circulation of images of the protests.

Some cases border on the ridiculous, the report continues. In Somalia, for example, the Islamist militia Al-Shabaab banned using the Internet in January 2014. As it did not have the required skills or technical ability to disconnect the Internet, it ordered [service providers] to terminate their services within 15 days. Ironically, to ensure that the public knew of the ban, it was posted on websites sympathetic to Al-Shabaab.

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Ron Paul: Ultimately The Dollar Will Be Rejected – Video

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Ron Paul: Momentum Is Too Great For Growth Of Big Government – Video

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pt1 – RT Scripted Ron Paul Newsletter Smear, Ben Swann 3-21-14 – Video

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Ron Paul Warns US 'Democracy Promotion' Destroys Democracy Overseas

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Submitted by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute,

It was almost ten years ago when, before the House International Relations Committee, I objected to the US Government funding NGOs to meddle in the internal affairs of Ukraine. At the time the Orange Revolution had forced a regime change in Ukraine with the help of millions of dollars from Washington.

At that time I told the Committee:

We do not know exactly how many millionsor tens of millionsof dollars the United States government spent on the presidential election in Ukraine. We do know that much of that money was targeted to assist one particular candidate, and that through a series of cut-out non-governmental organizations (NGOs)both American and Ukrainianmillions of dollars ended up in support of the presidential candidate...

I was worried about millions of dollars that the US government-funded National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and its various related organizations spent to meddle in Ukraines internal affairs. But it turns out that was only the tip of the iceberg.

Last December, US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland gave a speech in which she admitted that since 1991 the US government has:

[I]nvested more than 5 billion dollars to help Ukraine...in the development of democratic institutions and skills in promoting civil society and a good form of government.

This is the same State Department official who was caught on tape just recently planning in detail the overthrow of the Ukrainian government.

That five billion dollars appears to have bought a revolution in Ukraine. But what do the US taxpayers get, who were forced to pay for this interventionism? Nothing good. Ukraine is a bankrupt country that will need tens of billions of dollars to survive the year. Already the US-selected prime minister has made a trip to Washington to ask for more money.

And what will the Ukrainians get? Their democracy has been undermined by the US-backed coup in Kiev. In democracies, power is transferred peacefully through elections, not seized by rebels in the streets. At least it used to be.

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Election News: Ron Paul backs Birman for Congress

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Ron Paul endorses Birman for Congress

Former U.S. congressman and presidential candidate Dr. Ron Paul endorsed Republican congressional candidate Igor Birman in his race against U.S. Rep. Dr. Ami Bera (D-Elk Grove).

Paul, a Republican from Texas, said he endorsed Birman because of the candidates understanding of civil liberties and emphasis on liberty, which is what our government is supposed to be about.

He said he was also impressed with Birmans personal story. Birman was born in Russia and immigrated to the United States as a teenager along with his parents and younger brother.

Igor Birman has seen first-hand what happens when the government takes control of every aspect of your life, he said. That experience will make him a valuable member of the House of Representatives and a leader for smaller government and more personal liberties.

Paul added, He understands the Constitution as well as, if not better than, people who have lived here their entire lives.

Birman, chief of state for U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Elk Grove), said he appreciated receiving the endorsement.

I am absolutely thrilled that the leader of the liberty movement has endorsed our campaign, he said. Dr. Paul has inspired millions to fight to restore our federal government to its proper constitutional role.

Paul said he doesnt expect to endorse more than 10 candidates in the 2014 elections.

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Ron Paul on free speech, government spying, Crimea and minding our own business

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Ron Paul will bring his libertarian message of smaller government, personal responsibility and minding our own business to Syracuse University Wednesday.

Paul is the former Texas Congressman who twice sought the Republican Party nomination to run for president. His son is Sen. Rand Paul, of Kentucky, a potential GOP candidate for president in 2016.

In a telephone interview Friday, Paul talked about his son, his views on U.S. involvement in Crimea, government spying and his popularity on college campuses.

The interview included some questions inspired by Syracuse.com readers, who are identified.

Q: Do you think your son will run for president? A: It sure sounds like it, but I'm sure he hasn't made a final decision yet.

Q: What advice would you give him if he decides to run? Is there anything you would have done differently from your own experience? A: The better he does, be prepared because the enemy will come down hard on you. ... He's doing very well, so if the establishment politicians get annoyed, they can get pretty nasty.

Q (from Parishmom): Given your differences from the Republican Party on social, economic and political issues, why have you chosen to remain in the party? A: I don't think of myself as being so much a member of the party and promoting the party. Even when I was in Congress, the job wasn't to promote the party as much as to use the party to promote the issues and see if I can get the party to be more oriented toward the Constitution and limited government and the things that I believe in. ...

The reason that people like myself end up in one of the two parties is that the system is very, very biased and it punishes those who want to be independent or in third parties because the laws make it prohibitive for getting often times on the ballot or getting in the debates.

Q (from Rustygun): How would the country be better served with the abolishment of the party system, where each candidate would run on their own platform rather than someone else's? A: I think it would be a lot better and the founders liked that idea. But it seems like it's inevitable. It's hard to prevent. So they advised that they not have a party structure and that everybody belong to one group of people who were running for office. That changed very quickly in our history.

Q (from Arthur Gilroy): The only way that anyone who is branded a "libertarian"...including your son...can win the presidency is by constructing a coalition among conservatives, liberals, younger voters and minority voters. The ongoing accusations of "racism" that have been heaped upon you in the mass media (and thus upon your son as well) are the most serious obstacle to that coalition.... How can you go about more effectively challenging that racist meme other than what you have already done? A: Well, you can't back off when people lie and have innuendos about your record, so you just ignore it. I won Congressional races here in the district 12 times, so the people who knew me best, my neighbors and friends, just never believed the stories that the enemy passes out. If you look carefully at the critics, they have their agenda. For the most part, the attackers have always been those who disagreed with me on foreign policy, who thought we should be the policeman of the world and they highly resent it.

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