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Publishers will sue U.S. government
Calling restrictions on publishing contrary to the First Amendment and acts of Congress, a group of publishers' and authors' associations expects to file suit today against the Treasury Department's… More
Suit pits free speech vs. ‘trading with the enemy’
A university is squeamish about publishing a birders' guide to Cuba. Another nixed an encyclopedia of Cuban music. A geology journal spiked a paper by Iranian scientists on methods… More
Salman Rushdie on Terrorism, Intellectual freedom, and the Patriot Act
Salman Rushdie's book Midnight's Children, published in 1981, won the Booker Prize and brought him international fame. But it was his fourth novel, The Satanic Verses, that the Indian-British… More
Rushdie mobilizes American writers against Bush
For fifteen years, Salman Rushdie had to hide for having written what some refused to read. These days, he wishes to denounce another form of censorship in his adopted… More
The FBI Shouldn’t Be Reading Over Our Shoulders
We thought we had won. Last month, a majority of the members of the House of Representatives voted to deny funding for FBI searches of bookstore and library records… More
House GOP defends Patriot Act
House Republicans, under strong pressure from the White House, narrowly defeated an effort yesterday to water down the Bush administration's signature law to combat domestic terrorism. More
Fifth biennial conference of Writers in Prison Committee
"Many of us have been asking, is this what we went to jail for? What has all our struggle come to? A mere clearing of the path for another… More
Law enforcement & reader privacy
In September 2003, when book community concerns over section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act were beginning to receive national attention, Attorney General John Ashcroft delivered a speech at… More
Ariel Dorfman: LibertyŸ??s language
Ariel DorfmanLiberty's LanguageIn dark times like these, writers must light a beacon. Recently, some sought the right words.NEW YORK - As the ultimate guardians of language and its complexity,… More
Vaclav Havel and Nobel laureates call For release of imprisoned Burmese writers
Fourteen Nobel Literature Laureates are joining Vaclav Havel, former President of the Czech Republic and renowned playwright, and Jiri Grusa, acclaimed Czech writer and President of International PEN, to… More