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Berkeley Ant Iraq War protest

Cancellation of “Free Speech Week” Events at UC Berkeley Not a Setback for Free Speech

Press ReleaseSeptember 23, 2017

From the start, the groups behind this planned conclave made clear their intent to showcase only a particular set of views, aimed to provoke outrage and bait those who… More

UC Berkeley Walkout

Upholding Freedom of Speech and the Right to Peaceful Protest at UC Berkeley

Press ReleaseSeptember 14, 2017

Free speech movement leader Mario Savio would have been proud of his alma mater tonight. UC Berkeley wins great credit for enabling conservative commentator Ben Shapiro to speak, allowing… More

China protest

Class Notes: A Protest March

Nonfiction
By: Wang Xiaoni | Translated By: Eleanor Goodman | June 16, 2017

September 2012, they chose to take to the streets, band together, and shout as much as they liked. It fulfilled an inner need for which other people abandoned rationality… More

DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression

News DigestMay 5, 2017

Fox News is hit with a gender discrimination lawsuit, Trump aide Sebastian Gorka calls reports of him leaving the White House "very fake news", and more. More

PEN America Condemns Violent Attack on Speaker at Middlebury College

Press ReleaseMarch 3, 2017

NEW YORK—PEN America condemned a violent attack on author Charles Murray and Middlebury College Professor Allison Stanger that took place on the evening of Thursday, March 2, 2017, when… More

DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression

News DigestFebruary 2, 2017

Berkeley cancels speaker amid protests while Trump threatens its funding, French press removed from far right press conference, and more. More

PEN Podcast: Carlos Monsiváis Reads from Mexican Postcards

ReadingNovember 20, 2015

Carlos Monsiváis reads from his novel Mexican Postcards at the event The Global City, part of the 2006 PEN World Voices Festival. More

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In "When the Smoke Cleared: Attica Prison Poems and Journal" (@DukePress, 2022), Celes Tisdale collects poems by students in who participated in the poetry workshop he ran at Attica prison in the wake of the 1971 prison riots https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-poetry-of-a-prison-uprising #BlackHistoryMonth

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Are you ready to take action against book bans in your community? Join us Tuesday 1/31 at 7:30pm EST to learn what new trends and targets are emerging in books bans and what tactics to expect from right-wing extremists groups going forward. http://go.redwine.blue/yu1

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Border exceptions to the 4th Amendment happen w/in 100 miles of the US border, allowing DHS/CBP to search digital devices/violate constitutional rights under protection. This is a critical bill from @RonWyden for which I’m pleased to see renewed interest:https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/wyden-looks-to-limit-border-searches-of-americans-devices

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