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Carregando... The Case Against Free Speech: The First Amendment, Fascism, and the Future of Dissent (edição: 2019)de PE Moskowitz (Autor)
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A hard-hitting expose that shines a light on the powerful conservative forces that have waged a multi-decade battle to hijack the meaning of free speech--and how we can reclaim it. There's a critical debate taking place over one of our most treasured rights: free speech. We argue about whether it's at risk, whether college students fear it, whether neo-Nazis deserve it, and whether the government is adequately upholding it. But as P. E. Moskowitz provocatively shows in The Case Against Free Speech, the term has been defined and redefined to suit those in power, and in recent years, it has been captured by the Right to push their agenda. What's more, our investment in the First Amendment obscures an uncomfortable truth: free speech is impossible in an unequal society where a few corporations and the ultra-wealthy bankroll political movements, millions of voters are disenfranchised, and our government routinely silences critics of racism and capitalism. Weaving together history and reporting from Charlottesville, Skokie, Standing Rock, and the college campuses where student protests made national headlines, Moskowitz argues that these flash points reveal more about the state of our democracy than they do about who is allowed to say what. Our current definition of free speech replicates power while dissuading dissent, but a new ideal is emerging. In this forcefully argued, necessary corrective, Moskowitz makes the case for speech as a tool--for exposing the truth, demanding equality, and fighting for all our civil liberties. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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His documentation is well done. I liked that he showed the other side of the story not just the part that we hear or read in the media. I am appalled that the government, set up with such high ideals, allows so many voices to be silenced. I learned a lot. I remembered how the stories he cites were played in the media--Standing Rock, Black Lives Matter, college demonstrations, Charlottesville. It is sad that today repeats what has happened in the past to unionists, communists, the poor, etc. We need those voices to equalize the abuses of those in power.
This is a well researched book that made me think about what we are losing as society is flattening out for the many with only a few on top. Let the protesters open our eyes and minds to what is ( )