Turkish journalist Kaan Goktas, a cypherpunk, author, and father, was sentenced to two years in prison for insulting the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, by posting a 300-year-old Ottoman poem. Thankfully Goktas was able to flee to Montenegro but had to leave his family and most of his life behind. He’s currently applying to the…

Okumak üzere olduğunuz makale, Alex Aragona tarafından kaleme alınmış. 25 Ocak 2021 tarihinde “Some Thoughts on Private Censorship, Power, and Control of Speech” başlığı altında yayınlanmıştır. İfade hakkı söz konusu olduğunda, benimsememiz gereken genel görüş, herhangi bir bireyin ya da özel kurumların, hükümet müdahalesi veya kamuoyuna uymak adına yasal bir zorunluluk gibi etkenler olmaksızın, kendi alanlarında…

De Alex Aragona. Artigo original: Some Thoughts on Private Censorship, Power, and Control of Speech, 25 de janeiro 2021. Traduzido por Gabriel Serpa. Quando se trata da liberdade de expressão, a regra de ouro é que qualquer indivíduo ou organização tem o direito de determinar quem pode ter acesso a seu espaço e o que…

Di Alex Aragona. Originale: Different Kinds and Degrees of Private Censorship Matter, del 13 aprile 2021. Traduzione di Enrico Sanna. Le libertà di pensiero, di credo, di opinione e di parola possono, in qualche modo, essere soggette a norme e controlli da parte di privati. In un mio articolo precedente, esprimevo alcune mie opinioni sulla…

Freedom of thought, belief, opinion, and speech can be controlled and regulated by private forces in certain ways. In a previous piece, I presented some thoughts on that, and how private power can tilt the marketplace of ideas. However, my primary focus wasn’t to differentiate between degrees of private censorship. As a complement to the…

Di Alex Aragona. Originale: Some Thoughts on Private Censorship, Power and Control of Speech, 25 gennaio 2021. Traduzione di Enrico Sanna. In fatto di diritto di espressione, la norma di massima sarebbe che chiunque, individuo o gruppo, ha il diritto di stabilire chi può accedere al suo spazio e cosa può dire al suo interno,…

Rai Ling. Article original : An Anarchist Response to the Free Speech Debate, 1 novembre 2018. Traduction Française par Rosen. Introduction Autrefois défendue par les anarchistes, le libéralisme, et la gauche en son ensemble, la liberté d’expression, ces derniers temps, est devenue un argument de droite. Là où le mouvement pour la liberté d’expression des années…

As far as speech is concerned, the rule-of-thumb view we should adopt is that any individual or private group has the right to determine who is allowed in their space, and what can be said and done in it, without government interference or a legal obligation to adhere to public opinion. This also means they should…

In episode no. 10 of Agoric Cafe, Roderick Long chats with philosopher Gary Chartier about Robin Hood, left-wing market anarchism, natural law, free speech and employer power, libertarian secularism, Seventh-day Adventism, religious epistemology, long-arc television, urban fantasy, Lawrence Durrell, Iris Murdoch, Whit Stillman, the evils of giving extra credit and taking attendance, and the attractions…

Facebook is back at it again. In the aftermath of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville a few years back, and with much pushing from activists, Facebook responded with a wave of bans and censorship of “racial extremists” that was so wide-reaching and simultaneously ineffective that many literal white supremacists were able to continue…

Di Kelly Wright. Titolo originale:  When Facebook Bans Peaceful Anarchists But Not The Violent State, pubblicato il 22 agosto 2020. Traduzione di Enrico Sanna. Articolo scritto a quattro mani con Nathan Goodman. “Lo stato chiama legge la sua violenza e crimine quella del singolo.” ~ Max Stirner Il 19 agosto scorso Facebook, cedendo a forti…

“The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual crime.” – Max Stirner On August 19th, 2020, Facebook finally buckled under immense social and political pressure and announced new content moderation rules focusing on “violent organizations and individuals,” specifically “offline anarchist groups that support violent acts amidst protests, US-based militia organizations [which…

“Attention to all racists: we will not just “replace” you, we will erase you. All trace of your worthless empty lives will be discarded from history. Your murderous temper tantrums will be like so much static noise lost forever as you are shuffled into the dirt.” – William Gillis, Twitter The internet is a place…

Introduction Once championed by anarchists, leftists, and liberals; in recent times, free speech has become a right-wing talking point. Where the free-speech movement of the 60s opposed government sanctions on protest and dissent, the political right largely focuses on the following issues; right-wing speakers being denied platforms, social media censorship, the use of accusations such…

Di Lucy Steigerwald. Originale pubblicato il 14 novembre 2017 con il titolo Who Are We Burning Flags For? Traduzione di Enrico Sanna. Il 24 ottobre scorso un giudice ha archiviato l’accusa rivolta contro diversi manifestanti che l’anno scorso hanno bruciato la bandiera americana al congresso nazionale repubblicano. Tecnicamente, i manifestanti non sono stati accusati di…

Much of the contemporary debate in libertarian circles about free speech and anti-fascist activism takes the form of asking whether libertarians should support or oppose the various actors operating under the name “antifa.” I find this framing of the issue inadequate and artificially limiting. First and foremost, it conflates the question of whether libertarians should…

On October 24 a judge dismissed the charges levied against several protesters who burned the American flag at the Republican National Convention last year. The protesters weren’t technically charged with burning the flag because that might constitute a violation of free speech. The protesters were charged with one of the state’s many items in its…

In Wisconsin, buzz has been building over a “Campus Free Speech Act” which creates harsh penalties for interrupting, protesting, or otherwise disrupting speakers invited onto colleges campuses. Meanwhile last week, 61-year-old Code Pink protester Desiree Fairooz was convicted and sentenced to a year in prison for laughing.

Milo Yiannopoulos, who writes for the “alt right” (i.e. white supremacist or neo-fascist) website Breitbart.com, is a master at victimizing other people and then claiming victim status for himself when he’s hit back. For example, he actually took advantage of a position in the White House Press Corps to whine to former President Obama about…

[Di Logan Glitterbomb. Originale pubblicato su Center for a Stateless Society il 25 aprile 2016 con il titolo Porn Prohibitionists Declare Public Health Crisis. Traduzione di Enrico Sanna.] La settimana scorsa il governatore dello Utah Gary R. Herbert ha firmato una risoluzione che equipara la pornografia ad una crisi sanitaria. Quest’ultima mossa autoritaria da parte…