Trump’s free speech warriors out to crush opposition to Israel
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There’s a massive contradiction between the loud demands for “free speech” from the Trump MAGA camp and their unapologetic campaign to crush protest against Israeli atrocities.
Caitlin Johnstone writing in Consortium News paints a chilling picture of a repressive wave spreading far beyond US shores:
“Western governments’ support for Israel is the biggest threat to free speech in our society today. Civil rights are being stomped out throughout the western world to protect Israeli information interests, and speech is being suppressed in support of Israel more aggressively than with any other topic.”
“If you support freedom of speech you now have an ethical obligation to oppose Israel, even if you didn’t before.”
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This article was originally published by Consortium News on Tue 4 Mar 2025. Read the original here.
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I’ve been noticing for a long time that Israel-Palestine trumps other causes in terms of media misinformation and suppression of free speech. I lament the draconian sentences imposed on environmental protestors who engage in intrepid stunts (gluing themselves to the highway or whatever), but these protestors are not be criminalised simply for pointing out the damage caused by poluters. And with the exception of the normal suspects among Tory press, GBNews etc., the mainstream media gives considerable coverage to environmental matters.