The High Court in London ruled last week that the country’s ban on the activist group Palestine Action was unlawful and played a significant role in interfering with “the right to freedom of speech and the right to freedom of assembly” for its members.
In the aftermath of the murder of Charlie Kirk, many folks who dared to express views of him and his work outside the mainstream lost their jobs, professional standing and State Department visas as they were fired or otherwise disciplined by employers or bureaucrats who concluded that anti-Kirk views could harm the employers’ businesses or were inconsistent with institutional values.
The Trump administration is taking its war on free speech into the realm of thought crimes.
Google this past week offered Youtubers banned during the Biden - Harris era the opportunity to have their accounts reinstated.
U.S. President Donald Trump has delivered on his campaign promise to smash free speech on college campuses to defend the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza and is now shifting his attention to public and private universities.
Columbia University, which became the epicenter of anti-genocide protests in the spring of 2024, agreed last week to settle with the Trump administration so that it can, once again, receive federal grants from the government.
Western governments are attempting to control the public’s speech by closely monitoring social media posts in opposition to the approved narrative and are doling out longer jail sentences for these offenses than for some violent crimes.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in Berlin last week to demonstrate against deportation orders delivered to four foreign activists against Israel’s ongoing Gaza genocide.
Columbia University, which was called ground zero in the anti-genocide protests last spring, announced last week that it will bow down to the Trump administration and implement free-speech-killing policies in the hopes of getting the White House to reconsider the $400 million funding cut for allegedly allowing antisemitism run amok on campus.
There should be little doubt in anyone’s mind that the “wag the dog” relationship between the United States and Israel has done terrible damage to American institutions and constitutional liberties.