At this particular moment, the Russian President is more interested in energy and “healthy conservatism,” than geopolitical wrangles. We can’t in all seriousness compare this address to his bombastic 2007 Munich speech, slamming NATO expansion, because he was significantly less emotional this time. The emphasis had shifted – we need to preserve and …
Read More »‘Playing with our free speech’: Author of anti-Biden rap ‘Let’s go Brandon’ CENSORED by YouTube talks to RT after TOPPING US chart
“I don’t even curse, and I’m the most censored rapper in the world. How is that possible?” Gray told RT on Monday, commenting on the fact that YouTube deleted his song. The Google-owned video platform claims his lyrics contain “medical misinformation” about the coronavirus pandemic. Gray calls it censorship. “We …
Read More »Bild roasts YouTube for stifling free speech in Germany after court rules it was wrong to delete Covid-19 interviews
The preliminary injunction was issued by the Cologne Regional Court in response to a legal challenge filed by the people behind the #allesaufdentisch (#EverythingOnTheTable) online campaign. It’s basically a collection of interviews with various experts and public figures about the Covid-19 pandemic that the initiators touted as a “wide-ranging, fact-based, …
Read More »‘No sane person’ believes in ‘freedom of speech’ in the West, RT editor-in-chief says as YouTube censors German-language channels
The purportedly permanent removal of the two YouTube channels, RT DE and Der Fehlende Part, followed a broad campaign against RT’s operations waged by German media and government officials, Simonyan insisted on Wednesday. The effort stemmed from the rapid audience growth the now-defunct channels have enjoyed, she believes. “Before the removal …
Read More »Biden hails end of ‘relentless war’ in first UN speech, but vows to focus on ‘Indo-Pacific’ amid tensions with China
Taking the podium at the United Nations General Assembly in New York for the first time as president, Biden painted the US’ disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan as a success, given that the two-decade war was finally brought to an end under his watch. “We’ve ended 20 years of conflict in …
Read More »Two-faced Facebook’s hypocrisy on freedom of speech reveals it is now a clear and present danger to democracy
So, the truth is finally out: despite all the claims, promises and knee-bending by Facebook’s PR department, not all the platform’s three billion users are equal. Some, it seems, are privileged, sometimes by accident, but mainly by design. This is the inescapable truth that The Wall Street Journal has revealed …
Read More »I’m fighting an election in Norway next week to stop equality before the law and freedom of speech being stolen from us by stealth
Principles have been relegated to the far corner of the room in the hyper-commercial neo-liberalist age. A general discussion on the guiding principles by which we should govern our lives is a rare occurrence. I would like to make a case for self-preservation right now. Self-preservation is a legitimate instinct …
Read More »Merkel warns Germans against voting for left-wing government in last speech to parliament as election nears
In the Tuesday speech, Merkel warned Germans against voting for the center-left Social Democrats party (SPD), ahead of the upcoming general election, which will be held on September 26. Merkel said the choice was one between a “moderate” government or one with the SPD and the Green Party, which she …
Read More »‘Women rule!’ California governor delivers unhinged speech ahead of recall vote
Californians will go to the polls in just over a week to vote on recalling Newsom from the Governor’s Mansion in Sacramento over his handling of taxes, housing costs, homelessness and Covid-19. Should Newsom be recalled, Larry Elder, a black conservative talk show host and supporter of former President Donald …
Read More »Tyrannical trans activists are trampling on free speech and democracy… and losing support in the process
It would be hard to miss the very heated debate about trans rights today. During the Olympics, for example, there was furore over whether Laurel Hubbard, a transgender weightlifter from New Zealand, should be allowed to participate in the women’s competition, having competed as a man until 2012. Around the …
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