Tuesday, December 3, 2013

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents. There is no safe deposit for these but with the people themselves; nor can they be safe with them without information. Where the press is free, and every man able to read, all is safe. Thomas Jefferson


In the First Amendment, the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection is must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. The Government's power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the Government. The press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of government and inform the people.  Hugo L. Black, (New York Times Company v. United States, 1971).

right....... the governors seized control after a brainwashing fear of the bogy-man.....there are even more spooks than blind honest citizens these days   kos


You can't deal with things you don't know about. And you can only move forward from where you are. So don't we want to know where we are? Don't we want to know what's real? The truth is hard to take sometimes. It isn't always convenient. It can be disappointing. It can be ugly. But knowing — having information about ourselves and the world we live in — is part of our national identity. Our democracy relies on an informed citizenry. Thoughtful, fair, balanced, comprehensive reporting in print and in photos or video may be the best way to know what's going on — the way to best inform ourselves. Information is what keeps us free from tyranny.
Editor column: L.A. Times did right thing in publishing grisly war photos by The Salt Lake Tribune's Nancy Conway on April 21, 2012.





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Why Ukraine's Revolution Won't Spread to Russia

RuNet Echo This post is part of RuNet Echo, a Global Voices project to interpret the Russian language internet. 
An anonymous image comparing the Ukrainian way of protesting on the left, and Russian on the right. (Reference to "Scretum Revolt")
An anonymous image comparing the Ukrainian way of protesting on the left, and Russian on the
 right. (Reference to “Scrotum Revolt“)

Ukraine's pro-EU-accession protests have taken a violent turn, as protesters clashed with police on December 1, 2013, storming several administrative buildings in central Kiev. Earlier, on November 30, a peaceful rally was forcefully dispersed by Berkut, Ukrainian riot-police, galvanizing the waning movement. East of the border, Russian bloggers continue to take a keen interest in the developing situation, although there is still little consensus about what the protests entail for Russia's own opposition movement.



A rioter armed with a chain attacks Ukrainian riot police in Kiev.

Most agreed that it was the harsh police tactics (which, according to [ru] Moscow municipal deputy Konstantin Yankauskas, were in the “Putinist style,”) that outraged Ukrainians to the point where they began rioting. Journalist Yury Saprykin explained [ru] on his Facebook that Ukrainians may be particularly sensitive to such violence:

Last Week on Jadaliyya (November 18-25)

Jadaliyya Editors

This is a selection of what you might have missed on Jadaliyya last week. It also includes a list of the most read articles and roundups. Progressively, we will be featuring more content on our "Last Week on Jadaliyya" series.
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* Syria Media Roundup (November 24)
* Protectors of the 'Failed State': 'Captain Phillips' and the Intrigue of Somali Pirates
* Lo sivano, ‘kine em?’—Ey sivan, biz kimiz?
* The New Draft Egyptian Constitution: General Principles and Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
* Nothing to Declare: A Review
* Ten Must-Watch Videos to Understand Egypt’s Urban Challenges
* Photography Media Roundup (November 21)
* On the Margins Roundup (November)
* Rami Abadir Performing at Cairo's El Genaina Theater
* جدار الفصل العنصري: خنق في الهوة وخلق للهوية
* بيت المقدس مهدوم
* The Conflict in Syria is a War on Development
* ساعة المستقبل
* Maghreb Media Roundup (November 21)
* مصر بين فاشية مجهضة وأخرى محتملة
* ديوان النثر العربي لأدونيس في أربعة أجزاء
* New Texts Out Now: Farha Ghannam, Live and Die Like a Man: Gender Dynamics in Urban Egypt
* Constellations: Searching for the Global Suburb
* MOOCs Coming to the Arab World
* Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (November 19)
* The Death of Abdelqader Saleh
* Mohamed Mahmoud: The Revolutionary Romance Continues
* Turkey Media Roundup (November 19)
* Egypt Media Roundup (November 18)
* Two from the Counter-Revolution
* Syria Media Roundup (November 18)
* الجزائر تلقي الحجاب
* سنة 1962 كحدث واستعارة في التواريخ الشفوية للنساء في الجزائر
* The Khsara Club, Arab Women Who Don't Get Married in Time: An Interview with Suha Araj
* Last Week on Jadaliyya (November 11-17)
* This is a Dream Come True: An Exhibition by Ali Abdel Mohsen
* Call for Papers: Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies Graduate Student Conference (New York, 27-28 February 2014)
* Bodies and Borders: An Interview with Ella Shohat





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