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Feminism and Free Speech: Arts Censorship
Source: Feminists for Free Expression
Author: Marjorie Heins, J.D.
Country: United States
E-mail: freedom@well.com

Part of the Feminists for Free Expression Free Speech pamphlet series.

Victims of Everything
Source: Reason Foundation
Author: Jacob Sullum
Country: United States

"Blurring the distinction between persuasion and coercion is often the first step toward censorship."

A Flag Desecration Amendment
Source: Cato Institute
Author: Roger Pilon, Ph.D., J.D.
City: Washington, State: DC, Country: United States

Why a flag desecration Amendment would contradict the very principles symbolized by that which it "protects."

Bipartisan Reign of Terror
Source: Liberty Unbound
Author: David B. Kopel and Joseph Olson
Country: United States

Authors examine the recent anti-terrorism bill on utilitarian and civil libertarian grounds. Either way, they write, it is a dismal failure illustrative of the tyranny of bipartisanship.

Freedom of Expression, Dissenting Historians, and the Holocaust Revisionists
Source: Libertarian Alliance
Author: David Botsford
Country: United Kingdom

Botsford argues persuasively that restrictions on the publication of dissident historical material - including that of holocaust revisionism - is a fundamental attack on freedom of expression.

What if books were banned like guns?
Source: Lever Action
Author: L. Neil Smith
Country: United States

"What makes you think your books are any safer than your neighbor's guns? Whether you like books or guns, the issue's the same." (1998)

The Civil Rights Issue of the '90s
Source: Mackinac Center
Author: Daniel J. Cassidy
Country: United States

According to Cassidy, "Nostalgia for the 1960s civil rights movement runs strong in the 1990s. And a growing number of parents, policy makers, and citizens are beginning to recognize and advocate a new dimension of civil rights for our time: school choice." (9/98)

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