Censorship – Page 2

Arab Culture / Censorship / Poet / Poetry / Poetry Festival / Translation

May 29, 2013

Ghassan Zaqtan’s Canadian Visa

Last week I was in Glasgow, waiting for Algerian poet Habib Tengour as we were supposed to do a joint poetry reading and a shared presentation of our anthology of North African Literature at the University...

Arab Culture / Censorship / Human rights / Petition / Poetry

February 25, 2013

Qatari Poet’s Sentence Not Overturned, Cut to 15 Years

This just in, via Arab Literature (in English) blog by mlynxqualey The Qatari appeals court today reduced the sentence of Mohammed al-Ajami, the poet jailed for his work, from life in prison to a long stint of...

"Arab Spring" / Arab Culture / Censorship / Human rights / Poet / Poetry

December 18, 2012

Free Qatari Poet Mohamed Ibn Al Ajami

I signed the French version of this a couple days ago, but will also now sign the English version. Please do the same — there are indeed places in the world where you can...

Agitprop / Censorship / Education / Freedom of Speech

January 16, 2012

Simon Ortiz: Shocked at banning of Native books in Arizona

Photo: Ethnic Studies students march in honor of Martin Luther King today, Monday, in Tucson, protesting the decision by Tucson schools to forbid Mexican American Studies and ban books by Chicano and Native American...

Agitprop / Arab Culture / Censorship / Human rights / Intellectuals / Petition / Politics

May 27, 2011

A Call from Syrian Writers

Transmission of the call addressed to all poets and writers in the world إحالة نداء إلى كافة الروائيين والشعراء والنقاد في العالم Check out the video before reading the text and thank you for your signatures...

Censorship / Interview / Israel

May 7, 2011

NY Times: After Reversal, Honor Is Likely for Kushner

Here, the opening paragraphs of today’s NY Times article on CUNY’s reversal in re Tony Kushner (you can read the full article here): After Reversal, Honor Is Likely for Kushner By WINNIE HU Published: May...

Censorship / Human rights / Intellectuals / Israel / New York

May 5, 2011

Tony Kushner’s Response

Tony Kushner c/o Heat & Light Co., Inc. 119 West 72nd Street #193 New York, NY 10023 The Board of Trustees of the City University of New York 535 East 80th Street New...

Censorship / Israel / New York / Uncategorized

May 4, 2011

CUNY nixes Kushner honorary degree over anti-Israel statements

Tony Kushner This was brought to my attention by Marilyn Hacker’s watchful eye in Paris, & comes from the JTA website, here. A more detailed article can be found on the site of The Jewish Week, here. May...

Censorship / Film / Freedom of Speech / Intellectuals

February 11, 2011

Protest Media Law in Hungary

I received the following email yesterday, asking for support for Bela Tarr and other Hungarian film artists, organizing resistance to impending legislation in Hungary that would allow the government total control of what the media may or may not...

Agitprop / Censorship / Freedom of Speech / Human rights

December 17, 2010

The Inhumane Conditions of Bradley Manning’s Detention

Glenn Greenwald’s report in Salon: Reuters/Jonathon Burch/AP/Salon (updated below – Update II) Bradley Manning, the 22-year-old U.S. Army Private accused of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, has never been convicted of that crime, nor...