Photography is Not a Crime

Tales of War French POWs passing by a Hotchkiss 25 mm antitank gun, carrying one of their woundeds. Thulin, Belgium, May 1940 (Source: ecpad.fr) machtzumsieg: Photo taken from my new book “Uniforms and medals of the German army 1933-1945” Recorded by a USAF P 47D pilot : a Luftwaffe pilot escaping his Fw 190. The grave of a German soldier at Romeries, France. German soldiers from a bike company sleeping near Hensies. A panzer commander form the 4.Panzer-Division at the Gembloux battle (Belgium). Sick of the little wannabe nazis on Tumblr. A USAF B 17 after a direct flak hit above the railroad it was supposed to bomb. Soviet soldiers fighting in the streets of Stalino - now known as Donetsk - in Ukraine, 1943. (Source: worldwar-two, via lout-ka)

About Banned & Challenged Books The American Library Association promotes the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one's opinions even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular, and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those viewpoints to all who wish to read them. The following is a list of frequently asked questions on banned and challenged books: What is the difference between a challenge or banning? A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group. A banning is the removal of those materials. Challenges do not simply involve a person expressing a point of view; rather, they are an attempt to remove material from the curriculum or library, thereby restricting the access of others. Why are books challenged? Books usually are challenged with the best intentions—to protect others, frequently children, from difficult ideas and information. — On Liberty, John Stuart Mill As Supreme Court Justice William J. No.

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Today's Front Pages Anyone seeking permission to use or reproduce the front page of a newspaper featured in our Today’s Front Pages online gallery must contact the newspaper’s publisher directly. U.S. copyright laws apply. To protect the Newseum’s agreement with the newspapers featured in the gallery, a watermark is occasionally instituted during news events of historic significance. The front page archives include dates of historical significance only. Tuesday, February 28, 2017 Share link_type: internal_linkexternal_url: 2292new_window: 0

Société : Le jour où la classe moyenne se soulèvera | Presseurop.eu Nos dirigeants ne réalisent pas qu'ils sont assis sur un baril de poudre, prévient le philosophe polonais Marcin Król. Car la classe moyenne à qui l’on refuse toute perspective de promotion sociale, pourrait voir la révolution comme son dernier recours pour se faire entendre. Contrairement aux idées reçues, ce ne sont pas les pauvres et les malheureux qui font les révolutions en Occident, mais bel et bien les classes moyennes. Ce fut le cas de toutes les révolutions, à commencer par la Révolution française, à l’exception près de la révolution d'Octobre, qui a été un coup d'Etat perpétré dans une situation de désordre politique extrême. Quand la classe moyenne décide-t-elle de déclencher la révolution ? Citoyens de deuxième catégorie Dans le cas classique de la Révolution française, le rôle d'avant-garde révolutionnaire a été joué par des avocats, des entrepreneurs, des employés de l'administration publique de l'époque et par une partie des officiers de l'armée. Domination des vieillards

The Censorship Pages -- Information on Censorship of the Written Word Welcome to The Censorship Pages. Here you will find information about the freedom of speech and of the press in reference to the written word. These pages provide the resources needed to explore how, and why censorship happens not only in the United States, but all around the world. I hope these pages are helpful and encourage you to get involved. PLEASE NOTE: These pages were coded over six years ago as a resource for Bannd Books Week. Every year, books in the U.S. and around the world are challenged. As an example of a just banned book, David Guterson's acclaimed book Snow Falling on Cedars has been banned by the South Kitsap School District in Washington state as an inappropriate and obscene book. Right now, there is little ability to censor the internet. There is more than one side to any story. Banned Books Week, an annual anti-censorship campaign, is held every September. Today, people think, "Censorship? Now you know what some of the banned books are, and why they are banned.

Human Rights Watch | Defending Human Rights Worldwide NerdyBlog.com Bernard Stiegler : « Le marketing détruit tous les outils du savoir » - Société de consommation Texte publié intégralement dans la revue Soldes [1], que vous pouvez vous procurer dans l’une de ces librairies ou lors de l’événement organisé au Point éphémère à Paris le 24 mars (voir à la fin de l’article). Peut-on sortir de l’ère industrielle ? J’ai la conviction profonde que ce qu’on appelle humain, c’est la vie technicisée. La forme de vie qui passe par la technique, qu’elle soit du silex taillé ou du silicium, organisée comme aujourd’hui par un microprocesseur ou par autre chose. Quand on appréhende les questions dans leur globalité, il est inconcevable de faire face à cette poussée démographique avec des moyens non industriels. D’où vient cette hégémonie du capitalisme financier ? En 1977, au moment du mouvement punk, c’est l’enclenchement d’une catastrophe annoncée. Comment s’opère cette destruction des savoirs ? Aujourd’hui, 180 millions de Chinois sont dépressifs et partout ailleurs les gens sont dépressifs. Le marketing triomphant… ? Quel rôle pour les nouvelles générations ?

The Roberts Court’s Free Speech Problem On January 21, in its first decision of this term, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court’s five-member conservative majority announced that the First Amendment bars Congress from imposing even mild constraints on the ways corporations can employ their vast financial resources to drown out the voices of ordinary people in federal election campaigns. On June 21, in one of its last decisions of the term, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, the same majority, this time joined by Justice John Paul Stevens, ruled that the First Amendment permits Congress to imprison human rights activists for up to fifteen years merely for advising militant organizations on ways to reject violence and pursue their disputes through lawful means. The two decisions purported to apply the same First Amendment standard, but in fact the Court applied that standard in radically different ways. The Court’s decision is all the more disturbing when contrasted with Citizens United.

The Freedom Forum DRUDGE REPORT 2012® How the US Turned Three Pacifists into Violent Terrorists From left, Greg Boertje-Obed, Sister Megan Rice, and Michael Walli. (Photo: Saul Young/News Sentinel)In just ten months, the United States managed to transform an 82 year-old Catholic nun and two pacifists from non-violent anti-nuclear peace protestors accused of misdemeanor trespassing into federal felons convicted of violent crimes of terrorism. Now in jail awaiting sentencing for their acts at an Oak Ridge, TN nuclear weapons production facility, their story should chill every person concerned about dissent in the US. Here is how it happened. In the early morning hours of Saturday, July 28, 2012, long-time peace activists Sr. Megan Rice, 82, Greg Boertje-Obed, 57, and Michael Walli, 63, cut through the chain link fence surrounding the Oak Ridge Y-12 nuclear weapons production facility and trespassed onto the property. Describing themselves as the Transform Now Plowshares, the three came as non-violent protestors to symbolically disarm the weapons. Sr. Still no security. Sr.

Flag Burning and Free Speech