'Nothing terrifies the government more than people who are willing to fight tooth and nail for the better world they know is possible.' –GrimKim
The persecution of the Wobblies is an instructive example of who has had to suffer the real price of crackdowns on free speech in the United States. Time and time again, we have seen those who advocate for social progress face blacklisting, punishment, and imprisonment for speaking out.
“From slavery, to the struggle for civil rights, to today, the government has proffered the rights of truly free speech on some and not others,” author P.E. Moskowitz wrote in their 2019 book,which analyzes decades of leftist repression and the evolving definition of free speech. “We don't need to look very far back to know that free speech is a conditional freedom in this country, and that those conditions are nearly always defined by those in power.
outlawing “false, scandalous, or malicious writing” against the government, and in the ensuing centuries, it’s been proven that onlyforms of speech are allowed to fly free. As we’ve seen with state efforts to delegitimize and quash the movement for Black lives, First Amendment rights have once again been tossed aside like a broken riot shield, as peaceful protesters are
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