With the death of Pope Francis, the world loses not only a church leader but also a moral compass that spoke out against inequality, discrimination, war, and climate destruction, writes MARC VANDEPITTE
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Donald Trump, Julian Assange, free speech and censorship: for a class perspective
Ben Chacko addresses some of vital points notably absent from the present media discourse on censorship
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DONALD TRUMP’S Twitter and Facebook bans place issues of free speech and who regulates it back in the public eye.
Along with other humiliations — most obviously his second impeachment — Trump being silenced on the media platform dearest to him highlights his chaotic and ungracious departure from office.
Another end-days setback for the outgoing president relates to free speech from a different angle — a British court’s decision not to extradite Julian Assange to the US to face espionage charges.
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