A University of Calgary anti-abortion group has had its status and funding revoked by the student union. Campus Pro-Life displayed graphic photos of abortions juxtaposed with images of genocide in Rwanda and the Holocaust. The University of Calgary administration wrote a letter to the group asking it to turn the images inwards, so that passers [...]
Posts Tagged ‘freedom of speech’
University of Calgary anti-abortion group loses status
Posted in academic freedom, freedom of speech, tagged academic freedom, freedom of speech on February 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Colors magazine issue on Freedom of Speech
Posted in collection development, tagged freedom of speech, magazine, pretty websites, serials on December 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Issue 65 of Colors, “a magazine about the rest of the world”, is about Freedom of Speech. The issues are thematic. Other themes have included slums, food, home, shopping, race, sports, and 2 issues on HIV/AIDS (Issue 7 in 1994, and Issue 67 in 2006). They are smart, quirky and have lots of interesting images. [...]
freedom of icky speech
Posted in censorship, tagged boing boing, CBLDF, comic book, freedom of speech, gaiman on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A beautifully articulate rant by Neil Gaiman on why we must defend stuff that we personally find icky: Freedom to write, freedom to read, freedom to own material that you believe is worth defending means you’re going to have to stand up for stuff you don’t believe is worth defending, even stuff you find actively [...]
