Monthly Archives: October 2010

Top 10 Quotes Against Censorship

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Action for Freedom — Leave a comment

#10 – ETERNAL FIGHT “We all know that books burn, yet we have the greater knowledge that books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can put thought in a concentration…

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Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica” Censored at U.N.

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Action for Freedom — 1 Comment

The reproduction of Picasso’s famous antiwar mural, Guernica, hanging at the entrance to the UN Security Council, was censored in January, 2003. Picasso agreed to paint a mural for the Spanish Pavilion of the 1937 International World’s Fair. Urged by…

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Michelangelo’s The Last Judgment

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Action for Freedom — 4 Comments

↑ Grab this Headline Animator Perhaps the most famous modern work of art to be censored is The Last Judgment by Michelangelo. A fresco on the alter wall of The Sistine Chapel in Vatican City; it took four years to…

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Censorship News #112: Summer 2010

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Action for Freedom — 1 Comment

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Shocking Censorship at Google News and The Future of Net Neutrality

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Action for Freedom — 9 Comments

By David DeGraw of The Public Record The recent federal court ruling in favor of censorship on the part of internet companies representing the interests of the Business Roundtable — Comcast, AT&T, Verizon and Time Warner — is a serious…

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Stop The Internet Blacklist

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Action for Freedom — 2 Comments

By David Segal and Aaron Swartz When it really matters to them, Congressmembers can come together — with a panache and wry wit you didn’t know they had. As banned books week gets underway, and President Obama admonishes oppressive regimes…

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Facebook Just Can’t Help Themselves

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Action for Freedom — Leave a comment

The most popular social networking site in the world, by far, is Facebook. The amount of interaction on Facebook is staggering. Here are some of the numbers: More than 500 million active users 50% of their active users log in…

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“In a Time of Universal Deceit, Telling the Truth is a Revolutionary Act.”

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Action for Freedom — 3 Comments

“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” George Orwell No truer words have ever been spoken. We live in dangerous times where our every move comes under the scrutiny of the state. We cannot…

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Gay Rights…Where Are They?

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Action for Freedom — Leave a comment

Let’s cut to the chase. Why the Hell can’t this country get a grip on the reality that WE NEED GAY RIGHTS, AND WE NEED THEM NOW?!?! What is the problem? I can’t figure this one out. If you can,…

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