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Dodo B Bird's avatar

So the European Union does not support freedom of the press....they sanctioned his wife because she used money to get car insurance....ridiculous...

End all the wars.

TS's avatar

Yes. End all the wars.

Ken Davies's avatar

I suppose the only consolation is that Netanyahu is currently destroying Israel’s reputation so the anti-semitism canard will no longer work.

Thor Swayze's avatar

Using Jacobin As a Source Turns Your Article Into a Joke!

*DSA promotes Democrats’ fake opposition to Iran war - World Socialist Web Site*

*The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and their affiliated magazine Jacobin are seeking to undermine mass opposition to the criminal war in Iran and channel it behind the Democratic Party. The Democrats, meanwhile, are supporting the neo-colonial aims of the war, while for the most part criticizing the manner in which Trump is carrying it out.

In a statement issued by the DSA on the first day of the US-Israeli attack, Saturday, February 28, the organization called for a “return to diplomacy on the part of the United States.” This is despite the fact that both last June’s unprovoked US assault and this week’s war were launched in the midst of negotiations, making it crystal clear that for Washington, “diplomacy” is a cover for military aggression. Iran has up to now rejected further talks with the gangster regime headed by Trump.*

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/03/05/ibwr-m05.html

Indie's avatar

can't argue here at all. Jacobin is absolute trash

Julianne's avatar

Tragic for the journalists and their families. Tragic for the truth that must be known.

Panjandrum's avatar

Protecting the right to free speech (i.e. no prior restraint, no state retribution), is at its most importance precisely in cases like these when someone harshly and publicly issues an anti-establishment and/or anti-government position and when said governments are themselves under scrutiny and pressure such as to go to war w/o popular support. Else what good are such rights? No one needs lofty Free Speech protections to say merely meek utterances or stenography about the executive branch.

Jlmh's avatar

Mrs V(eneral) D(isease) Leyen and her troupe of unelected technocrats have no interest whatsoever in freedom of speech, only in control of speech.

Ken Davies's avatar

Trouble is they just give Orban and Farage ammunition for their beliefs.

Jlmh's avatar

Or prove them right. That is the danger of preferring censorship to argument.