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The antifa follies: why suppressing rights like free speech is a bad idea

The antifa follies: why suppressing rights like free speech is a bad idea

By Randall Rose on October 7, 2018

Today, a group called Ocean State Against Hate (OSAH) is going to the State House in an effort to forcibly prevent the rightist group Resist Marxism from holding a rally.  This is a sequel to a similar confrontation August 4, where OSAH managed to physically shut down Resist Marxism’s effort to inaugurate its Providence chapter […]

Posted in Civil Rights, Featured | Tagged antifa, ocean state against hate, resist marxism | 19 Responses

Violent protest and free speech: Antifa meets the alt right at UC Berkeley

Violent protest and free speech: Antifa meets the alt right at UC Berkeley

By Christopher Joseph on February 12, 2017

On February 1, 2017, Milo Yiannopoulos, alt-right speaker, provocateur, and Breitbart editor known for his conservative, misogynistic, and Islamophobic views was scheduled to speak at the UC Berkeley campus. Approximately 1,500 faculty and students assembled peacefully in protest, but a minority of protestors clothed in black and wearing black masks stormed the police barricades and […]

Posted in Activism, Featured | Tagged antifa, Trump | 6 Responses

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