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Latest Free Speech Grants Go To Rachel Damiano and Katie Medart
FREE SPEECH FUND
The latest Plebity Free Speech Fund recipients are two Oregon educators, Rachel Damiano and Katie Medart. Rachel, Assistant Principal, and Katie, 7th-grade science teacher, were fired from North Middle School in July...
Latest Free Speech Grants Go To Rachel Damiano and Katie Medart
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Book Banning: the Secrets of Dissident Soviet Writers
PODCAST
In this episode, Sasha is joined by Hunter College Professor Yasha Klots for a discussion on Soviet contraband literature, censorship, and what we can learn about our current climate from the history of book...
Book Banning: the Secrets of Dissident Soviet Writers
The Underground Episode 8: Why Do Mainstream Journalists Hate Free Speech
PODCAST
In this episode Sasha, Nesim and Rozali look at a Tech Crunch article about Substack's recent acquisition of the platform Letter, and the critiques of Substack for...
The Underground Episode 8: Why Do Mainstream Journalists Hate Free Speech
Lessons from the 2nd Wave with Women’s Liberation Leader Harriet Fraad
PODCAST
In this episode, Sasha is joined by Harriet Fraad, feminist activist, psychotherapist and hypnotherapist, for a discussion on feminism and class. They talk about how class needs to be at the basis for all social justice activism,...
Lessons from the 2nd Wave with Women’s Liberation Leader Harriet Fraad
Surveillance has been Normalized but so has Self-Censorship
ARTICLE
Revelations like those from Snowden and the Pegasus Project have this same unexpected and counterintuitive effect. Instead of rejecting the control, we increasingly learn to adapt and self censor. The panopticon...
Surveillance has been Normalized but so has Self-Censorship
The Underground Episode 7: Media Watch — the Pegasus Leak
PODCAST
In this episode, Sasha and Nesim are joined by Plebity writer Rozali Telbis to discuss the recent revelations about the spyware Pegasus—produced by Israeli company NSO Group—which is used by client governments to spy on journalists, activists,...
The Underground Episode 7: Media Watch — the Pegasus Leak
Pegasus, Pandemics, and the Normalization of Surveillance
ARTICLE
All around the world, digital tools are being used in various ways to monitor data and control access. Privacy experts have long warned that these digital tools are not easily reversible; they are often repackaged, and repurposed...
Pegasus, Pandemics, and the Normalization of Surveillance
Breaking up the Tech Giants is not Enough
ARTICLE
Monopoly used to be understood in a kind of one dimensional space, how a company may have gained dominance in its industry. However, today’s tech monopolies exist in multidimensions; they monopolize and control our data, they decide...
Breaking up the Tech Giants is not Enough
Lisa Marchiano: A Return to Embodied Wisdom
PODCAST
In this episode, Lisa Marchiano joins me to talk about her new book Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself. Lisa Marchiano is a Jungian analyst, author, and podcaster. She is the cohost and creator of the podcast...
Lisa Marchiano: A Return to Embodied Wisdom
The Underground Episode 6: Big Tech, Censorship, and Capitalism
PODCAST
In this episode, we discuss the power a few big tech companies have amassed when it comes to who can say what. To have the power to silence even a president indicates a serious...
The Underground Episode 6: Big Tech, Censorship, and Capitalism
Sean McCarthy on How the Left Can Find its Relevance Again
VIDEO
In this clip from Sasha and Nesim's interview with Sean McCarthy, Sean explains what he thinks the left needs to focus on in order to regain its relevance and make real change.
Sean McCarthy on How the Left Can Find its Relevance Again
The Wi Spa Incident
VIDEO
In this clip, Nesim and Sasha speak to their guests Charles Love and Wilfred Reilly about the recent Wi Spa incident, where antifa protestors violently harassed several individuals who oppose policies that allow transwomen...
The Wi Spa Incident
Stella O’Malley: the Plight of Parents with Gender Dysphoric Children
PODCAST
Sasha is joined by psychotherapist and writer Stella O'Malley to discuss her new organization for parents of gender-questioning kids, Genspect. They talk about the gender medicine industry, the nightmare situation many parents find themselves in when...
A Story of Fake Photojournalism: The Book of Veles, Real Euros for Fake News
A Story of Fake Photojournalism: The Book of Veles, Real Euros for Fake News