Journalism

Here are the articles on Journalism

Media ownership, censorship and hate speech laws – with Paul Jay and Freddie deBoer

By | Jun 3, 2023

Conference 

Media ownership, censorship and hate speech laws - with Paul Jay and Freddie deBoer

Panelists: Paul Jay, Freddie deBoer

Moderator: Jyotishman Mudiar

Description: A discussion about independent media and ownership, censorship, self-censorship in media AND a discussion about hate speech laws.

Paul Jay is an independent journalist and documentary filmmaker. He is the founder, editor-in-chief, and host of theAnalysis.news - a site of political commentary and interviews. He is currently working on a documentary entitled series with Daniel Ellsberg titled “How to Stop a Nuclear War” which is based on Ellsberg’s book, “The Doomsday Machine.”

Freddie deBoer is an independent journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. He’s the author of The Cult of Smart: How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social Injustice and his newest book is How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement. Freddie is a self-styled old-school Marxist and writes regularly on his Substack about politics, Marxism, education, police reform and other topics.

Jyotishman Mudiar is a co-founder of the YouTube podcast India & Global Left (IGL).

”Read

Redline, a voice in the wilderness for leftists who believe in free speech

By | Sep 17, 2022

Redline - blog collective

In these times, leftists who espouse free speech are like wanderers in the wilderness. The political sands may be swirling so intensely that they are unable to see clearly, but the desert is actually filled with like-minded wanderers, each mistakenly thinking they are alone.

That is why it is all the more important to discover and support a site like Redline. Redline is a blog collective in New Zealand that combines original content with a carefully chosen selection of re-posted articles.

The content on Redline reinforces a consistent editorial line centered on class, worker rights and feminism, grounded in the materialism of the traditional left and on the principle of free speech.

”Read

The Underground Episode 8: Why Do Mainstream Journalists Hate Free Speech

By | Aug 10, 2021

PODCAST

The Underground Episode 8: Why Do Mainstream Journalists Hate Free SpeechIn 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 allowing certain views to be expressed on the site. They discuss the way free speech is portrayed as a dirty concept, something which militants use to hate monger, and how little or no evidence is provided for claims such as accusations of transphobia.

”Read

Substack: A Re-Assembling of the Old Media

By | Feb 27, 2021

ARTICLE

Over the past several months, many of these reputable voices – including high-profile journalists – have been jumping ship from their safe, cushy jobs to join Substack, a newsletter-based subscription platform, to escape the onslaught of ideology, censorship, and rigid editorial control.

Some are calling this migration the “beginning of the gold rush," others are comparing Substack to the old Internet, while others are likening it to the early newsletters of the 17th century. In some ways, Substack does harken back to the old blogosphere; it is reminiscent of a former Internet, and elicits a certain sense of nostalgia. As tempting as it is to see this as a step towards building a rich information ecosystem, I fear this mass migration will simply re-organize the establishment class in new ways and create more toll booths on the information highway.

”Read

Plebity Media

Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 4000, San Francisco, CA 94111

501(c)(3) EIN 47-4105565

Q
Close