Fighting Hate Speech Against Women on Facebook

by Jane Martinson, The Guardian, UK - Last month, in a fit of anger, Laura Bates tweeted a screenshot of a Facebook page called "Drop kicking sluts in the teeth" to the beauty company Dove. Bates, the founder of the...

Posted by Katharine Daniels on May 24, 2013 1:27 PM

Why Turkey Can’t Lead a Ban on Islamophobia

by Barcin Yinanc, Hurriyet Daily, Turkey - Every time Turks tried to talk about freedom of expression being abused against Muslims, they hit the wall as Europeans told them: “freedom of expression is a core right!”...

Posted by Aralena Malone-Leroy on October 1, 2012 11:46 PM

There *Are* Limits to Free Expression

by Erna Paris, Globe and Mail, Canada - The Supreme Court of Canada is currently pondering whether to jettison provisions in the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code that restrict free speech in the interests of protecting a vulnerable minority from publicly...

Posted by Aralena Malone-Leroy on October 31, 2011 4:26 AM

Swearing off the Rhetoric of Violence

by Joan Walsh, Salon, USA - Can't we agree to stop urging supporters to "reload" or pursue "Second Amendment remedies?"...

Posted by Aralena Malone-Leroy on January 10, 2011 3:22 AM

Islamophobia Inc.

by Nicole Colson, Socialist Worker, USA - In the years since September 11, an entire Islamophobia industry has sprung up, similar in many ways to the anti-Communist politicians, "experts" and foundations which warned America about the creeping "Red menace" during...

Posted by Aralena Malone-Leroy on November 18, 2010 3:10 AM

The Hate Speech Conundrum

by Jane Duncan, The South African Civil Society Information Service, South Africa - ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has been igniting controversy with his repeated chanting of "Shoot the Boer." Should public utterances of the song and other...

Posted by intern on April 21, 2010 3:02 PM

In America: Getting Beyond the Hate

by Sarah van Gelder, Yes!, USA - Race-baiting at recent tea party rallies shows we have a long way to go to move beyond racism. But there are exciting signs that a post-racial society is in the making....

Posted by Aralena Malone-Leroy on March 30, 2010 3:46 AM

Lessons from Rwanda in the Destructive Language of Hate

by Melissa Steyn, Business Day, South Africa - It would be reckless now not to confront the gravity of the use of hate speech at this particular political juncture. It does the everyday work of creating enabling conditions for group-based...

Posted by Aralena Malone-Leroy on March 12, 2009 4:48 AM

Iran's Apologists

by Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post, Israel - Ahmadinejad has many eager apologists who would spare no effort to find reasons and justifications for their claims that all the vile ranting and the genocidal threats against Israel don't mean a thing,...

Posted by Aralena Malone-Leroy on October 28, 2008 6:41 AM