When Free Speech Becomes Dead Silence - The Israel Lobby And A Cowed Academia

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Date Written:  2015-04-08
Publisher:  Media Lens
Year Published:  2015
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX17784

The sudden cancellation of an academic conference on Israel, as well as the lack of outcry from 'mainstream' media, demonstrates once again the skewed limits to 'free speech' in 'advanced' Western democracies.

Subject Headings

• Academic Conferences
• Academic Freedom
• Freedom of Expression
• Israel Lobby