Brief presentation of the March 18 Movement by its co-founder at the TH!NK3 launch event in Brussels, 23 March 2010.
Archive for the ‘Free speech’ Category
March 18 Movement presentation at the TH!NK3 event
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010Life of an Iraqi blogger
Friday, April 2nd, 2010This post is contributed by Wamith Al-Kassab, a blogger at Iraqi Streets and Mideast Youth.
In the summer of 2008, I survived an assassination attempt in Iraq. My “crime” was that I am “an enemy of God,” a promoter of…
Guest Post: The Power (or lack thereof) of Free Speech
Sunday, March 14th, 2010“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” – Dr. Seuss
After three years of being a regular blogger, I was flabbergasted when I received a comment…
Guest Post: Who are we? Individuals, citizens, journalists or all three?
Sunday, March 7th, 2010-Hisham Wyne-
“Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign”
John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 1859.
But sovereign are we, over our blogs and the contents and comments therein?
We are bloggers. We want freedom. But…
Guest Post: Libertas Supra Omnia
Thursday, March 4th, 2010Freedom of expression.
A term that weighs different on the scales of every individual. Be it invisible fetters that hold back tears, or physical restraints that gag your right to scream. Be it the dread of a tyrant’s wrath, or…
Organize an OR318 event in your city!
Sunday, February 28th, 2010On March 18th, we hope to be holding events in as many cities as possible, to show how many people around the world are uniting for free speech. We hope that you will also help us honor all bloggers like…
The Human Piano – Contextualizing freedom of speech
Friday, February 19th, 2010The following is a guest post for OR318 by Leyla Haidarian, a Baha’i film maker based in South Africa and co-founder of Double Take TV.
In my son’s children’s prayer book, there is a sentence that has always baffled me:…
Jordan Ess stands up for free speech of bloggers
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010We are happy to see our friend Jordan supporting the March 18 Movement! Please also show your support by taking similar photos and sending them to us (you may do so via Twitter and Facebook too!)
Having an opinion isn’t…
New video: Bloggers should not be killed
Sunday, February 14th, 2010We’re very excited to announce our latest video:
This would not have been possible without the help of our friends and supporters. Thank you so much for your hope, efforts and solidarity. Let’s make this Movement as effective as possible…