by Dorothy Kidd on February 28th, 2015
A study of social justice media as used in the Occupy Movement by USF professor (and former MA board member) Dorothy Kidd. Media Alliance contributed to this essay.
Tag Archives: freedom of expression
MA Supports the Speak Free Act
The Speak Free Act is a federal anti-SLAPP bill introduced in the House of Representatives on a bipartisan basis by Reps Anna Eshoo and Texas Republican Blake Farenthold.
SLAPP stands for Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation and describe lawsuits filed primarily to discourage, harass and intimidate public participation and free speech.
Anti-SLAPP laws provide a way for those targeted via SLAPP suits get the suits dismissed fairly rapidly and avoid being drained by long and resource-consuming lawsuits designed not to prevail on the merits, but to exhaust the target into silencing themselves to get out from under the lawsuit.
Berkeley Teacher Put Through The Wringer For Protesting
Update: Victory. Yvette Felarca was restored to her teaching position at the Berkeley Unified School District.
Berkeley Unified School District teacher Yvette Felarca has been subjected to extremely punitive actions by the local school district after participating in an anti-white-supremacy protest in Sacramento, CA. Continue reading Berkeley Teacher Put Through The Wringer For Protesting