Ulli Diemer — Radical Digressions
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- When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
- – Mark Twain
- Whenever a particular freedom is put in question, freedom in general is put in question.
- – Karl Marx
- Too much consistency is as bad for the mind as it is for the body. Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.
- – Aldous Huxley
- I didn’t really say everything I said.
- – Yogi Berra
Snippets
The shadow which haunts the power structure is the danger that those who are controlled will come to realize that they are powerless only so long as they think they are. Once people stop believing they are powerless, then the whole edifice which they support is in danger of collapse.
Against All Odds
Apologists for censorship invariably profess noble motives. They tell us that of course they are in favour of freedom of speech ‘in principle’ – then they go on to explain that ‘the greater good’ requires denying freedom of speech to people whose views they dislike.
Free speech for me – you shut up
If Hitchcock had made a film about neoliberal economics, the Chicago School of Economics would be the Bates Motel, Milton Friedman would be the demented proprietor, and Friedrich Hayek would be the dead mother in the attic.
Neoliberal House of Horrors
The Left has engaged in the futile pursuit of ‘moving the NDP to the left’ since 1933, achieving pretty much the same result as a dog chasing its tail.
Let’s Stop Kidding Ourselves About the NDP
Radical Digressions Comprehensive Subject Index
The Subject Index is designed to help you explore Radical Digressions by topic. There are individual pages for each topic, as well as an index page listing the most popular topics, and a separate comprehensive subject index listing more than 4,000 topics. - Ulli Diemer
Censorship
- Against Censorship
- The biggest threat to a free society is freedom of speech, says Canada’s Public Safety Minister
- Connexions
Volume 10, Number 1 - Spring 1986 - The Arts and Social Change - Connexions
Volume 11, Number 2 - Winter 1988 - A Social Change Sourcebook - Connexions Annual Overview: Human Rights, Civil Liberties
- Connexions Annual Resource and Reading List
- Connexions Digest
Volume 12, Number 2 - Issue 48 - Winter 1988-89 - A Social Change Sourcebook - Connexions Digest
Issue 50 - December 1989 - A Social Change Sourcebook - Connexions Digest
Issue 51 - May 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook - Connexions Digest
Issue 52 - August 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook - Connexions Digest
Issue 53 - January 1991- A Social Change Sourcebook - Connexions Digest
Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook - Diemer, Ulli
Connexipedia Article - Free Speech and Acceptable Truths
Statement of the Alumni for Responsible Speech - 'Free speech' - as long as it doesn't offend anyone
- Free Speech - Censorship: Ulli Diemer - Selected snippets & quotes from Radical Digressions
- Free speech for me - you shut up
- Interview with Ulli Diemer
- Israel/Palestine: Resources for peace, justice, and human rights
- Legal decisions threaten press freedom
Minus Five - Obscenity exposed
- Opposing Censorship
- Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - October 14, 2023
Fading to Silence? - Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - October 16, 2014
Arms Trade - Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - January 29, 2015
Land seizures and land take-overs - Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - December 5, 2015
Ecosocialism, environment, and urban gardening - Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - June 18, 2016
- Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - April 1, 2017
April 1 issue - Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - April 21, 2018
Their Interent or Ours? - Progressives shouldn't be begging the police to take more power
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- The Red Menace
A libertarian socialist newsletter - Tactics of desperation: Using false accusations of 'anti-semitism' as a weapon to silence criticism of Israel's behaviour
- Their Internet or Ours?
Introduction to the April 21, 2018 issue of Other Voices
