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== Under capitalism == | == Under capitalism == | ||
In spite of the claims of [[Western]] governments | In spite of the claims of [[Western]] governments, there is limited freedom of speech in capitalist countries. As these governments decide what narratives constitute as "[[Bourgeois media|mainstream]]", [[Anti-imperialism|alternative]] voices are portrayed as "fringe". | ||
=== In the United States === | === In the United States === | ||
[[Police]] in the [[United States of America|United States]] frequently raid press companies and harass reporters for going against the Statesian [[MICIMATT]] system.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Steven Lee Myers and Benjamin Mullin|newspaper=New York Times|title=Raid of Small Kansas Newspaper Raises Free Press Concerns|date=2023-08-13|archive-url=Raid of Small Kansas Newspaper Raises Free Press Concerns|quote=The raid is one of several recent cases of local authorities taking aggressive actions against news organizations — some of which are part of a dwindling cohort left in their area to hold governments to account. And it fits a pattern of pressure being applied to local newsrooms. One recent example is the 2019 police raid of the home of Bryan Carmody, a freelance journalist in San Francisco, who was reporting on the death of Jeff Adachi, a longtime public defender.}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|author=B|newspaper=Moon of Alabama|title="Exceedingly Rare"|date=2023-08-14|url=https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/08/exceedingly-rare.html}}</ref> Notable examples of censorship include the cases of [[Edward Snowden]], [[Chelsea Manning]], and [[Julian Assange]]. | |||
In addition, social and financial pressure is often used as an indirect way to stifle free speech in the West. In 2006, the country band Dixie Chicks was censored and blacklisted for speaking out against [[George W. Bush]] and the [[Iraq War]].<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=China Daily|title=NBC rejects TV ads for Dixie Chicks film|date=2006-10-29|url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/entertainment/2006-10/29/content_719231.htm|retrieved=30/06/2024}}</ref> | In addition, social and financial pressure is often used as an indirect way to stifle free speech in the West. In 2006, the country band Dixie Chicks was censored and blacklisted for speaking out against [[George W. Bush]] and the [[Iraq War]].<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=China Daily|title=NBC rejects TV ads for Dixie Chicks film|date=2006-10-29|url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/entertainment/2006-10/29/content_719231.htm|retrieved=30/06/2024}}</ref> |