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Benjamin Norton | |
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Known for | Anti-imperialist reporting |
Benjamin Norton is a US-born journalist currently living in China (formerly in Nicaragua). He spent 5 years at The Grayzone but left in January 2022 to become independent,[1] starting a new journalistic outlet called the Geopolitical Economy Report (previously Multipolarista).[2][3]
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← Back to all essays | Author's essays Free Press (and Speech)
by Robinn
Published: 2023-09-13 (last update: 2024-09-19)
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The vestiges of the feudalist press and suppression were replaced with free press, free speech, and free expression. These phrases obscured the real essence of capitalism; where the press became an economic institution (the bourgeoisie possessing the masses of capital), it had at once reformed itself into a direct expression of class interest to which the proletariat were excluded on the very basis of their essence as a class.
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- ↑ @BenjaminNorton on Twitter "After 5 years, I have left The Grayzone. I am proud of the journalism I did there, but we're going in different directions. I will be continuing my journalism at a new outlet..." (archived)
- ↑ https://multipolarista.com
- ↑ @BenjaminNorton (2023-01-10). Twitter. Archived from the original on 2023-01-21. Retrieved 2023-01-21.