{"id":1407884,"date":"2023-12-22T15:22:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T15:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fair.org\/?p=9036624"},"modified":"2023-12-22T15:22:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T15:22:47","slug":"wadie-said-on-the-new-mccarthyism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/12\/22\/wadie-said-on-the-new-mccarthyism\/","title":{"rendered":"Wadie Said on the New McCarthyism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div id=\"mp3jWrap_0\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  verdana-mjp\" style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_0\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_0\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_0\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">CounterSpin231222.mp3<\/span><span class=\"indi_mp3j\" style=\"font-size:9.8px;\" id=\"statusMI_0\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_0\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0 = [\n\t{ name: \"CounterSpin231222.mp3\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5ibHVicnJ5LmNvbS9jb3VudGVyc3Bpbi9jb250ZW50LmJsdWJycnkuY29tL2NvdW50ZXJzcGluL0NvdW50ZXJTcGluMjMxMjIyLm1wMw==\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[0] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:false, vol:80, height:'' };<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9036625\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9036625\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9036625\" src=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MEE-Anti-Boycott-350x296.png\" alt=\"Middle East Eye: US House Foreign Affairs Committee advances expansive anti-boycott legislation\" width=\"350\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MEE-Anti-Boycott-350x296.png 350w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MEE-Anti-Boycott-600x507.png 600w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MEE-Anti-Boycott-768x649.png 768w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MEE-Anti-Boycott-640x541.png 640w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MEE-Anti-Boycott.png 832w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9036625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>Middle East Eye<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/us-house-foreign-affairs-committee-advances-expansive-anti-boycott-legislation\">12\/14\/23<\/a>)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week on <strong>CounterSpin<\/strong>: People in the US, the story goes, value few things more than individual freedom and money. So you\u2019d think the way an individual uses their money would be sacrosanct. It\u2019s a sign of where we\u2019re at that there are currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/us-house-foreign-affairs-committee-advances-expansive-anti-boycott-legislation\">congressional efforts<\/a> to put people in prison, fine them millions of dollars, for choosing not to buy products from countries that are not declared \u201cofficial enemies\u201d by, well, presumably whoever\u2019s in the White House at the moment. The anti-boycott measure the House Foreign Affairs Committee is pushing may never see daylight, of course, but it indicates a willingness by some in elected office to use state power to silence and sanction anyone using their voice in dissent of official actions\u2014in this one case, lest it be confused, of people critical of Israel\u2019s ongoing mass murder and displacement of Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>The work to shut down opposition to the siege of Gaza, and US facilitation of it, is reminding Americans of what it means when powerful institutions, including in the media, combine a decidedly selective understanding of free expression with a vehement desire to enforce it.<\/p>\n<p>We talked about that with Wadie Said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorado.edu\/law\/2023\/09\/26\/getting-know-prof-wadie-said\">professor of law<\/a> at the University of Colorado Law School, and author of the book <i><a href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/crimes-of-terror-9780190296810\">Crimes of Terror:<\/a> The Legal and Political Implications of Federal Terrorism Prosecutions<\/i>, from <strong>Oxford University Press<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mp3jWrap_1\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  verdana-mjp\" style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_1\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_1\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_1\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_1\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_1\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">CounterSpin231222Said.mp3<\/span><span class=\"indi_mp3j\" style=\"font-size:9.8px;\" id=\"statusMI_1\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_1\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_1 = [\n\t{ name: \"CounterSpin231222Said.mp3\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5ibHVicnJ5LmNvbS9jb3VudGVyc3Bpbi9jb250ZW50LmJsdWJycnkuY29tL2NvdW50ZXJzcGluL0NvdW50ZXJTcGluMjMxMjIyU2FpZC5tcDM=\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[1] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_1, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:false, vol:80, height:'' };<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/wadie-said-on-the-new-mccarthyism\/\">Wadie Said on the New McCarthyism<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/\">FAIR<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/wadie-said-on-the-new-mccarthyism\/\">FAIR<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Powerful institutions, including the media, combine a selective understanding of free expression with a vehement desire to enforce it.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/wadie-said-on-the-new-mccarthyism\/\">Wadie Said on the New McCarthyism<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/\">FAIR<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[422,259,1348,221,10102,262,263],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407884"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1407884"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1516100,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407884\/revisions\/1516100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1407884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1407884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1407884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}