{"id":1429278,"date":"2024-01-05T16:57:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T16:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fair.org\/?p=9036762"},"modified":"2024-01-05T16:57:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T16:57:06","slug":"chip-gibbons-on-the-right-to-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2024\/01\/05\/chip-gibbons-on-the-right-to-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Chip Gibbons on the Right to Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Chip Gibbons on the Right to Protest' data-link='https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/chip-gibbons-on-the-right-to-protest\/' data-summary='US journalists invoke the First Amendment a lot, but not so much when it extends to regular folks saying NO to the US government.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'><\/div>\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;\">CounterSpin240105.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: \"CounterSpin240105.mp3\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5ibHVicnJ5LmNvbS9jb3VudGVyc3Bpbi9jb250ZW50LmJsdWJycnkuY29tL2NvdW50ZXJzcGluL0NvdW50ZXJTcGluMjQwMTA1Lm1wMw==\", 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_9036763\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9036763\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9036763\" src=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/JVP-Grand-Central-Protest-350x182.png\" alt=\"Jewish Voice for Peace in Grand Central Terminal, protesting the Israeli assault on Gaza.\" width=\"350\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/JVP-Grand-Central-Protest-350x182.png 350w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/JVP-Grand-Central-Protest-600x312.png 600w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/JVP-Grand-Central-Protest-640x333.png 640w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/JVP-Grand-Central-Protest.png 767w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9036763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>(image: Jewish Voice for Peace)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week on <strong>CounterSpin<\/strong>: It was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/jewish-led-protests\">big deal<\/a> when Jewish Americans who oppose US support for Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza filled New York\u2019s Grand Central Terminal. 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US journalists invoke the First Amendment a lot, but not so much when it extends to regular folks using their individual voices, sometimes at significant personal risk, to say NO to something the US government is doing in their name.<\/p>\n<p>Some listeners may remember marching with thousands of others in advance of the US war on Iraq, only to come home and find the paper or TV station ignored them utterly, or distorted their effort and their message\u2014as when <strong>NBC<\/strong>\u2019s Tom Brokaw <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/take-action\/media-advisories\/disappearing-antiwar-protests\/\">reported<\/a> a Washington, DC, anti-war march of at least 100,000 people, met with a couple hundred pro-war counter-protesters, as: \u201cOpponents and supporters of the war marched in cities across the nation on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProtest is the voice of the people,\u201d our guest\u2019s organization states. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightsanddissent.org\/\">Defending Rights &amp; Dissent<\/a> aims to invigorate the Bill of Rights and, crucially, to protect our right to political expression. 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