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How should we respond to the unprecedented rise in attacks on freedom of the press we are witnessing worldwide? From foreign correspondents and citizen reporters being targeted and killed in Syria to new cases of press suppression and intimidation here at home, recent months have provided a series of stark reminders about the risks journalists take to bring us the news we need. However, we are also seeing the rise of a new era of journalism advocates - ordinary people in communities around the country who are standing up for our freedoms and taking action to protect the First Amend

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Flashpoints on KPFA Radio 94.1 is an award-winning daily investigative newsmagazine broadcast on the national Pacifica Radio network. On March 29th, Dennis Bernstein speaks with Indybay reporter Bradley Stuart Allen, who has a jury trial on May 21st for felony conspiracy, vandalism and trespassing charges over his coverage of the Occupy movement, as well as Ben Rice, who is representing Bradley.

On Saturday, March 24, long-time AIDS activists joined younger LGBTQ folks from Occupy SF for a panel discussion on the legacy of ACT UP. The panel was held on the 25th anniversary of ACT UP New York. Audio 21:49

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On 29th March 2012 Liberty, hosted a public meeting at Sheffield Hallam University on the subject of the threatened extradiction of Richard O'Dywer. The meeting was addressed by Shami Chakrabarti, Julia O'Dywer, Isabella Sankey, an impromptu appeareance from David Davis, Jawed Siddiqi and Jessica Zeun.