WE WILL NOT BE SILENT
Apparently wearing T-shirts with writing in Arabic means that you are a potential terrorist - another paranoid attack on free speech in the name of "national security."
Read more or listen/watch the podcast/videocast from Democracy Now!
Iraqi Peace Activist Forced to Change T-ShirtBearing Arabic Script Before Boarding Plane at JFK
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Another version of the story.
Support free speech by ordering and wearing a "We will not be silent" T-shirt here.
"WE WILL NOT BE SILENT" was a statement by the student resistance movement in Nazi Germany called The White Rose. This is a statement of purpose, intended to inspire acts of resistance and dissent, against a corrupt government that abuses its power and abandons the rule of law.
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Mary // Oct 30, 2006 at 7:28 pm
Muzzling Arab peace activists - what a great idea!
We Will Not Be Silent | 立翔 LEESEAN.NET // Oct 31, 2006 at 3:50 am
[...] I got my We Will Not Be Silent T-shirt in the mail today. For background information, check out my previous post about the controversy behind this shirt. Here's a picture of me modeling it with pride, standing up for civil liberties and democratic principles: [...]
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