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Honoring Free Speech
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“It is no disrespect to the founders of this nation to say that while they won freedom for themselves they, did not for their posterity. Every generation must fight for its own freedom, which with each generation will come in a new form.”

-- from John Dewey’s 1930 Ford Hall Forum address,
Freedom of Expression


"News Dissecting from Boston to a Global Stage"
Danny Schechter, two-time Emmy Award-winning television producer
Thursday, April 17
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