[Seattle-editorial] Revised Proposal: Free Speech Zones

Wed Aug 20 10:07:51 PDT 2003

Please see notes below. I am still working on this story, and would love
comments/edits. The online working version is here:
http://www.art13.com/gentry/rants/Free_Speech_Seattle_Bush.htm

Gentry
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Title: Free Speech Zones and the President

Subtitle: Censorship and Big Brother are Coming to Town

Bellevue protesters, and others around the Northwest will be restricted to
"Free Speech Zones" during Dubya's visit this weekend. Free Speech Zones are
a new tactic in censhorship employed by various governmental and private
groups to limit dissent, and are a tremendous expansion of a "law
enforcement" concept honed earlier in Seattle during the WTO protests in
1999, which were earlier termed "No Protest Zones".

Apparently this previous transgression of Free Speech was upheld by the
courts (see also earlier Seattle Times Article). Now a new movement has been
spearheaded by Universities across the US, which in the wake of 911 have
created "Free Speech Zones" to reign in student dissent to controllable
areas. With a legal path paved by Universities, the Bush regime has picked
up the ball, and run with it.

Rallies are scheduled all over the Northwest. But Bush will be nowhere near
the protests, and will instead be visiting the tri-cities to talk about
"Salmon Recovery". After this The President will be doing some serious
hobnobbing with the local super-rich, including Craig and Susan McCaw at
their Mansion at 3858 Hunts Point Road in Medina. At 11:30 AM on the 23rd,
Bush will be asking for even more cash at a gathering from such noted
contributors as Norm Maleng, Jim and John Nordstrom, The Weyehausers and a
host of other wealthy contributors who's names are also corporations.
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Title: Free Speech Zones and the Presidential Primaries 
Subtitle: Censorship and Big Brother are Coming to Town
Bellevue protesters, and others around the Northwest will be restricted
to
 "Free Speech Zones" during Dubya's visit this weekend. Free Speech Zones
are
 a new tactic in censhorship employed by various governmental and private
groups
 to limit dissent, and are a tremendous expansion of a "law enforcement"
concept
 honed earlier in Seattle during the WTO protests in 1999, which were
earlier
 termed "No Protest Zones". 
Apparently this previous transgression of Free Speech was <a
href="http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=15273">u
pheld
 by the courts</a> (see also earlier <a
href="http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex
/display?slug=wto31m&amp;date=20011031">Seattle
 Times Article</a>). Now a new movement has been spearheaded by <a
href="http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/articles.asp?id=20864">Universitie
s
 across the US</a>, which in the wake of 911 have created &quot;Free Speech
Zones&quot;
 to reign in student dissent to controllable areas. With a legal path paved
by
 Universities, the Bush regime has <a
href="http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=11796">picked
 up the ball</a>, and <a
href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/story/81130p-74364c.html">run
 with it</a>. 
Rallies are scheduled all over the Northwest. But Bush will be nowhere
near
 the protests, and will instead be visiting the tri-cities to talk about
&quot;Salmon
 Recovery&quot;. After this The President will be doing some serious
hobnobbing
 with the local super-rich, including Craig and Susan <a
href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/135728_joel20.html">McCaw</a>
 at their Mansion at 3858 Hunts Point Road in Medina. At 11:30 AM on the
23rd,
 Bush will be asking for even more cash at a gathering from such noted
contributors
 as Norm Maleng, Jim and John Nordstrom, The Weyehausers and a host of
other
 wealthy <a href="http://www.georgebush.com%5Cdonors%20">contributors</a>
who's
 names are also corporations.

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Needed Fact Checking: I am trying to find out more about these rumored Free
Speech Zones... could anyone fill me in with details? To the point, are we
sure people will be restricted to free speech zones/what member of
traditional authority has claimed this is true?
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Points that could be addressed:

Ever wonder why every campus has a Red Square? (I'm looking for support for
my answer). I can't find it yet, but it's rumored that "Red Squares" were
built into campus architexture to make it easier to hose down protestors
with fire hoses.
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Provide Updated List of Events:

    * August 23, 2003, NE 8th and Bellevue Way
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Background stories that can be linked into the article:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/135728_joel20.html The PI Questions
for Bush's dinner at the McCaw's

http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=31575&group=webcast
Details of the fundraiser from Tacoma News

www.georgebush.com\donors Find out what corporation/person is donating to
his heinous

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001562343_bush20m.html
Seattle Times Wrap up of the story

http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/08/09/4264309 Protestors
plan to Demonstrate Outside RNC

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=11796 Jeb Bush uses free
speech zones, 8-7-2003

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/story/81130p-74364c.html Great article
on Bush and Colleges -- Recent Post

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/entertainment/special_packages/priz
es/6524961.htm

http://www.newsreview.com/issues/sacto/2003-06-19/News.asp Other recent
harrassment tactics

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0817-03.htm Common Dreams article,
recent

http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16477 Protest Strategies, and the
short history coming into the RNC