Sentences with phrase «against the book ban»

The argument against the book ban is not necessarily an argument against a privileges system.

Not exact matches

The warnings against Jehovah's Witnesses have stacked up over the past decade in particular, with dozens of regional charges of extremism and more than 80 of its books, pamphlets, and other texts (including its magazine, The Watchtower) banned in Russia, according to The Moscow Times.

They include the «chilling effects» of libel suits, the perennial conflicts between property and access, the three out of four publishers who intervene in news decisions affecting their local markets, the advertisers» freedom to move their money to where their interests are, industry self - regulation in broadcasting and advertising, the backlash against conveying under duress (as in a hostage crisis) points of view that are never aired as directly without duress, the flareups of book banning and censorship of textbooks, the rout of the civil rights movement, the retreat from principles of fairness and equality (even where never implemented), the attack on scientific and humane teaching, the threat of self - appointed media watchdogs to also spy on teachers in the classroom, and the general vigor of ancient orthodoxies masquarading as neo-this and neo-that.

Ander Herrera has been booked four times this season and a yellow card against Burnley would see him pick up a one - match ban, while the same can be said for Ashley Young and Marcos Rojo.

Wayne Rooney serves a one - match ban after collecting his fifth booking of the season against the Hammers.

Nicolas Otamendi is also banned for one Premier League game for cumulative bookings and could feature against the Hoops.

Her diary «Verbification worries» (TP, January) reminded me of a verbified noun to which I have taken offence in the past, but which I forgot to include in my book, The Banned List: A Manifesto Against Jargon and Cliché.

Chris Grayling warned that he could face legal proceedings over the prisoner book ban, as the campaign against the policy escalates

Protest against prisoner book ban takes unusual new direction, after bestselling author announces she» l name the villain of her new novel after the justice secretary

Carol Ann Duffy takes lead in campaign against the prisoner book ban with poetry protest outside Pentonville prison

Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, who protested against justice secretary Chris Grayling's ban on prisoners receiving books earlier this year, has been made a dame in the new year's honour's list.

As this year's Banned Books Week approaches — it's Sept. 17 to Oct. 3 — many NEA members are celebrating the voices, characters, and books that look at the issues that matter to students, and standing up against censorBooks Week approaches — it's Sept. 17 to Oct. 3 — many NEA members are celebrating the voices, characters, and books that look at the issues that matter to students, and standing up against censorbooks that look at the issues that matter to students, and standing up against censorship.

Indeed, this very book being banned teaches values — against racism.

Anderson has turned Scroggins» action into an opportunity to speak out against banned books, telling readers what they can do if books are challenged in their communities.

Unlike books such as Nabokov's Lolita, Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon or even Alfred Kinsey's The Kinsey Report, which were also banned at times for «offensive» sexual content, the stated protests against Fifty Shades were different.

Apparently, unable to squeeze any cash out of a lawsuit against a restaurant owner who banned Simpson from his establishment or from sales of his book, If I Did It (which many consumers may boycott in deference to Nicole Brown's sister), Simpson devised another scheme: a private sting operation to recover what Simpson claims is his personal memorabilia from a dealer who had acquired it.