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NCAC & FIRE Defend Winthrop University Student Threatened With Expulsion for Anti-Lynching Art; UPDATE: Winthrop Drops Expulsion Threats

By |December 8th, 2016|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , |

The disciplinary charges constitute a neglect of Winthrop's role as a ‘marketplace of ideas’ and its responsibilities under the First Amendment.

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Introducing CENSORPEDIA, NCAC’s Crowdsourced Wiki for Censorship Incidents

By |December 8th, 2016|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , , |

Censorpedia currently contains over 1200 individual incidents collected over the years and contributed by students, NCAC staff and volunteers, artists and, potentially, YOU!

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With NCAC Help, Artist Successfully Reverses Corporation’s Objections to Black Lives Matter Artwork

By |December 6th, 2016|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , |

While private corporations have the legal right to set conditions on their rentals, artists and small alternative art venues such as 50/50 need to push back against their total control of public space.

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Dealing with Difficult Art in Post-Election America at Salem State U.

By |November 30th, 2016|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , |

An artwork depicting the Ku Klux Klan, intended to make a statement about post-election U.S.A, was labeled "hate speech" by students at Salem State U.

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Documentary on Mike Diana, First American Convicted of Obscenity, Launches Kickstarter

By |November 1st, 2016|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , |

The kickstarter-funded doc. reminds us all free speech protections are shallow when the subjective view of the few is brought to bear on the many.

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