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HI ,



Back in September 2019, Howie and Angela released a statement titled, "Time

for the Internet to be Controlled by the Public, not Corporate Interests

[8]." They said:



First Amendment protections including Freedom of the Press and Freedom of

Speech should apply on the Internet, including on social media platforms.

THERE NEEDS TO BE ENHANCED PROTECTIONS ON PLATFORMS FOR POLITICAL SPEECH TO

PREVENT THE USE OF MODERN CENSORSHIP, I.E. USING SEARCH ENGINES, ALGORITHMS

AND DE-PROGRAMING ON PLATFORMS TO SUPPRESS SPEECH (emphasis ours).



Well, on Tuesday evening, Howie and Angela had a very important

conversation on the topic of Rape Culture, Patriarchy and Capitalism. Their

guests were Annika Leonard, a Wisconsin-based advocate for victims of

sexual assault, and T.R.



It was a moving discussion about what happens when men retaliate against

women who blow the whistle about sexual assault and how the system closes

in around those men to participate in the retaliation



Why are we being coy about who the second guest was? Because every single

social media post was "throttled," so that the posts were kept hidden from

our followers on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Worse, during the live

stream itself, we attempted to post a link to T.R.'s website into the chat

stream with viewers, and _the link was denied_. It was stunning to see the

censorship in real time.



You can watch the replay of the live stream here [9].



Big Tech is protecting their investment of millions of dollars [10] in

campaign contributions to Joe Biden. But Howie and Angela have been calling

for social ownership of the internet and of services like Facebook and

Twitter, which really have become more like public utilities.



We will continue our conversations on topics related to the women's

movement, and on TUESDAY, MARCH 23 AT 8 PM EST, we'll be discussing how the

Equality Act impacts the lives of transgender women. You can subscribe to

receive updates from our YouTube channel here [11].



Additionally, we have launched a podcast version of the Tuesday live

streams, called _Green Socialist Notes_, and you can subscribe here [12].

They're released every Thursday morning following the Tuesday video

version. We hope the podcast makes it easier to stay up to date with the

latest commentary from Howie and Angela.



In solidarity,



#GreenSocialist Organizing Project



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