The attack on Salman Rushdie demonstrates the need to fight censorship from any and all directions.

See my article about Hrant Dink, who was ready to fight censorship from all directions.

Here is the inaugural address of Gustavo Petro, President of Colombia.

As we remember the death threat Ayatollah Khomeini made against Salman Rushdie, we should also show our disapproval to those who call for retreating in the face of bullies that try to ban books.

Nowadays, Muslim extremists are not the only group that tries to bully people into banning books. For the sake of freedom of thought, we need to resist all such campaigns.

Women protested again in Kabul, chanting "bread, work and freedom." Taliban thugs hit them with rifle butts.

The anti-anti-racist Republican governor of Oklahoma is harassing the Tulsa city school department. One thing she did was label it as "deficient" for allegedly showing a video that shamed white students for being white, which is prohibited now.

The school department replied that the video (1) didn't try to shame anyone alive today and (2) was shown before that law was adopted anyway.

Republicans have made it standard practice to stretch laws and twist facts. With a little private pressure and harassment on the side, they can hope to win a victory for injustice.