Orwell Exposed the Cowardice of Journalists and Intellectuals
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes George Orwell had little hope that the lies of totalitarians would be exposed by a free press. His essay “The Freedom of the Press” was intended as the preface to Animal Farm, but was not published until 1972. Orwell revealed that the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Information (MOI) (created during the […]
Italian government accused of using defamation law to silence intellectuals | Italy
Giorgia Meloni’s government is strategically using defamation lawsuits to silence the nation’s intellectuals, a philosopher who is being sued by the Italian prime minister’s brother-in-law has claimed. In the latest in a series of lawsuits based on Italy’s relatively strict defamation laws, Donatella di Cesare of Rome’s Sapienza University was sued on May 15 by […]