"Red Lines" Retaliation in the media industry during the war on Gaza National Writers Union and Freelance Solidarity Project, May 6, 2024 https://redlines.nwu.org/
*While the report’s findings are not comprehensive, they offer a window into what is likely a much more widespread, systemic phenomenon.* Since Hamas’s attack on October 7 and Israel’s subsequent military operations in Gaza, leaders of Western media companies and cultural institutions have acted to suppress the speech of media workers who seek to elevate Palestinian voices or express concern about Israel’s human rights violations. The National Writers Union (NWU) has compiled and verified 44 cases of retaliation that occurred between October 7, 2023 and February 1, 2024, which have affected more than 100 people. . . . In the West, there is a long history of suppressing Palestinian voices and viewpoints critical of Israel. But since October 7, this suppression has become one of the most urgent issues facing media workers. While Western media workers who have ties to the Middle East and North Africa and offer distinct insight into the war on Gaza are being muzzled and reprimanded—prevented from doing their jobs—Palestinian journalists on the ground are being killed en masse. . . . *Israel Faces No Apparent Red Line, But Pro-Palestinian Media Workers Do* Western journalists have faced retaliation following expressions of support, or even concern, for the people of Gaza. by Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout, July 14 https://truthout.org/articles/israel-faces-no-apparent-red-line-but-pro-palestinian-media-workers-do/ On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 11:45 PM Dayne Goodwin <[email protected]> wrote: > Global Media Outlets Push Israel to Give Journalists Independent Access to Gaza > by Edward Carver, Common Dreams, July 12, 2024 > https://www.commondreams.org/news/media-demand-access-gaza > > More than 70 global media and civil society organizations on Thursday > signed an open letter urging Israel to open access to Gaza for > international journalists. . . . -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#31161): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/31161 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/107195841/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
