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Scummed! Vancouver "Three" Face CanWest Goebbels SLAPP Suit
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Sunday, 14 September 2008 17:51
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Support Free Speech Activists
by [Jane and John Doe]
 
The three activists that have been sued in a SLAPP suit by Canwest, Mordecai Briemberg,Carol Moisiewich and Gordon Murray, plus several Jane and John Does, are coming to Victoria to raise support for their case.
 
They have been charged with "conspiracy to produce and distribute " a Vancouver Sun parody, the 'Vancouver Scum.'
 
In this direct attack on freedom of expression, these activists are being sued for a four page parody of the sun's well known bias for the illegal occupation of Palestine territories.
 
In fact the media giant's founder, Izzy Asper, has boasted that; 
  • "In all our newspapers ...we have a very pro-Israeli position... we are the strongest supporter of Israel in Canada."
As a result, Canwest is attempting to bully and silence criticism [of racist Israel].
 
This event is a free presentation at the BGEU HQ at 2994 Douglas St, in Victoria at 7 p.m. on September 19.
 
The website for this is www.seriouslyfreespeech.ca for more information. If the media wishes to interview these people , please call Phil Lyons of the "Seriously Free Speech Committee" at 250-381-0033 or e-mail at: plyons@vcn.bc.ca 
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