first amendment. they're expressing their religious beliefs. now is the time to make justice a reality. captioning provided by the first amendment center, funded by the freedom forum. welcome to a special edition of speaking freely. i'm ken paulson, executive director of the first amendment center, with a new program in a series called whitney dialogues at the first amendment center. here to introduce our guest is a cohost for the series, director of the whitney museum of american art, maxwell anderson. thank you, ken. bill t. jones was born in florida and grew up in upstate new york. he studied classical ballet and modern dance at the state university of binghamton, where he began his relationship with choreographer arnie zane. (man) the next thing i knew was that i, like a bshee, was whirling throughout this [...] park, throughout flower beds, looking for coverage so that the bulldozer with the burning logs would not get me. i woke up. in 1974, after living in amsterdam, he cofounded the american dance asylum and in 1982 formed the bill t. jones/arnie zane dance company with his partner, arnie zane, who died in 1988. based in new yor

first amendment. they're expressing their religious beliefs. now is the time to make justice a reality for all of god's children. captioning provided by the first amendment center, funded by the freedom forum. welcome to a special edition of speaking freely exploring how protest and the first amendment came into play during the civil rights and antiwar movements. i'm ken paulson. my cohost today is john seigenthaler, a highly respected journalist who also served as special assistant to attorney general robert f. kennedy during the civil rights movement. after retiring from newspapers, john went on to found the first amendment center. john and i are delighted to welcome a pulitzer prize-winning author and journalist whose recent book, called the children, focuses on the work of courageous young people in the civil rights movement, and whose earlier book, the best and the brightest, was the definitive study of american policy in vietnam. david halberstam. [applause] i have to ask the first and most basic question. you graduate from harvard in 1956. five. '55. with great distinction. no, i was a terrible student. [laughter] i was in the bottom third of my class. t

first amendment. they're expressing their religious beliefs. now is the time to make justice a reality for all of god's children. captioning provided by the freedom forum first amendment center welcome to speaking freely, a weekly conversation about the first amendment, the arts, and american culture. i'm ken paulson, executive director of the first amendment center. david crosby has written and performed some of the most powerful music of the past 35 years. throughout his solo career and his years with the byrds; crosby, stills, nash, and young; and now cpr, he's demonstrated that music can make a difference. now he's teamed with david bender, a founding contributing editor for george magazine, to write stand and be counted: making music, making history. welcome, gentlemen. it's a book about courageous musicians and courageous music, and at a time when i read on the front page of the new york times that record companies are routinely self-censoring themselves to enhance marketability of music, why this project, why the book, and why the television show now? well, to pick one of your words, courage. we are both very taken with human courage. our heroes have been people who h

first amendment. they're expressing their religious beliefs. now is the time to make justice a reality for all of god's children. captioning provided by the first amendment centernded by the freedom forum. welcome to speaking freely, a weekly conversation about free expression, the arts, and america. i'm ken paulson. our guest today has written challenging and provocative plays over the past four decades, earning three pulitzer prizes, two tonys, and a reputation for art with an impact. please welcome edward albee. [applause] i was struck by the number of times people have objected to your work. and yet, i've sat here with people whose careers have been marked by censorship and challenges. i'm not sure i've ever met anyone whose very first work at age 12 was censored by his adoptive mother. what was that about? well, you see, i started writing poetry when i was about eight, and she didn't read poetry. but when she found out that i'd written a three-act sex farce... [laughter] at the age of 12, or to be fair about it, probably 12 1/2, though still i didn't know very much about farce and practically nothing about sex at that time-- or at least, my knowledge of se

first amendment. they're expressing their religious beliefs. now is the time to make justice a reality for all of god's children. captioning provided by the first amendment centernded by the freedom forum. welcome to speaking freely, a weekly conversation about free expression, the arts, and america. i'm ken paulson, joining you today from nashville. our guest today is a man whose name and sound are known and respected worldwide. he's a 1987 inductee into the rock and roll hall of fame, and he was the winner of the lifetime achievement award from the rhythm and blues foundation. we're pleased to welcome bo diddley. [applause] great to have you here. and you've had this amazing career, much of it centered around electric guitar. and yet, it all began with a violin. is that right? [laughs] yep. i started playing violin. at least i was taught classical music, and i was taught by professor o.w. frederick at ebenezer baptist church in chicago, illinois, where i was raised up at. and i, when i got to be, i think, about 12 or 13 years old, my sister bought me a guitar because i had heard john lee hooker playing. and i made the statement, "if that cat can play, i know

first amendment. they're expressing their religious beliefs. now is the time to make justice a reality for all of god's children. captioning provided by the first amendment center, funded by the freedom forum. welcome to speaking freely, a weekly conversation about free expression and america. i'm ken paulson. we're joined today by a singer with a great heart and a great voice: judy collins. [applause] (collins) thanks, ken. nice to see you. good to see you. thank you. i say "a great heart," because you are probably as well-known for your commitment to social causes as your singing career. and you've been pretty successful at both. how many times have you been arrested? [light laughter] i've actually been arrested three times, and two of them were for my civil rights. i was protesting the war in vietnam. i was arrested on the steps of the capitol, and i went to jail for that. and there was another incident there in a protest against the war in vietnam. i was also arrested on an airplane for using a cell phone, but we won't talk about that. that was a terrible shock. i considered it, in a sense, a freedom of expression issue, but i don't think that they did. but

first amendment. they're expressing their religious beliefs. now is the time to make justice a reality for all of god's children. captioning provided by the first amendment center, funded by the freedom forum. welcome to speaking freely, a weekly conversation about free speech and the arts. i'm ken paulson. we're joined today by a talented and topical comic and actress, janeane garofalo. welcome. thank you. [chortles] i'm talented and topical. that's wonderful. well, you know. if you prefer another bio-- no, no, no, that's fine. i like alliteration in an intro. talented, topical, terrific. tanned. what's the best description we should have? i mean, if we'd gone through your people, what would we have said about you? my people? yeah, your people. um, what would they have said about me? they would use different letters for their alliteration. they'd say persnickety, passive-aggressive, punctual, and--and pernicious. okay, we'll look forward to all of that. i think you are the first guest on speaking freely who has also done space ghost. i am. i mean, i wouldn't know that, but i just was watching the space ghost marathon last night, and i did my space ghost so lon

amendment givings him the right to burn, and the 4th amendment gives me the right to build this commune center. there's no kind of confession done on the first amendment here. you have to tell people that. you do not want to let go of your first amendment rights in order for people like donald trump and sarah palin to speak on your behalf. where is america? i really want to know. >> don, before we get to you, spike, you have to leave in five minutes, and building on what you talked about is the responsibility of media; right, and putting the views out there. spike, where has media been responsible? what are some of the examples that we can hold up? >> i need some help. [laughter] >> [inaudible] >> what? >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> film making, it can be hollywood examples or regard to news as we talked about, but where is the responsibility you've seen out there, that awareness? >> it's fleeting. >> it's that difficult? >> well, we're being overrun by garbage on television, and it's selling, and especially in this difficult economic times we live in, they are not just going to cut that loose when it's making money, but i just think that peo

amendment givings him the right to burn, and the 4th amendment gives me the right to build this commune center. there's no kind of confession done on the firstyou do not want to let go of your first amendment rights in order for people like donald trump and sarah palin to speak on your behalf. where is america? i really want to know. >> don, before we get to you, spike, you have to leave in five minutes, and building on what you talked about is the responsibility of media; right, and putting the views out there. spike, where has media been responsible? what are some of the examples that we can hold up? >> i need some help. [laughter] >> [inaudible] >> what? >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> film making, it can be hollywood examples or regard to news as we talked about, but where is the responsibility you've seen out there, that awareness? >> it's fleeting. >> it's that difficult? >> well, we're being overrun by garbage on television, and it's selling, and especially in this difficult economic times we live in, they are not just going to cut that loose when it's making money, but i just think that people in power, they really just got to come down

amendment givings him the right to burn, and the 4th amendment gives me the right to build this commune center. there's no kind of confession done on the first amendment here. you have to tell people that. you do not want to let go of your first amendment rights in order for people like donald trump and sarah palin to speak on your behalf. where is america? i really want to know. >> don, before we get to you, spike, you have to leave in five minutes, and building on what you talked about is the responsibility of media; right, and putting the views out there. spike, where has media been responsible? what are some of the examples that we can hold up? >> i need some help. [laughter] >> [inaudible] >> what? >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> film making, it can be hollywood examples or regard to news as we talked about, but where is the responsibility you've seen out there, that awareness? >> it's fleeting. >> it's that difficult? >> well, we're being overrun by garbage on television, and it's selling, and especially in this difficult economic times we live in, they are not just going to cut that loose when it's making money, but i just think that peo

amendment givings him the right to burn, and the 4th amendment gives me the right to build this commune center. there's no kind of confeion done on the first amendment here. you have to tell people that. you do not want to let go of your first amendment rights in order for people like donald trump and sarah palin to speak on your behalf. where isamerica? i really want to know. >> don, before we get to you, spik you have to leave in five minutes, and building on what you talked about is the responsibility of media; right, and putting the views out there. spike, where has media been responsible? what are some of the examples that we can hold up? >> i need some help. [laughter] >> [inaudible] >> what? >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> film making, it can be hollywood examples or regard to news as we talked about, but where is the responsibility you've seen out there, that awareness? >> it's fleeting. >> it's that difcult? >> well, we're being overrun by garbage on television, and it's selling, and especially in this difficult economic times we live in, they are not just going to cut that loose when it's making money, but i just think that people i

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community center a public library city hall and right here one thousand for this record but the bigger question from. is should there be designated free speech zones or under the first amendment of the constitution to the entire country designated free speech zone and they're born michigan christine for sound r.t. . and here to talk more about this issue is richard greene he's a communications strategist attorney and a former air america radio host he's also author of this book you see here words that shook the world he joins us from los angeles i want to thank you for being with us now free speech pretty fiercely protected by the supreme court and of course obviously in the constitution in this case should it be protected for terry jones should he be allowed to protest to protest. you know one of the reasons why i'm here is because i wrote an article in the huffington post when this first came out and people were very upset oh my god how can we have bridge terry jones free speech but the truth is every single day we have bridge the free speech of so many people i mean janet jackson doesn't have the right to communicate her fashion opinions as it were at the super bowl when i

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community center a public library city hall and right here one thousand for this record but the bigger question for many is should there be designated free speech zones or under the first amendment of the constitution should the entire country it doesn't need free speech them and there were in michigan christine for that party. now earlier i spoke with richard green and he's a communications strategist attorney and former air america host and author of the book you hear words that shook the world here's part of that conversation. what i want people to understand and in constitutional law it was my favorite subject and not to mention the first amendment is a wonderful thing but it is not absolute and there is an imminent illegal action provision in the united states supreme court cases that say that you can stop someone from doing something if that will in fact create some sort of carnival activity action as a result and that's what terry jones is about to do i think we simply have this this fantasy that america is all about free speech and we are but we also control it and we control it and circumstances i mean oliver wendell holmes all the way back said that you cannot stand up

community center a public library city hall and right here one thousand for this record but the bigger question for many is should there be designated free speech zones or under the first amendment of the constitution for the entire country it doesn't need free speech though in dearborn michigan christine freeze out our team. let's face it pastor terry jones is crazy and you know what's great about that is that i can say that i think he's crazy and i don't like him because it's my right to do so because that's what free speech is i think that same thing that allows him to organize events that are offensive and intolerance and matter what the consequences of this free speech apply equally in this country as our government can choose when to uphold our the constitution joining me to discuss it is williams blogger thanks so much for being here tonight thank you for having me wolf first started i mean are you a free speech believer do you think the pastor terry jones has the right to be burning her arms feels like you're protesting in front of mosques of the feels like it writing books called islam is of the devil i mean i would have to say yes i'm a free speech advocate because i k

center on budget and policy priorities and citizens for tax justice. these arguments will bring to light the dangers with which a balanced budget amendment would threaten our nation. the first fault. a balanced budget amendment would damage the economy and make recession deeper and more frequent. under a balanced budget amendment, congress would be forced to adopt a rigid fiscal policy, not just under the amendment, but under the ryan budget, requiring the budget to be balanced or in surplus every year regardless of the current economic situation. oar threat to our nation's security. a sluggish economy with less revenue and more outgoing expenditures creates a deficit, as we've seen from recent events. a deficit necessitates economic stimulation to reverse negative growth. that is why the american recovery and reinvestment act invested in roads, bridges, mass transit, other infrastructure and provided 95% of working americans with an immediate tax cut and extended unemployment insurance and cobra for americans hurt by the economic downturn through no fault of their own. if congress were forced to function under a balanced budget amendment, deficit reduction would be mandate

center. i couldn't find a law firm that would be willing to defend them, even firms that they first amendment were. i couldn't find anyone. when it came to the thomas jefferson center, i think to their credit and consistent with the united states supporting court just ruled eight-one, they step back. when you ask the question cannot think of any examples where somebody represented a cause that they absolutely loath, i think the thomas jefferson center is a good one, good example. and i think with all due respect i think, ladies and gentlemen, we're all better for it. >> thank you. >> i think in some respects the fact of the phelps case, as close as any that i've seen to put into line. but i think, i think black and others before him got it right when they said you don't kind of speech and punish action. the greatest extent possible i feel like that's my line, we will see. but it's what's so powerful about the question is making sure that all of us continually ask it of ourselves. if i can just end on a positive note. this is the last line, the last paragraph of our book, clearly, change is no