Vladimir Kara-Murza knows a thing or two about the dangers of government-sponsored, tech industry-supported censorship. As a Russian opposition activist, he was found guilty of treason for speaking out against Putin’s crackdown on dissidents. And now, in the context of Trump’s government overhaul, U.S.
This is an adapted excerpt from the Feb. 9 episode of 'Velshi.' Two hundred and thirty-five years ago, our nation’s first president, George Washington, wrote a letter in response to Catharine Macaulay, an English feminist and historian. Macaulay wrote to Washington to congratulate him on his new role as the first head of the United States. History hasn’t paid much attention to this letter, but its words are profound and timely.
This fight is not new, even in America. Americans have faced grave challenges in the past: slavery, the fight for women’s suffrage and the fights against racist laws and unjust wars. We have never emerged from them perfectly but, usually and ultimately, we have emerged stronger, more inclusive and more democratic.
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