Journalist-daughter of key ally to Václav Havel offers evidence that the US government, the European Union, and George Soros are funding a crackdown on free speech in the Czech Republic
Let's see what Western governments have been up to since the start of this year:
There's this in the Czech Republic, which I can't say I know much about, but which sounds suspiciously familiar to what's been going on everywhere else; there's Poland, where a new government immediately criminalized its opponents, even invading a TV station and firing and expelling all its employees so they could be replaced by people from the new ruling party; then there's Germany, whose ruling class is desperately trying to figure out how they can get away with making it impossible for anyone to vote for the ADF; then there's Scotland, which wants to put people in prison for "offensive speech"; and the same goes for Canada, who would give you life in prison for "advocating genocide", which of course is in the eye of the beholder. And watching all this is the Deep State of America, its Dem Party and MSM apparatchiks and its billionaire ownership class, who will attempt all the same things once they can figure out some way to gut that pesky First Amendment.
The global ownership class is not fucking around anymore, they will not tolerate any further threats to their power, and the Western liberal class (just like 100 yrs ago) has been either bought off or has been so jacked up on tribalism that they have no remaining principles except whatever destroys their perceived opponents.
The postliberal future is here, our betters will tell us what we're allowed to think and say—or else! They will smother our voices, deaden every brain and soul they can get their hands on, and proclaim it Justice.
Beautiful essay, Cecilie. We all have a duty towards our ancestors to push back against the totalitarian globalists who seek to enslave us. Havel's "Power of the Powerless" is a legendary samizdat pamphlet that stands the test of time for all freedom-loving people to read: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/power-of-the-powerless-vaclav-havel
Here in Canada, it is the people who have experienced totalitarianism who are leading the fight for free speech. The indigenous people are also on board.
It is the educated elites in the Universities who seem to be of the "hear not evil, see no evil, speak no evil" way of thinking. Ironically, these individuals also claim to speak for the victims of Colonialism, while themselves marginalizing the actual victims of Colonialism. For them good & evil are a polarity, with no consideration for the ancient teaching that "all have sinned". The humility that comes with knowing that anyone is capable of "doing evil" simply has not entered their thinking.
Independent (dissident) journalists need to begin sharing information internationally, in order to get all the pieces on the board. The details known to journalists abroad may enlighten reporting at home. My guess is we will see a lot of familiar names populating the malevolent actions abroad, as at home.
The move towards totalitarianism concerns the whole of the western world and must be fought as such.
Free speech is for the public square, where there is an opportunity to debate points of view, or not listen at all. The case of the primary school teacher, Martina Bednarova, who was removed from her post for indoctrinating her young students with Russian propaganda about the war in Ukraine, is different. School children are a captive audience, they are impressionable and they cannot leave. When a teacher brings a political or social agenda into a classroom of young children it becomes brainwashing. Free speech is an extension of free thought, and when people, especially children, are subjected to brainwashing, their right to free thought is removed.
We have the same problem in the U.S. today, where it has become commonplace and acceptable for public school teachers to indoctrinate their students with their own political and social agendas. Here in the U.S., these are primarily left leaning causes and these ideologies are being taught to younger and younger children. They understand that to advance their causes they must capture the minds of children. That is a central tactic of totalitarian systems everywhere. It's not so easy to capture the minds of adults, though obviously that happens too.
Should the Czech teacher have been criminally prosecuted? Probably this was not the right response, but the larger question is why she was allowed to indoctrinate her students in the first place. Was this a pattern in the school? Was the school district encouraging it? Personally I believe this type of brainwashing of children is a form of child abuse and should be taken very seriously.
A free society is made up of free thinking people whose thoughts, and by extension their speech, is not censored. A society that has been brainwashed into certain ideologies from childhood is not a free society. Children, above all, need to be protected from indoctrination. Yes, it's complicated and nuanced. Society must have an intelligent conversation over how to teach subjects like history, civics and current events in a manner that respects children's right to develop their own independent thoughts.
That is all so sad. It is happening all over the western world. We have a moronic set of leaders who are unable to deal with anyone who disagrees with the accepted narrative. I visited Prague last year and enjoyed it so much. Such a lovely city and lovely people. We even went to see Wenceslas Square and the museum. The history of the Prague Spring was so interesting.
This is an outstanding post! I learned a lot from it. When George Soros names his venture the Open Society Fund it's akin to China calling itself the People's Republic of China. Completely the opposite. We must keep speaking out. Some ppl really don't understand what is happening in Europe, Canada or here. Or they insist on sticking to their team. Ppl are starting to wake up slowly but surely so pls keep posting! Thank you! https://sabrinalabow.substack.com/p/the-slippery-slope-from-communism
Sometimes attributed to Patrick Henry, "“I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” is said to have come from Voltaire. It is not from Voltaire, the 18th-century philosopher, but it was a paraphrase from a biographer named Evelyn Beatrice Hall of what she thought Voltaire was thinking." Frankly, most people are afraid to defend to the death what they say, forget about what the other guy says.
Speech by H.E. Msgr. Carlo Maria Viganò, Archbishop and Former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America at the Second Congress of the International Russophile Movement and the Multipolarity Forum - Moscow, February 26, 2024
It seems to me that the European Union and NATO are wielding way too much power and control on the whole of the west. It is some totalitarian globalist takeover. We have to recapture the true meaning of democracy from their twisted grasp.
Left or right, George Soros or Elon Musk, Biden or Putin. Claims of support of free speech while simultaneously active measures of disinformation, misinformation, and censorship are being engaged in like agitprop are happening globally.
Let's see what Western governments have been up to since the start of this year:
There's this in the Czech Republic, which I can't say I know much about, but which sounds suspiciously familiar to what's been going on everywhere else; there's Poland, where a new government immediately criminalized its opponents, even invading a TV station and firing and expelling all its employees so they could be replaced by people from the new ruling party; then there's Germany, whose ruling class is desperately trying to figure out how they can get away with making it impossible for anyone to vote for the ADF; then there's Scotland, which wants to put people in prison for "offensive speech"; and the same goes for Canada, who would give you life in prison for "advocating genocide", which of course is in the eye of the beholder. And watching all this is the Deep State of America, its Dem Party and MSM apparatchiks and its billionaire ownership class, who will attempt all the same things once they can figure out some way to gut that pesky First Amendment.
The global ownership class is not fucking around anymore, they will not tolerate any further threats to their power, and the Western liberal class (just like 100 yrs ago) has been either bought off or has been so jacked up on tribalism that they have no remaining principles except whatever destroys their perceived opponents.
The postliberal future is here, our betters will tell us what we're allowed to think and say—or else! They will smother our voices, deaden every brain and soul they can get their hands on, and proclaim it Justice.
Beautiful essay, Cecilie. We all have a duty towards our ancestors to push back against the totalitarian globalists who seek to enslave us. Havel's "Power of the Powerless" is a legendary samizdat pamphlet that stands the test of time for all freedom-loving people to read: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/power-of-the-powerless-vaclav-havel
Here in Canada, it is the people who have experienced totalitarianism who are leading the fight for free speech. The indigenous people are also on board.
It is the educated elites in the Universities who seem to be of the "hear not evil, see no evil, speak no evil" way of thinking. Ironically, these individuals also claim to speak for the victims of Colonialism, while themselves marginalizing the actual victims of Colonialism. For them good & evil are a polarity, with no consideration for the ancient teaching that "all have sinned". The humility that comes with knowing that anyone is capable of "doing evil" simply has not entered their thinking.
Independent (dissident) journalists need to begin sharing information internationally, in order to get all the pieces on the board. The details known to journalists abroad may enlighten reporting at home. My guess is we will see a lot of familiar names populating the malevolent actions abroad, as at home.
The move towards totalitarianism concerns the whole of the western world and must be fought as such.
Right on point Cecilie! To quote former President of the United States Ronald Reagan, "Freedom is never more than one generation from extinction."
Free speech is for the public square, where there is an opportunity to debate points of view, or not listen at all. The case of the primary school teacher, Martina Bednarova, who was removed from her post for indoctrinating her young students with Russian propaganda about the war in Ukraine, is different. School children are a captive audience, they are impressionable and they cannot leave. When a teacher brings a political or social agenda into a classroom of young children it becomes brainwashing. Free speech is an extension of free thought, and when people, especially children, are subjected to brainwashing, their right to free thought is removed.
We have the same problem in the U.S. today, where it has become commonplace and acceptable for public school teachers to indoctrinate their students with their own political and social agendas. Here in the U.S., these are primarily left leaning causes and these ideologies are being taught to younger and younger children. They understand that to advance their causes they must capture the minds of children. That is a central tactic of totalitarian systems everywhere. It's not so easy to capture the minds of adults, though obviously that happens too.
Should the Czech teacher have been criminally prosecuted? Probably this was not the right response, but the larger question is why she was allowed to indoctrinate her students in the first place. Was this a pattern in the school? Was the school district encouraging it? Personally I believe this type of brainwashing of children is a form of child abuse and should be taken very seriously.
A free society is made up of free thinking people whose thoughts, and by extension their speech, is not censored. A society that has been brainwashed into certain ideologies from childhood is not a free society. Children, above all, need to be protected from indoctrination. Yes, it's complicated and nuanced. Society must have an intelligent conversation over how to teach subjects like history, civics and current events in a manner that respects children's right to develop their own independent thoughts.
That is all so sad. It is happening all over the western world. We have a moronic set of leaders who are unable to deal with anyone who disagrees with the accepted narrative. I visited Prague last year and enjoyed it so much. Such a lovely city and lovely people. We even went to see Wenceslas Square and the museum. The history of the Prague Spring was so interesting.
Thank you Cecilie.
Current Czechia president is a very dangerous criminal - delivering missile launchers to Nazi-dominated Ukraine government to attack — Russia.
This can’t end well…
This is an outstanding post! I learned a lot from it. When George Soros names his venture the Open Society Fund it's akin to China calling itself the People's Republic of China. Completely the opposite. We must keep speaking out. Some ppl really don't understand what is happening in Europe, Canada or here. Or they insist on sticking to their team. Ppl are starting to wake up slowly but surely so pls keep posting! Thank you! https://sabrinalabow.substack.com/p/the-slippery-slope-from-communism
Sometimes attributed to Patrick Henry, "“I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” is said to have come from Voltaire. It is not from Voltaire, the 18th-century philosopher, but it was a paraphrase from a biographer named Evelyn Beatrice Hall of what she thought Voltaire was thinking." Frankly, most people are afraid to defend to the death what they say, forget about what the other guy says.
Thank you for the informative article. I am surprised this is happening in the country of Havel. Your parents must be very proud of you.
Archbishop Carlo Vigano explains the Censorship, Climate Change Fear & more in this great speech:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4m5Y9GDzvg
Speech by H.E. Msgr. Carlo Maria Viganò, Archbishop and Former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America at the Second Congress of the International Russophile Movement and the Multipolarity Forum - Moscow, February 26, 2024
Transcript:
https://exsurgedomine.it/240226-russofili-eng/
It seems to me that the European Union and NATO are wielding way too much power and control on the whole of the west. It is some totalitarian globalist takeover. We have to recapture the true meaning of democracy from their twisted grasp.
On the one hand I have communists and socialists and want to censor them. On the other hand, I'm against censorship. It's a tough choice.
Left or right, George Soros or Elon Musk, Biden or Putin. Claims of support of free speech while simultaneously active measures of disinformation, misinformation, and censorship are being engaged in like agitprop are happening globally.
Michael, thank you for posting this. It's very important. And an example of your determination to form a global movement.