30-year sentence for transporting zines is a five-alarm fire for free speech
4 days ago
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- Daniel 'Des' Sanchez Estrada sentenced to 30 years for transporting anarchist zines under NSPM-7, part of a broader crackdown on dissent.
- Trump administration expanding efforts to criminalize possession of information, as seen in cases against Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Project Veritas.
- NSPM-7 broadly targets 'anti-fascist' actors, enabling prosecution based on ideology and creating a chilling effect on free speech and press freedom.
- Authoritarian tactics include ignoring court orders, placing loyalists in key positions, and dismantling press freedom, with corporate media often complicit.
- The Intercept calls for support to expand independent journalism in defense of democracy amid the worst year for press freedom in modern U.S. history.