This free speech success story was posted by Cecilie Surasky of MuzzleWatch with permission.
http://www.muzzlewatch.com/?cat=12
See the ad that CBS didn’t want you to read is the subject line of an email sent out yesterday by the US Campaign to End the Occupation. The Campaign is organizing a June 10-11 mobilization in Washington DC to mark the 40th anniversary of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian Territories.
They created an ad (below) to run on the DC metro system. Briefly, here’s how events went down.
CBS Outdoors, which manages advertising for the Washington, DC metro rail system, originally rejected our ad. However, after our friends at the ACLU intervened and defended our right to freedom of speech, CBS relented and DC commuters will view this ad almost 9 million times starting in May!
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I mentioned a petition in a different diary…if you go to endtheoccupation there is also a petition for individuals to sign to send to Congress stating you would like the US to stop support for Israel due the their military occupation. I tried making a link for petition but seem to be brain dead so far today.
I’ve signed so many petitions that if you’ve already put this up just disregard.
Yes, you did mention it. But when I went to the site, I was unble to find it. If you could link to the page you had in mind, I be pleased to take and sign up. Thanks.
http://www.gilad.co.uk/html%20files/freepls.htm hope this is what you wanted. I’ll sign any petition I can find concerning justice for Palestinians.
Thanks much for locating that petition. Pleased to sign on.