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| Arkansas publisher holds out against own state as US Senate advances anti-BDS bill |
| 2019-02-01 |
| [AlAhram] A US federal court in Arkansas has ruled in favour of criminalising the boycott of Israel while the Senate is voting to advance a federal anti-BDS bill. Throughout 2018 the desk of Alan Leveritt, publisher of the US weekly ‎newspaper the Arkansas Times, was piling up with letters from the state of Arkansas with ‎an unusual demand: either sign a pledge not to boycott Israel or forfeit all state ‎advertising.‎ It was the outcome of a state law (act 710 of 2017) passed in 2017 by Arkansas’s ‎Republican-dominated legislature that requires government contractors to pledge in ‎writing not to boycott Israel or see their fees reduced by at least 20 per cent. ‎ |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 Any different than any other advertisers demanding compliance with their 'diversity' program or lose their business? You are free to print what you want, however, you can not demand that advertisers pay you while throwing garbage in their faces. Technically, the state and local government could use the local Penny Saver or flyer distribution agents to officially publish public notices. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-02-01 09:01 |
| #3 On Monday, the Senate overwhelmingly voted by 74 to 19 to advance the anti-‎BDS bill, called the Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act of 2019. ‎ all 19 votes opposing the bill were by Democrats |
| Posted by: lord garth 2019-02-01 07:52 |
| #2 Looking for attention and sales |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-02-01 06:59 |
| #1 "If this law stands, then the government has the power to threaten the press with ‎all kinds of financial pressures to make us toe a party line The lack of self-awareness is staggering - are they even human? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-02-01 01:36 |