The plutocratic power structure in the United States is clamping down on our right to know and to dissent by illegally detaining individuals who speak out or shutting down their access to financial services. Clearing the FOG speaks with political analyst Ali Alizadeh about the unlawful detention of Iranian public policy PhD student at Virginia Tech, Yousof Azizi, who is frequently a guest on major media outlets. The second guest is Rainey Reitman of the Freedom of the Press foundation, who discusses her new book, “Transaction Denied: Big finance’s power to punish speech.”
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Ali Alizadeh is an Iranian political analyst and presenter of Jadeel TV living in the United Kingdom. He is a member of the Yousof Azizi Defense Committee. See YousofAzizi.com.
Rainey Reitman is a writer and civil liberties advocate who has been at the forefront of today’s most urgent battles for digital rights. She has led viral advocacy campaigns, spoken internationally on civil liberties, and appeared widely on radio, television, and in print. Her writing explores the intersection of technology and human rights. Reitman is the cofounder and president of the board of directors of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, a nonprofit defending journalism.
