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Right - sure you've all heard about the legal trouble the great Dave Osler and Alex Hilton and John Gray are having with some once leftist-now rightist loon by name of Johanna Kaschke who takes issue with free speech.

If you haven't, below is a list of links - to Dave's post explaining his trouble and laying out his case, and to the many others who are behind him, Alex and John.

Lovin' this by Guido btw, much as it pains me to say it: 'Johanna Kaschke. Can I just say that Johanna Kaschke is definitely 'one cherry short of a Schwarzwalderkirschtorte'.

'Last year she claimed to be "a member of the GMB Union, the Respect Party, the Communist Party", this year she is a member of the Conservative Party. Blue clearly is the new red... Mockery is not actionable Kaschke, so don't bother sending a writ... '

Magnificent. Probably not worth sending a writ here either, Jo. Ain't much cash floating round this end, so we'll have to settle in wine gums or something.

Now - will big Jo be able to sue google for delivering the blogsearch results we've reported here? Could be great test case stuff:

Dave Osler - his original post and the response he got. 

Our great man at Shiraz Socialist - all the way bro and here's a bit more from him

Letters from a Tory (am kind of a new fan)

Iain Dale can't link directly to his post on Alex Hilton but if you scroll for long enough you'll find it.

Paul Staines - great post, man. LOL

Ministry of Truth (Unity has several posts now)

Matt Wardman

Socialist Unity

Rachel of North London - superb

Justin at Chicken Yoghurt

Marvellous stuff from septicisle

Why post this? - I feel that Dave Osler was making fair comment in his original post, and offered the right of reply.

Our blogging freedom relies on us being able to comment freely without the odd person here and there being able to terrify the rest with writs. Others have made filthy comments about me and my past across the web, and on the web those comments will stay. I demand the freedom to comment freely, and understand that others must have that right as well. One individual can't be allowed to terrify the rest in this way.

It's also important to note that the integrity of free-posting sites (I write for a couple of sites to which contributors and commentators upload directly, and read hundreds of others, written by people of all political hues) suffers a fatal blow in a climate of fear. One of the reasons that people choose to write regularly online is because they wish to pursue a freedom to discuss and debate that is in scare supply elsewhere. Anyone who challenges that should be challenged. It really is that simple.   

... is back for a second year. Will write more on this shortly, but in the meantime, diary Saturday 20 October 2007 at the University of East London for this event.

We're all going, because we're all feminists - women, blokes, the works.

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