Senator Joseph Lieberman/C. DeLores Tucker He said:
"The First Amendment has never been absolute."

She said:
"Corporations which refuse to be morally responsible
should not be allowed to exist."

These two tireless crusaders against free speech and musical expression have been harrying Marilyn Manson, other rock bands and assorted rappers for several years. Their attempts to seek legislation having failed, they now intend - as made publicly clear in Senate Subcommittee hearings since 1996 - to bully the record labels into policing themselves, under threat of losing their licenses to operate. Their supposed concern for America's children has quite plainly become a fanatical craving to see extreme and dissenting voices
silenced at any cost.

Here's some background information:

Latest Offenses! A May 1999 hearing in the wake of the Columbine High School shootings gave our heroes yet another chance to abuse their positions of privilege. Read about it
over here.
---Accounts of their part in the Dec. 1996
Anti-Interscope hearings.
--More on those hearings.
--And more: from the paleo-conservative organization
Accuracy In Media.
--Lots of information on Tucker's past work can be found at Rock Out Censorship's website-in progress.
--click on "The Roc Magazine" and then go to "Archives."
(While you're there, join ROC! =)

In the Interscope hearings and their other censorship efforts, Lieberman and Tucker have had the steady support of William Bennett and his right-wing lobbying group,
Empower America.
Check their position on the topic of music repression. (click on "Cultural Issues" and then scan down the right side.)
For more, check this out.

The Senate Subcommittee was chaired by Kansas Senator Sam Brownback - here's a (pretty angry!) page of info on him and his re-election campaign.

Here's my extended account of the 11/6/97 Senate hearing.
And here's New York Times Music Editor (and longtime Manson commentator) Neil Strauss's take on the event,
as it appeared in the NY Times.
(Thanks to Akane for the typing job!)
Here's an interview with Lieberman on
Wal-Mart's censorship policy.
Sen. Lieberman's Senate webpage
contains lots of useful info on his position.

If you would like to address Sen. Lieberman and the Subcommittee, I would really appreciate your filling out my opinion form.. I will forward material I get in this way to the appropriate parties, so please keep that in mind when you write. Thank you!

Here are some links on Tucker's lawsuit against the estate of Tupac Shakur and her other opinions:

What Shakur really said about Tucker.
The Philadelphia Tribune interviews Tucker's husband about the Shakur lawsuit.
VIBE Magazine interview with Tucker.
George Magazine feature on Tucker and her war against Time-Warner.
Logophobia.
If some of the ROC allegations on Tucker startled you, this might help put them in context.

Pro-Artist Materials:

--A college editorial in defense of Tupac Shakur.
Here's a nice quote from an interview with Shakur.
--and here's a Tupac homepage to look at.

The Angelynx Archive has tons of pro-Manson writings and links.


You can reach me at angelynx@spookhouse.net

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