[Peace-discuss] Freedom of speech in CA (not in IL)

[Stuart Levy]

On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 11:14:35AM -0600, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> [Local liberals are aghast at our suggestion that places like Lincoln 
> Square are "the modern equivalent of a town square or community meeting 
> place," but the California Supreme Court has grasped this obvious point.   

Who's aghast?  This sounds like the middle of a conversation I've missed.


> (And  I do love the objection that protesters were attacking the shopping 
> center's "right to exist"; I wonder if that argument will be used 
> elsewhere?) Happy new year.  --CGE]

Hope many of us saw "What Would Jesus Buy", which was at the New Art.
Rev. Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir travelled across the nation,
singing at shopping malls (and elsewhere) and encouraging people
to recognize the scourge of consumerism and to Stop Shopping.
No mention of legal action, but they were urged off the premises
of every mall -- still, thanks to guerrilla theater tactics they
were able to make their point.

> 	California's top court curbs malls seeking to limit boycotts
> 	Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer
> 	Tuesday, December 25, 2007
>
> SAN FRANCISCO -- Labor unions and political protesters are protected by 
> freedom of speech when they leaflet shoppers at malls in California and 
> urge them to boycott stores, a sharply divided state Supreme Court ruled 
> Monday.

Yep, this is great news.

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