Anyssa’s Insights

            The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. The goal of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African-Americans in the United States. This event has been marked by the famous speech of Dr. Martin Luther King in front of the Lincoln Memorial , a real symbol of freedom: “ I have a dream ”. Indeed, he called for an end of legalized racism and segregation. The march was orchestrated by Bayard Rustin and Asa Philip Randolph , both activists. According to multiple sources and the participants themselves, around 200,000 to 300,000 people were in Washington’s streets. Observers estimated that 75% to 80% of the marchers were Black which constitutes a revolution for the Civil Rights movement . The activists began their massive undertaking in 1961, and planned to advocate for a program of public works, including job training programs for the unemployed. They also urged t...

     Since January and the election of Donald J. Trump , African-American and immigrants’ rights have been threatened. Indeed, since the official end of segregation in 1964 , Persons of Color are still discriminated against in America, even today. The movement Black Lives Matter proves this: African-American do not feel welcomed in their own country. According to the Washington Post , 22% of the people killed by the police in the United States were Black whereas the community represents 13% of the population. Legally those murders are legal because of the Fourth Amendment that permits police to use deadly force when there is “an imminent threat of serious bodily harm or death to themselves or others”.      What’s more, supremacist groups are expanding as the international political field is becoming more extreme every single day. Indeed, according to the New York Times, flash demonstrations are happening every week in some cities where neo-Nazis or fas...

Depuis le 29 juillet 1881, la liberté de la presse est assurée sur le territoire français.  Cette liberté inclut le droit au blasphème et le droit à la caricature. Avant cela, la Déclaration des Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen de 1789 stipulait au sein de son article 11 : “ La libre communication des pensées et des opinions est un des droits les plus précieux de l'Homme : tout Citoyen peut donc parler, écrire, imprimer librement, sauf à répondre de l'abus de cette liberté dans les cas déterminés par la Loi. ”. Néanmoins, cette liberté a été considérée abusive durant plusieurs périodes de l’Histoire. En effet, l’ affaire Dreyfus en est un exemple parlant soulignant les limites de la liberté de la presse mais aussi le contrôle de l’information. S'inscrivant deux décennies après la guerre franco-prussienne, l’affaire Dreyfus demeure une point tournant qui s’est transformée en véritable affaire d’Etat, sous la IIIe République . En effet, en septembre 1894, Le Bordereau es...