I don’t care what the repercussions are for saying this. The fact that you guys are promoting known Zionist propagandists in the face of the Zionist genocide and absolute crackdown across all media is appalling. From Bibi’s own mouth, they own Tik Tok, they are censoring on X and now very clearly have gotten to you. Not sure if it’s cash, blackmail or combination of the two but this is appalling.
This is like promoting known Nazi propagandists in 1943. But it’s even worse because this whole genocide and censorship regime has been broadcast for years. I know boomer Zionists will jump in comments and name call but I really don’t care. There is no more serious threat to free speech in America than the Zionist regime.
You are both total cowards. I used to love Substack but it is very clear what is going on. We’re not retarded. This is insulting. It’s not too late to turn back and take a moral stand. Please do what is right and disavow yourself from the Free Press. They are a foreign propaganda machine, not an organic success story and you know that.
If we care about free speech it is important to defend free speech on Substack. Zionists in Israel and the U.S. are now the most active and dangerous enemies of free speech and First Amendment rights and protection in the United States. Urging Substack to cancel Bari Weiss and the Free Press, even on moral grounds concerning their defense of Israel's genocide in Gaza, is antithetical to the idea of Free Speech. You are asking Substack to undermine free speech on Substack. Defending free speech involves, more than anything else, defending speech which you don't agree with, which you may even rightfully consider hateful. That dilemma is inherent in the nature of free speech. Please don't make the Zionists' cynical trashing of free for their own purposes even easier for them by advocating and and attempting to justify or legitimizing censorship on Substack. Speak out to expose Zionism's false narratives and lies, but don't ask Substack cancel the Free Press because of its content.
Guy you’re completely missing my point. I’m a free speech absolutist. I’m not advocating for cancelling Free Press at all. I’m calling out Substack for promoting this known Zionist propagandist organ. Calling someone out for their lack of moral courage is different than advocating for cancelling them
It would be valuable for you to make it clearer than what came through in your comment, especially in the current overheated atmosphere where censorship of one kind or another seems to be almost everyone's "go to" response when disagreements arise; when claiming the high moral ground is too often used as a justification for limiting the free speech of others. Better a little reminder that free speech must be protected as the best (maybe only) way to genuinely defeat bad ideas and bad speech. It's too easy for that idea to get lost these days.
Your lack of historical accuracy - which is either ignorance or just laziness - is shameful. Your use of the word "Zionist" instead of "Israel" is clear marker of antisemitism. Your comparisons of Israel responding to a terrorist attack by eliminating a well-funded terrorist organization as an enemy and getting back its own hostages (and OURS) to Nazi Germany is both ignorant and dangerous.
With respect, if you're going to restack Aldous Huxley's quote below, then you really ought to learn the lessons of history, especially Middle East history.
Honest offer: I'll have an offline 1:1 chat with you to share the stories of my own family, the documented history, and what I learned from my own many visits to the region.
"That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history."
Your hasbara is no longer working. Calling everyone who sees what the Zionist occupation is doing to native Palestinians (and actual Semites - unlike most ashkenazis) and honestly it’s starting to become a badge of someone who actually tells the truth because of how much Zionists slander and name call.
The problem is that I have studied history, just not the Zionist version that all these brain-dead boomers soaked up. The longer you keep these antics up, the worse the blow back will become. I’m a non-violent Christian who has immense respect for many Jews. It’s disgraceful to lump Zionism with all Jews and there are many very faithful Jews who will tell you what an absolute blasphemy it is for anyone but the Messiah to establish Israel. Faithful Jews believe that the Messiah is still coming and will do that. Faithful Christians believe that he has already done that through the church. Ignorant, soft Jewish supremacists like yourself on the other hand cosplay as Semites and blaspheme the name of God.
Two things, brother: using violent language to attack those who disagree with you — and offer to sit down with you to talk 1:1 - doesn't allow you call yourself a non-violent Christian. Jesus wasn't holier-than-thou: he taught by gentle listening and sharing.
Which, again, is my offer:
If you've never been the region, met the people, learned the languages, and studied the 3500+ years of history: my offer stands. I have and I'm happy to share what I've learned and engage in a conversation about our ideas.
Hey David, I just said I’m non-violent. I’ve had Jewish victim hood pushed down my throat my whole life like every other American. I’m much more interested in hearing the other side that is never told (I.e., Muslim perspective).
The reality is that horrible things have been done to Jews. And Jews have done horrible things (and are actively doing horrible things). You’re not much different from other people’s in that respect, you just have total narrative control.
I’m not interested in more re-education like your Bolshevik brethren. Stop being such a victim all the time (calling me an anti-Semite when I lift up moral Jews, saying I’m inciting violence when I specifically say I’m an advocate for non-violence).
I would encourage you to read fellow Jewish-Israeli historians like Shlomo Sand. With all due respect, I trust his version of history much more than yours.
Friend, forgive me for laughing, but using the language of extremism and name-calling isn't advocating for non-violence: it's causing conflict.
Your mind sounds made up and unwilling to even engage. Pity. I wish you well on your journey. My offer stands. Until then, here's some history of Hamas and the terrorism of the region.
You can use friendly language all you want. At the end of the day you support the starvation and extermination of an entire people if you are still backing Israel, which you are. Yes, I do have my mind made up about what Zionism is all about based on years of evidence.
NPC National Press Club of Australia just removed Chris Hedges from Australia 2025 tour talk because the Zionist sponsors obviously didn't like him going to talking about Genocide in Gaza.
There is no Free press.
There is always a donor, angel investor, loan shark and a margin call.
Quid pro quo.
Quick Question how come there is no laws protecting Free speech in USA especially to expose algo shadow banning, and Terms and conditions used to exclude content creators.
I thought companies that write code like that is breaking the laws of Free speech.
But yeh who cares?
The world is going to soon be the third franchise rock from the sun very soon.
McDonalfied, corporatised and the revolution will not be televised, because government and corporation marriage is now almost complete for the zionist wet dream of Palantir skynet drone starlink surveillance police state cultivating the policeman within via the digital ID Panopticon.
People are already afraid to speak their mind and just curtail and tailor there thoughts to suit the algo and censorship by shadow banning and algo tweaks.
The renascence would be decentralised version of substack...
"Keep the original offer the opposite."
The reason you have any evolution in press is from dissidents.
Sitting on the other side of the border I can't help but wonder if this media co. which I know nothing about it right wing or they are being shut up with a buy out. The Free Press says it is "honest journalism" which makes it immediately suspect from my Canadian perspective.
I always appreciate your discussions about your mission, vision, and the shape of media. Today's news is definitely a bellwether for the future of media and the role that platforms like Substack will play in it. I have concerns about the future of CBS, but aside from that, I'm encouraged by the success of platforms like The Free Press, Zeteo, The Bulwark, and others. Substack is blazing a trail, and I'm happy to be a small (yes, very, very, very small by comparison) part of it.
This interview is depressing, not inspiring from an holistic viewpoint. Imagining a new media that seeks Truth Justice and American Way. The Subscribers are Agents because the subscribers are putting skin in the game - their volunteer patronage. Free Press took dollars from the masses and sold their subscribers time and resources to oligarchs. The fact that this interview is giddy tells me to keep looking for media grounded on Abundance Integrity and Truth.
Inspiring--thank you for creating a platform that doesn't seek as an endpoint to destroy institutions, but has the power and capacity, as you say, Chris, to create new institutions, and as Hamish says just prior to that, to distribute this power to the millions, not just the one or two who own the platform.
Hi Hamish & Chris, when will it be possible to start using the features designed for The Free Press that allow us to make our publications more flexible and customizable? Best regards from Barcelona
I don’t care what the repercussions are for saying this. The fact that you guys are promoting known Zionist propagandists in the face of the Zionist genocide and absolute crackdown across all media is appalling. From Bibi’s own mouth, they own Tik Tok, they are censoring on X and now very clearly have gotten to you. Not sure if it’s cash, blackmail or combination of the two but this is appalling.
This is like promoting known Nazi propagandists in 1943. But it’s even worse because this whole genocide and censorship regime has been broadcast for years. I know boomer Zionists will jump in comments and name call but I really don’t care. There is no more serious threat to free speech in America than the Zionist regime.
You are both total cowards. I used to love Substack but it is very clear what is going on. We’re not retarded. This is insulting. It’s not too late to turn back and take a moral stand. Please do what is right and disavow yourself from the Free Press. They are a foreign propaganda machine, not an organic success story and you know that.
If we care about free speech it is important to defend free speech on Substack. Zionists in Israel and the U.S. are now the most active and dangerous enemies of free speech and First Amendment rights and protection in the United States. Urging Substack to cancel Bari Weiss and the Free Press, even on moral grounds concerning their defense of Israel's genocide in Gaza, is antithetical to the idea of Free Speech. You are asking Substack to undermine free speech on Substack. Defending free speech involves, more than anything else, defending speech which you don't agree with, which you may even rightfully consider hateful. That dilemma is inherent in the nature of free speech. Please don't make the Zionists' cynical trashing of free for their own purposes even easier for them by advocating and and attempting to justify or legitimizing censorship on Substack. Speak out to expose Zionism's false narratives and lies, but don't ask Substack cancel the Free Press because of its content.
Guy you’re completely missing my point. I’m a free speech absolutist. I’m not advocating for cancelling Free Press at all. I’m calling out Substack for promoting this known Zionist propagandist organ. Calling someone out for their lack of moral courage is different than advocating for cancelling them
It would be valuable for you to make it clearer than what came through in your comment, especially in the current overheated atmosphere where censorship of one kind or another seems to be almost everyone's "go to" response when disagreements arise; when claiming the high moral ground is too often used as a justification for limiting the free speech of others. Better a little reminder that free speech must be protected as the best (maybe only) way to genuinely defeat bad ideas and bad speech. It's too easy for that idea to get lost these days.
Maybe you could just read what I said and not assume I’m calling for censorship. It’s just a matter of reading and critical thinking, not assuming
Spot on
Your lack of historical accuracy - which is either ignorance or just laziness - is shameful. Your use of the word "Zionist" instead of "Israel" is clear marker of antisemitism. Your comparisons of Israel responding to a terrorist attack by eliminating a well-funded terrorist organization as an enemy and getting back its own hostages (and OURS) to Nazi Germany is both ignorant and dangerous.
With respect, if you're going to restack Aldous Huxley's quote below, then you really ought to learn the lessons of history, especially Middle East history.
Honest offer: I'll have an offline 1:1 chat with you to share the stories of my own family, the documented history, and what I learned from my own many visits to the region.
"That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history."
Your hasbara is no longer working. Calling everyone who sees what the Zionist occupation is doing to native Palestinians (and actual Semites - unlike most ashkenazis) and honestly it’s starting to become a badge of someone who actually tells the truth because of how much Zionists slander and name call.
The problem is that I have studied history, just not the Zionist version that all these brain-dead boomers soaked up. The longer you keep these antics up, the worse the blow back will become. I’m a non-violent Christian who has immense respect for many Jews. It’s disgraceful to lump Zionism with all Jews and there are many very faithful Jews who will tell you what an absolute blasphemy it is for anyone but the Messiah to establish Israel. Faithful Jews believe that the Messiah is still coming and will do that. Faithful Christians believe that he has already done that through the church. Ignorant, soft Jewish supremacists like yourself on the other hand cosplay as Semites and blaspheme the name of God.
Two things, brother: using violent language to attack those who disagree with you — and offer to sit down with you to talk 1:1 - doesn't allow you call yourself a non-violent Christian. Jesus wasn't holier-than-thou: he taught by gentle listening and sharing.
Which, again, is my offer:
If you've never been the region, met the people, learned the languages, and studied the 3500+ years of history: my offer stands. I have and I'm happy to share what I've learned and engage in a conversation about our ideas.
Hey David, I just said I’m non-violent. I’ve had Jewish victim hood pushed down my throat my whole life like every other American. I’m much more interested in hearing the other side that is never told (I.e., Muslim perspective).
The reality is that horrible things have been done to Jews. And Jews have done horrible things (and are actively doing horrible things). You’re not much different from other people’s in that respect, you just have total narrative control.
I’m not interested in more re-education like your Bolshevik brethren. Stop being such a victim all the time (calling me an anti-Semite when I lift up moral Jews, saying I’m inciting violence when I specifically say I’m an advocate for non-violence).
I would encourage you to read fellow Jewish-Israeli historians like Shlomo Sand. With all due respect, I trust his version of history much more than yours.
Friend, forgive me for laughing, but using the language of extremism and name-calling isn't advocating for non-violence: it's causing conflict.
Your mind sounds made up and unwilling to even engage. Pity. I wish you well on your journey. My offer stands. Until then, here's some history of Hamas and the terrorism of the region.
https://www.gettoby.com/p/btmnz6r3nhk4
You can use friendly language all you want. At the end of the day you support the starvation and extermination of an entire people if you are still backing Israel, which you are. Yes, I do have my mind made up about what Zionism is all about based on years of evidence.
This is really well said. Co-sign Hamish’s suggestion on the bumper sticker.
Congrats all around. Does this mean all substacks are valued at 10x revenue, 100x free subs, and 1000x paid subs? Cheers to the new era.
Exactly, sadly,
"Some people are so poor all they have is money."
NPC National Press Club of Australia just removed Chris Hedges from Australia 2025 tour talk because the Zionist sponsors obviously didn't like him going to talking about Genocide in Gaza.
There is no Free press.
There is always a donor, angel investor, loan shark and a margin call.
Quid pro quo.
Quick Question how come there is no laws protecting Free speech in USA especially to expose algo shadow banning, and Terms and conditions used to exclude content creators.
I thought companies that write code like that is breaking the laws of Free speech.
But yeh who cares?
The world is going to soon be the third franchise rock from the sun very soon.
McDonalfied, corporatised and the revolution will not be televised, because government and corporation marriage is now almost complete for the zionist wet dream of Palantir skynet drone starlink surveillance police state cultivating the policeman within via the digital ID Panopticon.
People are already afraid to speak their mind and just curtail and tailor there thoughts to suit the algo and censorship by shadow banning and algo tweaks.
The renascence would be decentralised version of substack...
"Keep the original offer the opposite."
The reason you have any evolution in press is from dissidents.
"The system on Substack distributes the power among many . . . instead of the one or two or three people at the top."
💯
Another reason I love Substack in addition to your stance against censorship.
Sitting on the other side of the border I can't help but wonder if this media co. which I know nothing about it right wing or they are being shut up with a buy out. The Free Press says it is "honest journalism" which makes it immediately suspect from my Canadian perspective.
I always appreciate your discussions about your mission, vision, and the shape of media. Today's news is definitely a bellwether for the future of media and the role that platforms like Substack will play in it. I have concerns about the future of CBS, but aside from that, I'm encouraged by the success of platforms like The Free Press, Zeteo, The Bulwark, and others. Substack is blazing a trail, and I'm happy to be a small (yes, very, very, very small by comparison) part of it.
This interview is depressing, not inspiring from an holistic viewpoint. Imagining a new media that seeks Truth Justice and American Way. The Subscribers are Agents because the subscribers are putting skin in the game - their volunteer patronage. Free Press took dollars from the masses and sold their subscribers time and resources to oligarchs. The fact that this interview is giddy tells me to keep looking for media grounded on Abundance Integrity and Truth.
Wow! What a breaking news! Always so great listening to you
Boring
Nice work @hamish for building a platform that can produce products like this. How good. I need to start writing ✍️👨💻🪄
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDmpFjotLwQ
Substack is an open platform, it may have gone commercial, yet; I can write what I want without the censorship, associated with other platforms!
New Era. Same as the Old Era?
Inspiring--thank you for creating a platform that doesn't seek as an endpoint to destroy institutions, but has the power and capacity, as you say, Chris, to create new institutions, and as Hamish says just prior to that, to distribute this power to the millions, not just the one or two who own the platform.
Hi Hamish & Chris, when will it be possible to start using the features designed for The Free Press that allow us to make our publications more flexible and customizable? Best regards from Barcelona