{"id":6743,"date":"2014-03-31T09:57:23","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T08:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookleteer.com\/blog\/?p=6743"},"modified":"2016-09-08T16:52:55","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T15:52:55","slug":"the-periodical-issue-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookleteer.net\/blog\/2014\/03\/the-periodical-issue-18\/","title":{"rendered":"the Periodical issue 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bookleteer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/periodical-march2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bookleteer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/periodical-march2014-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"periodical-march2014\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookleteer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/periodical-march2014-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bookleteer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/periodical-march2014-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/bookleteer.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/periodical-march2014.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On November 23rd 1644, 369 years ago, John Milton published his <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bookleteer.com\/publication.html?id=2934\" target=\"_blank\">Areopagitica<\/a><\/em>, a speech to the English Parliament calling for unlicensed printing and freedom of expression. Reading it now, in the light of the unfolding Snowden revelations, it is all the more poignant in the face of massive state surveillance of private communications. How far will this act to drive freedom of expression underground? How much will people begin to constrain their thoughts and feelings against an unknowable and invisible censor? Re-reading the <em>Areopagitica<\/em> now is a reminder that freedom is not a given, but something that each generation must continue to strive for.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src='https:\/\/bookleteer.com\/book.html?id=2934&#038;ui=embed#mode\/2up' width='480px' height='430px' frameborder='0' ><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bookleteer.com\/blog\/the-periodical-subscriptions\/\" target=\"_blank\">SUBSCRIBE TO THE PERIODICAL HERE<\/a><br \/>\nLike what you see here? Then treat yourself to something lovely \u2013 an enigmatic, eclectic package arriving through your letterbox each month. Or buy a gift subscription for someone special.<br \/>\nGet inspired to create and share your own publications on bookleteer to take part too \u2013 each month I select something delightful and inspiring from the publications which are made and shared on bookleteer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 23rd 1644, 369 years ago, John Milton published his Areopagitica, a speech to the English Parliament calling for unlicensed printing and freedom of expression. Reading it now, in the light of the unfolding Snowden revelations, it is all the more poignant in the face of massive state surveillance of private communications. How far [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[189],"tags":[267,266,343],"class_list":["post-6743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-periodical","tag-areopagitica","tag-john-milton","tag-the-periodical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookleteer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookleteer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookleteer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookleteer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookleteer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6743"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bookleteer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6978,"href":"https:\/\/bookleteer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6743\/revisions\/6978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookleteer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookleteer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookleteer.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}