The life story about Margaret Randall in our class book, "Outspoken" was very moving. I though it was interesting when the INS subpoenaed all that Margaret had published, but had great trouble translating it because a lot of her work was written in Spanish. It was awesome to read about the support that she raised around the country. "Creative people found creative ways to make her situation public and to raise money. Berkeley proclaimed a Margaret Randall Day, Seattle held a Bowl-a-Thon for Free Speech" (Levinson 83).

The website hrcr.org/ccr/randall portrays a few of the questions that Margret had to endure during her court case. "Without a doubt, the hearing was a First Amendment case. My writings were being used against me."


Also in searching information about her on the Internet I came across one of her writings titled, "Language As Weapon" where she writes "Language is important because it is through language that we exchange ideas, do battle with one another’s beliefs, identify ourselves and name what we are willing to do to defend our earth and justice for those who live upon it. Language gives birth to attitude, policy, and action. In order to understand one another, we must listen to the real meanings of one another’s words rather than to the intentionally misleading translation offered up by those who intentionally mislead."