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Public Toilets and the Limits of Freedom
20 August 2010 6:10 PM | 1 Comment -
Smoke and Mirrors
15 August 2010 6:06 PM | No Comments -
A Bloody Misalliance: Radical Islam and Infantile Marxism
13 August 2010 5:04 PM | No Comments -
The Bareback Porn Renegades
26 July 2010 6:27 PM | 4 Comments -
Edwin Rostron, ‘Morris and the Other’
10 July 2010 2:29 PM | No Comments -
Should Universities Employ Bigots?
10 July 2010 1:44 PM | No Comments -
Michael McCarthy, ‘English Exam’
10 July 2010 12:32 PM | No Comments -
An Abhorrent Assault on Sexual Freedom
06 July 2010 6:52 PM | 1 Comment
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Free Speech Archive
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Should Universities Employ Bigots?
Posted on July 10, 2010 | No CommentsPhilip Bounds considers Nicholas Kollerstrom's dismissal for 'Holocaust denial' to be part of an ongoing war on pluralism in universities. -
A Gag Order on Parents?
Posted on June 11, 2010 | No CommentsA law professor considers USA court rulings that restrict parents' speech, asking whether they can be reconciled with the Constitution. -
Fettering Freedom of Expression
Posted on May 29, 2010 | No CommentsFollowing the Leeds Salon debate on ‘Freedom of Expression’, Paul Thomas examines Leeds University’s ‘Protocol on Freedom of Expression’. -
Are YOU Aware?
Posted on May 6, 2010 | 1 CommentPaul Thomas questions the current fashion for awareness-raising, and argues that its aims and effects are pernicious. -
Fear and Loathing in Leeds
Posted on April 30, 2010 | No CommentsPhillip Dickinson argues that Leeds University Union's 'No Platform' position poses a far greater threat to democracy than the BNP. -
The Problem with Diversity Awareness
Posted on March 13, 2010 | No CommentsSince when has management been at the vanguard of promoting equality and combating discrimination? -
Defend the Freedom Campaign
Posted on March 9, 2010 | 1 CommentGayan Samarasinghe explains why Leeds University's Defend the Freedom Campaign is so urgent. -
Hands Off Poetry!
Posted on December 1, 2009 | No CommentsWhy the banning of a poem from the school curriculum is an important freedom issue -
Strange Fruit
Posted on June 8, 2009 | 1 Comment‘A poet’s work,’ he answers. ‘To name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world and stop it from going to sleep.’ And if rivers of blood flow from the cuts his verses inflict, then they will nourish him. - Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses, p97. -
Christopher Hitchens on Free Speech and Freedom of Expression
Posted on May 18, 2009 | No CommentsHitchens on freedom of speech: “This speech is from a debate at Hart House, University of Toronto. Christopher Hitchens’ speech is in favor of decriminalizing hate speech, and why that free speech must include hate speech. The debate (and lecture by Hitchens), which included members...