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Marc Lamont Hill’s Firing Exposes the Right’s Hypocrisy on Free Speech

December 3, 2018 | by Ralph Leonard | 0 Comments

The firing of Marc Lamont Hill demonstrates how the Right does not support free speech as much as it claims to. Read more

The Deep Roots of the Illiberal Left

November 26, 2018 | by Gerfried Ambrosch | 1 Comments

Illiberal attitudes toward free speech and expression have been a feature among sections of the Left going as far back as Marx and Engels. “Hate speech!” is a battle cry we’re all too familiar with by now, and “deplatforming”—the disinvitation of controversial speakers—has become common practice on progressive campuses. A reversal of the Voltairean pledge, […] Read more

Freedom of Speech Includes the Right to Hear and Listen

November 22, 2018 | by Ralph Leonard | 1 Comments

Freedom of speech does not only involve the rights of the person speaking, but the right of a person to listen and to hear as well. Read more

Sherlock vs Twitter: A Statement from Michael Sherlock

October 22, 2018 | by Uncommon Ground Media | 0 Comments

Twitter's legal team has sent atheist activist and author Michael Sherlock a threatening email, alleging that a research piece he posted may be illegal. Read more

Thought Crime in the UK: In Solidarity with Angelos Sofocleous and Others

September 19, 2018 | by Uncommon Ground Media | 10 Comments

As more individuals come under fire for expressing dissenting opinions on controversial issues, Conatus News maintains its commitment to free speech. Read more

‘Compassionate’ Gulags: Goldsmiths’ LGBTQ Society’s Revisionism of Soviet Horrors

September 12, 2018 | by Ralph Leonard | 0 Comments

Students at Goldsmiths' LGBTQ society should be encouraged to read the actual history on soviet gulags and see them for what they really were–slavery. Read more

Orwell: Wrong or Misunderstood? – The Fisher Download

September 6, 2018 | by Dan Fisher | 0 Comments

In this episode of The Fisher Download, watch, listen or read as Dan Fisher explores whether Orwellian ideas of language control are still relevant today. Read more

Has Facebook’s Indiscriminate Banning And Arbitrary Moderation Killed Its Appeal?

August 20, 2018 | by Roger Dubar | 0 Comments

Facebook’s “Community Standards” aim to combat “hate speech”: but arbitrary and unappealable decisions are deterring users from sharing on the platform. Facebook’s a global phenomenon — the fastest growing, largest social network in history. It unites families & friends like nothing that has gone before it. It generates enormous revenues, and is investing huge sums […] Read more

Why Is The British State So Heavy Handed With Activists Critical of Islam?

August 2, 2018 | by Dana Forrest | 0 Comments

Technically, the treatment meted out by the British State to those strongly critical of Islam is legal. But is the reaction proportional or unreasonable? Do those who criticise Islam deserve to be imprisoned? One may expect to hear news like this from Islamic countries, but you might be surprised to know that governments in the […] Read more

Cultural Appropriation ‘Outrage’ Strikes Again – Musical Play ‘SLAV’ Suffers

July 25, 2018 | by Philip Theofanos | 0 Comments

Can those decrying cultural appropriation simultaneously sing the praises of multiculturalism with any logical consistency? Read more

It began with Rene Descartes and was called the Age of Enlightenment-Another Patriarchal mirror of truth.

You can see Hatun regularly on YouTube. They film her ongoing confrontations with Muslim men at Speakers Corner (wearing her…

It's good to be reminded of this courageous woman Stella, and would that the police had acted more alertly when…

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