Clear and Present Danger – Episode 40 – The Age of Human Rights: Tragedy and Triumph
In 2014, the Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi was sentenced to 10 years in prison…
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Clear and Present Danger – Episode 38 – The Totalitarian Temptation – Part II – Der Untergang
In November 2019 German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave a passionate speech to the German Bundestag.…
Clear and Present Danger – Episode 38 – The Totalitarian Temptation – Part I
In George Orwell’s 1946 work, “The Prevention of Literature,” he wrote: [O]rganised lying … is…
Clear and Present Danger – Episode 37 – The History of Mass Surveillance, with Andreas Marklund
In 2013, NSA contractor Edward Snowden sent shockwaves through the American government when he…
Clear and Present Danger – Episode 36 – Thomas Healy on how Oliver Wendell Holmes changed the history of free speech in America
On March 4, 1801, Thomas Jefferson, the newly elected president, gave his first inaugural…
Clear and Present Danger – Episode 35 – White Man´s Burden: Empire, Liberalism and Censorship
During the mass protests that have rocked Hong Kong since June 2019 pro-democracy protestors have…
Clear and Present Danger – Episode 34 – The Age of Reaction: The fall and rise of free speech in 19th century Europe
The 18th century ended with free speech in full retreat. With the French Revolution,…
Ayn Rand Institute – New Ideal: An Interview with Free-Speech Advocate Jacob Mchangama
In 2005, editors at the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten were concerned about a seeming climate of self-censorship on…
Clear and Present Danger – Special Edition – A conversation with Professor David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression
In this special edition of Clear And Present Danger we leave the past and jump…
Episode 33 – Counter-Revolution: Dutch Patriots, Tom Paine´s Rights of Man and the campaign against Seditious Writings
Faced with bloody terrorism democratic Europe has often reacted with tough measures. The UK Counter-Terrorism…