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,…
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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…
K-News – Magtens tredeling: Fald i civile retssager
Umiddelbart lyder et fald i antal retssager ført ved de danske domstole vel okay. Det…
Episode 32 – Policing opinion in the French Revolution with Charles Walton
On Aug. 26, 1789, France’s National Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man…
Episode 31 – The Old Regime
In Nov. 2018, French President Emanuel Macron declared war on “offensive and hateful content” on…
Episode 30 – Northern Lights, The Scandinavian Press Freedom Breakthrough
In the 1760s and 1770s, Sweden and Denmark-Norway shortly became the epicenter of press freedom…
Episode 29 – The Philosopher King – Enlightened Despotism, part 2, Prussia
In his famous essay “What is Enlightenment?” the Prussian philosopher Immanuel Kant declared: “[E]nlightenment requires…
Episode 28 – Writing on Human Skin – Enlightened Despotism, part I, Russia
The Enlightenment’s emphasis on science, progress, tolerance and rationality attracted not only philosophers — even…