Foreing Affairs: The War on Free Speech – Censorship’s Global Rise
The roots of free speech are ancient, deep, and sprawling. The Athenian statesman Pericles extolled…
Monthly Archives: February, 2022
Quilette: How the Dutch Created Europe’s First Free-Speech Zone More than 400 years Ago
On a Continent embroiled in religious turmoil and persecution, tolerance and free speech found few…
Free Speech – A History from Socrates to Social Media
Today Jacob Mchangama’s new book Free Speech – A History from Socrates to Social Media…
The Economist: A history of free expression charts its seesawing progress
Repression leads to liberalisation and vice versa, says Jacob Mchangama Free Speech. By Jacob Mchangama. Basic Books;…
Wall Street Journal: Will Banning Hate Speech Make Europe Safer?
A new EU plan targeting extremists ignores history’s lessons about the danger of restricting unpopular…