…Paul MacDonnell talks with Jacob Mchangama about the post-WWII history of attempts to constrain hateful speech and what it means for current policy. Jacob is a lawyer, human-rights advocate, social commentator, and director and founder of Justitia, a Copenhagen-based think-tank dedicated to protecting free expression….
…rænsede danske bevilling til retssystemet alene kan forklares med en høj grad af effektivitet. Tværtimod har man fra politisk side over de seneste år, gjort det vanskeligere for borgere og virksomheder at få adgang til domstolene og få prøvet deres sag. Der skal f.eks. i visse tilfælde betales en betydelig retsafgift (til staten) for at indbringe en sag for retten. Retsafgiften er det beløb, en borger eller virksomhed skal betale for overhovedet a…
…ns Skattestyrelsen kan få indsigt i nye domme og dermed ny viden med det samme. Det er en unødvendig ubalance, der kan have stor betydning for skatteyderne og virksomhederne,” afslutter hun. På den baggrund anbefales det, at Skattestyrelsen fremadrettet skal offentliggøre domme senest et par dage efter afsigelsen. På den måde kan der blive rettet op på den skæve balance mellem skattemyndighedernes og skatteydernes adgang til domme i skattesager, s…
…nt mobs? And did Emperor Justinian really end antiquity when he closed the Academy in Athens? Find out when we discover how religious persecution and violence impacted lives, learning, and liberty of conscience in the period from the trial of Jesus to the age of Justinian. The Age of Persecution. That’s episode 3 of Clear and Present Danger: A History of Free Speech. You can subscribe and listen to Clear and Present Danger on iTunes, Google Play,…
…Patriots, How the French Revolution briefly brought free speech and democracy back with the establishment of the Batavian Republic How Burkes “Reflections on the Revolution in France” unleashed a British pamphlet war for and against the principles of the French Revolution How Thomas Paine´s reply to Burke – “Rights of Man” – became the world’s highest selling book and spread the idea of democratic reform to the masses How Prime Minister William P…
…hvor udenlandske turister bor, fordi almindelige cubanere ikke har internetadgang. Prisen for en times internetadgang svarede til en kvart månedsløn for en almindelig cubaner. Yoani Sánchez advarer mod at se hendes blog som et udtryk for, at der er ytringsfrihed på Cuba. “Tværtimod er den et udtryk for folks dristighed, at det selv i en sammenhæng, hvor der hverken er frihed eller teknologisk infrastruktur til at ytre sig, er det lykkedes at kommu…
…nt mobs? And did Emperor Justinian really end antiquity when he closed the Academy in Athens? Find out when we discover how religious persecution and violence impacted lives, learning, and liberty of conscience in the period from the trial of Jesus to the age of Justinian. The Age of Persecution. That’s episode 3 of Clear and Present Danger: A History of Free Speech. You can subscribe and listen to Clear and Present Danger on iTunes, Google Play,…
…d why have countless people risked death and imprisonment to express their beliefs? Jacob Mchangama guides you through the history of free speech from the trial of Socrates to the Great Firewall. You can subscribe and listen to Clear and Present Danger on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, YouTube, TuneIn, and Stitcher, or download episodes directly from SoundCloud. Stay up to date with Clear and Present Danger on the show’s Facebook and Twitter pages….
…n religious ceremonies on proud and devout Scots? Why was censorship abolished in 1641 and what were the consequences? What happened at the Putney Debates? How radical were the Levellers’ demands for free speech and liberty of conscience? Did John Milton really become a censor himself? Why did traditionalists refer to pamphlets and books as “paper-bullets?” You can subscribe and listen to Clear and Present Danger on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Yo…
…demands for free speech and liberty of conscience? Did John Milton really become a censor himself? Why did traditionalists refer to pamphlets and books as “paper-bullets?” You can subscribe and listen to Clear and Present Danger on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, YouTube, TuneIn, and Stitcher, or download episodes directly from SoundCloud. Stay up to date with Clear and Present Danger on the show’s Facebook and Twitter pages. Email us feedback at fr…
