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Why Free Speech Matters and the Arguments You Can Use to Defend it From Woke Authoritarians

by Toby Young
23 March 2022 6:10 PM

Last week, the Free Speech Union hosted the launch of Jacob Mchangama’s new book Free Speech: A Global History From Socrates to Social Media, in conjunction with the Academy of Ideas. Jacob gave a short lecture, giving the audience a whistle-stop tour of the history of free speech, then Dr. Joanna Williams and I took turns to respond and Claire Fox did her best to moderate. We then had a lively Q&A. The whole thing is available as a podcast here. Well worth a listen.

Stop Press: You can read a summary of Jacob Mchangama’s argument in the March/April issue of Foreign Affairs here.

Tags: Academy of IdeasFree SpeechFree Speech UnionJacob Mchangama

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