Introducing Dr. Roderick Mulgan, new Free Speech Union Council Member
I have had political antennae since my early teens. It was years before I read anything about the Enlightenment but early on it resonated with me that one of life’s most basic rights was saying what y...
Our work across the country continues as we keep up the fight for free speech. Welcome to the latest update. Philip Arps comes last place in election for Te Aratai College Board of Trustees Philip Ar...
When recently attending the Free Speech Union’s event at the University of Otago, I was struck by two thoughts: who was there, and who wasn’t. I have already come to realise I traverse two increasingl...
In the end, the alternative to free speech is violence. Is this what we want?
We're told that democracy dies in darkness. Perhaps it would be more fitting to say democracy dies in silence. And it is a violent death that comes by the hands of those who would try to control your ...
Last week, Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ), in association with Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon, released their Inclusive Campaigning Guidelines— a series of recommendations on how local gov...
Seventy notable academics have sent a motion of no-confidence to the Royal Society over its handling of the professors’ letter to the Listener — but some of their colleagues say they are too fearful ...
