Clear and Present Danger

The first reviews of @CAPD_freespeech are in. Including from Harvard professor @sapinker #History #HistoryPodcast #History #FreeSpeech

Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media by ⁦@JMchangama⁩ is one of the best non-fiction books I have read in a very long time. I was hooked right from the beginning. I would highly recommend reading it and taking notes. You will learn new things on every page

1/ 🧵One reason many are instictively in favour of banning book burnings is because we associate them with the mass book burnings in Nazi Germany. This is indeed a dark chapter in human history. But burning documents or symbols have also been part of important protest movements:

Book burnings are a primitive form of protest that typically deserve moral condemnation. But banning expressive conduct - however offensive - is a dangerous path for democracies that pave the way for further restrictions. My latest in @TIME time.com/6302649/denmar…

We´re hiring! @SpeechFuture is looking for a new Research Fellow to help our mission to create a thriving and resilient global culture of free speech. For further info on the position and how to apply, follow the link: shorturl.at/opBFY

“Free speech and equality are mutually reinforcing, not mutually exclusive" @JMchangama Wise words. Free speech is indispensable to the American idea. It protects us from tyranny more thoroughly and effectively than any other constitutional right. nytimes.com/2023/04/16/opi…

Jacob Mchangama on Free Speech, by @IdeasB2 open.substack.com/pub/ideasbeyon…

I talked to the wonderful people of @IdeasB2 who, I’m proud to say, have translated my book into Arabic.

Our latest translation is Free Speech by @JMchangama. We spoke with Jacob about the future of free speech in the Middle East, the impact his book can have amongst an Arabic audience, should the Taliban be able to remain on Twitter, and more! ideasbeyondborders.substack.com/p/jacob-mchang…

At the 2nd session of the Future Free Speech Conference, we will focus on the challenges, synergies, and the way forward regarding extreme speech online. In the panel: @JoanBarata @nighatdad @KeremALTIPARMAK mod: @mkrasnik Sign up for online and on-site: futurefreespeech.com/copenhagen-con…

Spinoza on early modern cancel culture (given the reception of his Theological-Political Treatise, which was both widely banned and condemned "[a] work “forged in Hell by a renegade Jew and the Devil", Spinoza was hardly being paranoid).

I don't know anyone who has thought more about free speech -- its issues, its history, its role in political life -- than Jacob Mchangama (@JMchangama). Lend an ear to this great Dane. (Wonderful guy, the free-speech advocacy and scholarship aside.) ricochet.com/podcast/q-and-…

Enjoyed this deep dive into the history of #freespeech on the @HdxAcademy podcast, including focus on academic freedom past and present.

Was honored to be invited on @ConstitutionCtr´s "We the People Podcast" for a conversation with @DavidColeACLU, expertly moderated by @RosenJeffrey #freespeech #history

"The leaders of any political system - no matter how enlightened - inevitably convince themselves that now freedom of speech has gone to far." - From our @NextBigIdeaClub 5 key insights. @JMchangama nextbigidea.app.link/free-speech

Freedom of speech is hailed as the ‘first freedom’, the bedrock of democracy, but it is subject to erosion in times of upheaval? Listen to this insighfull discussion from @britishlibrary with @JMchangama @InayaFolarin Mark Thompson and @isabelhilton youtube.com/watch?v=0T0c9e…

We have contributed with the @NextBigIdeaClub top 5 insights from 'Free Speech - Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media' by @JMchangama. #FreeSpeech Listen or read the insights: nextbigidea.app.link/free-speech

I talked to @heffnera about the threats to #freespeech in authoritarian states and democracies on @OpenMindTV @PBS pbs.org/video/march-of…

Listen to @JMchangama elucidate the history and development of free speech from ancient time to the present. historyextra.com/period/general…

Victoria (Au) is set to enact a law banning the public display of Nazi swastikas, but the law may well do more to undermine than strengthen the democratic values of freedom and equal dignity that it seeks to protect. - @JMchangama in @SpectatorOz spectator.com.au/2022/05/dont-m…

Yay! As an avid follower of BBC´s @HistoryExtra podcast I was delighted to be invited on the show for a conversation about the history of #Freespeech. shows.acast.com/historyextra/e…