It's nice to be home after traveling to Sydney this week for a series of meetings. We met with the other leaders of Free Speech Unions from Australia, the United Kingdom, and South Africa and launched...
Launch of a coalition across the English-speaking world to defend free speech
By Jonathan Ayling, New Zealand Free Speech Union, and Toby Young, UK Free Speech Union
The enemies of free speech hunt in packs, so its defenders must band together, too. This belief has long been at...
Yet another nurse under threat because of a Facebook comment
If each of the affronts to free speech that we fight were seen in isolation, they might not seem like a big deal. But, together, they add up to a much bigger problem.
Each time we write to you, ther...
This OIA response reveals the true state of free speech in universities
This is a long letter, but an important one.
The key point is to unpack new revelations that expose the depth of bigotry and opposition to free speech in our universities. I am writing to ask you to s...
By Nadia Braddon-ParsonsIt’s a bit ironic when a ratepayer is denied use of a public venue, a publicly funded venue. But we’ve seen it happen over and over again. Whether it’s protestors using the ‘th...
Critic, Conscience and Kaupapa: the ongoing Free Speech clash at UoA
By Nick Hanne
Spare a thought for election officials in India who have just run the largest national election in human history. Equally impressive though is the fact that India’s is just one of more t...
