The Free Speech Wars

This book assembles a diverse group of commentators, activists, and academics to understand the contemporary free speech wars.

It delves into how the spaces and structures of 'speech' – including mass media, lecture theatres, public events, political rallies, and the internet – shape this debate.

The contributors analyze historical developments of censorship, boycotts, and protests around free speech and how these histories inform the present.

The book explores both the defence of speech freedoms and the ways in which free speech has been weaponised and used as a bad faith argument.

It focuses on key battlefields such as university campuses and the internet, encouraging readers to be critical of how this topic is framed in the media.