Salman Rushdie said he’s tired of being everyone’s “free speech Barbie” four years after the author survived an assassination attempt that left him blinded in his right eye. “It’s a subject I’m... Read more »
Writers in the US are at growing risk amid a worldwide crackdown on free speech that has begun to spread to countries previously renowned for unfettered expression and openness, according to a... Read more »
The top blurb on Fara Dabhoiwala’s new book describes it as a “remarkable global history of free speech”. But it isn’t, and throwing in an interesting chapter on the press in British-occupied... Read more »
Book News: Cultural organizations protest Trump efforts to confine speech for federal grantees
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Free speech is in permacrisis – or so some would have you believe. Complaints that freedom of speech is under attack come mostly from the political right, from public figures who appear... Read more »
A Bosnian actor who was deported from Serbia this week has said he believes he was expelled for writing openly about his experience in the war in the 1990s and that “there... Read more »
Zibby Media Withdraws National Book Award Sponsorship over Potential for ‘Hate Speech’ Nov 15 2023 Ahead of this year’s National Book Awards ceremony, publisher Zibby Media has withdrawn its sponsorship of the... Read more »