Academics For Academic Freedom Alumni for Free Speech Living Freedom Yes indeed. The creation of AFAF is a light in the darkness!

Not just remarkable it’s very worrying - it could be used to censor all criticism not backed up by a research project.

At least in the universities there are several defenders of free speech Academics For Academic Freedom and its branches, Alumni for Free Speech Living Freedom and others.

The Cass report warns about allowing children to change their gender pronouns or names. The people promoting all this gender swapping for kids over the last few years should hang their heads in shame. They have confused a generation of children and convinced them that biology…

Activists, healthcare staff and educationalists promoting harmful ‘gender-affirming care’ need to call themselves aside now.

In the Seanad I spoke about the report of Dr Hilary Cass into gender treatment practices in Britain. What are the implications for Ireland?

We need to…

Dear Amnesty International which bit of the Cass report which finds that many kids (exact number unknown 'cos GIDS did not keep proper records) were medicalised inappropriately, do think is being 'weaponised'? amnesty.org.uk/press-releases…

Free Speech Ireland are launching “The Trinity Declaration on Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression” next week in Trinity College, Dublin.

A few academics will be speaking on the day. Following that, we will encourage attendees to sign the Declaration to raise awareness…

Free Speech Ireland—keeping up the pressure!

A new addition to our Banned List from Dublin City University thanks to Free Speech Ireland for digging! Dublin Universities AFAF

afaf.org.uk/the-banned-lis…

This is from an email I received from Tim Crowley almost 9 years ago! I have his consent to repeat it here. He wrote:

“In other news, I see the gender recognition bill has passed. As I understand it, with this bill our government has officially cast the determination of sex off…

Academics For Academic Freedom AFAF@UNK Alliance Defending Freedom National Association of Scholars
This is an important case about academic freedom in the USA. Please watch if you can, and please offer support for Michael Joyner in whatever way you can, whether that’s prayers, incantations, good vibes, or positive thoughts

Heather Might be worth checking out whether Academics For Academic Freedom have a branch at your institution, although they are not just for students, obviously. If not, I understand is fairly easy to start one.

afaf.org.uk/new-afaf-branc…

Enzo Rossi Academic freedom and freedom of speech should be principles that are common to both the left and the right.

How many of the people on Academics For Academic Freedom's Banned List have been silenced by conservatives?
afaf.org.uk/the-banned-lis…

Check out the Academics For Academic Freedom response to the OfS consultation.

afaf.org.uk/free-speech-co… afaf.org.uk/free-speech-co…

My latest for The Telegraph on why Sunak might be right that the Scottish hate crime madness is... madness. But given the slew of censorious legislation passed in the last few years, free speech is hardly safe on his watch:

telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/0…

We will publish a video of it’s shockingly HATEFUL performance soon..
(Bex, you have literally made a monster)

The new act requires universities to have 'particular regard to the importance of freedom of speech', which means that additional
importance must be put on free speech over other matters. [..] Freedom of speech is foundational to human progress, liberty and the search for truth.

Very pleased to support excellent and very timely initiative from Abhishek Saha QMUL Academics for Academic Freedom. Very good speakers covering important topics. Check it out and do come along and join in the discussion

'If we are to stop the rot in our universities, the OfS must resist sector lobbying to weaken its proposals.'

Abhishek Saha argues that free speech complaints should not get bogged down in energy-sapping and unnecessarily lengthy internal processes.

timeshighereducation.com/opinion/ofs-sh…

Gerard Casey - just arrived in today’s post. Come over to The University of Buckingham and discuss ‘ZAP’ sometime?