GUEST POST: Top universities shift campus culture
Some of America’s most prominent university heads have made substantial progress in shifting their campus cultures against anti-Semitism
Free speech
29 postsFree speech and its relationship to anti-Semitism. Photo”: Megaphon" by floeschie is marked with CC BY 2.0.
GUEST POST: Columbia deal leaves open free speech question
The settlement between Columbia and the Trump administration leaves open the question of whether there is a ‘Palestine exception’ to free speech
On the Arts First podcast
I was delighted to appear as a guest on the Arts First podcast to discuss the murderous attack on Salman Rushdie and...
Don’t let anti-Israel bigots pose as free-speech champions
The ‘pro-Palestine’ crowd’s selective defence of freedom of expression is hypocritical and self-serving.
Beyond free speech
Free speech means being allowed to express outrageous views but it does not extend to physical intimidation or destruction
GUEST POST: Columbia controversy escalates further
The elite New York university is taking tougher action against disruptive anti-Israel protestors while facing federal funding cuts for allowing discrimination against Jewish students
Should anti-Semitism on campus be tolerated?
My introduction to the Battle of Ideas debate on campus anti-Semitism
Why Suella Braverman should not censor pro-Palestine voices
A piece by me for Unherd on why even the most hateful anti-Israel activists have the right to free speech.
How Germany worsens anti-Semitism
The German authorities are in effect weaponising the spectre of anti-Semitism against their political opponents.
WORDS FROM THE WHITEHOUSE: Burning books should not be illegal
An alternative take by Guy Whitehouse. The views expressed may not always coincide with those of the Radicalism of fools.
Debating free speech at online Plebity conference
My two online debates with be available to watch soon.
The different faces of anti-Semitism
Fatima Mohammed’s student commencement speech at CUNY Law shows that anti-Semitism can take many forms.
Let Roger Waters play
Banning the former Pink Floyd frontman for his Nazi-uniform stunt will do nothing to challenge anti-Semitism.
Don’t ban Roger Waters!
Even if the accusations of anti-Semitism are true it does not follow that the former Pink Floyd frontman should be banned from performing in Frankfurt