The inaugural ‘Weekend Free Speech Update’ (1/6/2024)
Bringing you the latest free speech news & more
This Week in ERI
This Week in FIRE’s Blog
In the aftermath of Claudine Gay’s resignation, here’s how Harvard can reform itself by Angel Eduardo
FIRE’s First Amendment News
‘American Fiction’ movie takes satirical aim at politically correct white publishing world — First Amendment News 406 by Ronald Collins
FIRE in the Press
The Tenure Problem by Sam Abrams (AEIdeas)
What Happens Where Free Speech is Unprotected by Jamie Kirchick (The Atlantic)
The rich shouldn’t be able to use frivolous lawsuits to silence speech by Jay Diaz and Jared Mikulski (The Hill)
October 7: A Turning Point for Free Speech? by Bob Corn-Revere (Reason)
Americans need to be on FIRE for free speech by yours truly (Fox News)
Universities Are Drawing The Wrong Lessons From The Capitol Hill Hearings by Graham Piro (Persuasion)
FIRE’s “So to Speak” Podcast
‘Undefeated’ with Coach Bill Courtney: The renowned Memphis-area high school football coach reflects on the academy award winning documentary and the power of talking across lines of difference.
‘Canceling’ Update
My interview with Dan Delmar for CJAD 800 AM
My interview with Larry Mantle for LAist’s AirTalk (0:32:08)
My and Rikki’s interview for Michael Shellenberg’s Public podcast
In Other News
HARVEY FOR HARVARD: FIRE’s co-founder Harvey Silverglate is running for Harvard’s Board of Overseers. Help elect Harvey by nominating him here!
FIRE Fellow Nadine Strossen talks about the “Weimar Fallacy”:
Song of the Week!
“Vegas” by Doja Cat
UC Berkeleys iconic Free Speech Plaza (where activists and student clubs and administrators set up tables to recruit or proselytize, etc) has a petition collection table run by a student satire club to "Rename Moses Hall to Moses Hall."
Cancel Culture suddenly realized a long dead benefactor named Moses was Politically Incorrect ... but another Moses just appeared on US currency on Thursday:
https://news.google.com/search?q=Harriet%20Tubman
"After we collect 10 million signatures it is estimated that it will take faculty another 150 years to change the name of Moses Hall to Moses Hall."
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Love the idea. And thanks to the link about the Weimar Fallacy. With the recent Nazi debate, I was wondering what were the speech rules in Weimar Germany before / during their rise.