The free speech wars: How did we get here and why does it matter?

Who gets to exercise free speech, and what happens when powerful voices think they have been silenced?

Assembling a diverse group of commentators, activists and academics, this book explores the contemporary free speech wars to try to understand how this issue has become increasingly charged. It asks how the spaces and structures of 'speech' – mass media, the lecture theatre, the public event, the political rally and the internet – shape this debate. The contributors examine how acts such as...