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21/09/2024
👥 Can we really argue our way out of the culture wars?
👉 Join Dr Calum Nicholson, Max Sanderson, Tom Slater and Kathleen Stock to debate division, identity politics, and the age of polarisation.
🗓️ 20th October | 📌
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https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/the-polarisation-problem-can-we-speak-across-the-divide/
20/09/2024
💻 Is technology our poison… or our medicine?
👉 Join and to debate the role of tech in our lives.
🗓️ Oct 9th | 📌 The Adelphi, Leeds
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https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/technology-is-not-the-problem-we-are/
19/09/2024
🎈 The Battle of Ideas 2024 kicks off TONIGHT with two exciting satellite events!
Join us ONLINE for a FREE conversation about centrism with Yair Zivan and Austin Williams, or IN-PERSON in Derby for a technology debate with Timandra Harkness and Dennis Hayes.
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https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/strand/satellite-events/
19/09/2024
🕊️ From military intervention in Gaza to the rise of anti-Semitism in the West, join , , , Stefan G Ziegler, and to discuss the Israel-Gaza conflict - one year on from Oct 7th.
🗓️ 7th Oct | 📌 Volkhaus, Zürich
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19/09/2024
🎤 Join us for a night with - comedy free from censorship.
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🗓️ Oct 8th | 📌 Backyard Comedy Club, London
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18/09/2024
🌎 Are we running out of people?
📖 Join and to discuss the new book ‘No-One Left: Why the world needs more children.’
🗓️ 20th October | 📌
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https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/bookshop-barnie-why-the-world-needs-more-children-by-paul-morland/
18/09/2024
⚖️ Does equality law conflict with the aspiration for freedom?
👉 Join and Dolan Cummings to discuss the conflict - or not - between freedom and equality.
🗓️ 19th October | 📌
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https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/equality-law-friend-or-foe-for-freedom/
The Battle of Ideas festival is the home and heart of free speech - co-convenor Ella Whelan joins Battle speaker
Andrew Doyle on GBNews to explain all about the Battle, where we'll get to grips with the big political and cultural issues of the day.
From rows about equality law to questions about international relations, the battlegrounds in education to issues of artistic freedom, we're covering a lot of ground this year. You don't want to miss it - join us on the 19 & 20 October at Church House, Westminster.
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16/09/2024
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15/09/2024
15/09/2024
'I think we can already get a measure of the new Labour government - and it’s not good for those who value freedom and democracy.'
The battle for free speech doesn't go on recess - Claire Fox reports on a short few weeks in parliament in our latest Substack:
Inside The Lords: a Labour government revealed The battle for free speech doesn't go on recess - Claire Fox reports on a short few weeks in parliament.
15/09/2024
🐣 Early-bird deals end tomorrow for !
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15/09/2024
📱Are smartphones ruining our lives?
📖 Join and to discuss “Technology is Not the Problem”
🗓️ Sept 19th | 📌 Brunswick Inn, Derby
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14/09/2024
📱Are smartphones ruining our lives?
📖 Join Timandra Harkness and Dennis Hayes to discuss “Technology is Not the Problem”
🗓️ Sept 19th | 📌 Brunswick Inn, Derby
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13/09/2024
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13/09/2024
The manoeuvres by Keir Starmer to ‘reset’ relations with the EU are rather curious. The EU is in economic decline, deeply divided over the role of Brussels in national affairs and the implementation of Net Zero policies that are harming everyone from German industrial giants to small farmers. Far from a global powerhouse, the EU looks increasingly irrelevant on the world stage.
So why do the hopes of rejoining remain?
Read Rob Lyons' latest post - and find out about all our economy-related debates at the Battle of Ideas festival:
It’s not the EU we left... While many Remainers still hope to rejoin, the European Union has changed a lot in just a few years – and not for the better, writes Rob Lyons.
12/09/2024
🎤 Join us for a night with - comedy free from censorship.
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🗓️ Oct 8th | 📌 Backyard Comedy Club, London
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11/09/2024
🐦 Passionate about free speech and reasoned debate?
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11/09/2024
🎟️ Tickets are now on sale for this October!
🔥 100+ debates | 400+ speakers | Free speech allowed
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11/09/2024
The arts world should be a space for experimentation and freedom, but has it become increasingly influenced by an ‘I find that offensive’ mentality?
Listen to Wendy Earle, Manick Govinda and Agnieszka Kolek in conversation about the state of artistic expression in Poland on the latest Arts First podcast:
Is a passion for freedom under attack in the arts? The latest Arts First podcast talks to Agnieszka Kolek and Manick Govinda on the struggle for artistic freedom in Poland.
09/09/2024
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07/09/2024
'Criminalising a social-media executive is part of the European political elite’s ongoing systematic quest to suppress free speech and control the political narrative.'
Dr Norman Lewis examines the arrest of Telegram’s Pavel Durov in the context of EU free-speech crackdowns.
Read, subscribe and share our latest post - and get your tickets to see Norman and others debate AI and free speech at the Battle of Ideas festival this year:
Telegram and freedom from speech in Europe Dr Norman Lewis reports on Brussels' war on online communications.
06/09/2024
🌱 Can centrism triumph in an age of toxic debate?
📖 Join and to discuss “The Centre Must Hold: Why Centrism is the Answer to Extremism and Polarisation.”
🗓️ 19th Sept | 📌 Online Zoom event
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06/09/2024
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