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Sep 29, 2022
NYU professor and leading social psychologist Jonathan Haidt has resigned from his professional body due to the new requirement that members must include Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and anti-racism commitments if they want to present research at any conference. Haidt is a leader in the anti-woke movement.
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Sep 23, 2022
PayPal says Free Speech Union (UK) has breached its 'Acceptable Use Policy' but no reason is given - go figure!
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Sep 12, 2022
Defamation is a limit on freedom of speech. If a statement made publicly about a person and is unproven, not in the public interest and damaging, the accused may sue for defamation.
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Sep 07, 2022
Teacher Enoch Burke refused to call a transgender child "they" for reasons of his faith as an evangelical Christian. After the school obtained two interlocutory injunctions, Burke was arrested, brought before court and imprisoned to Mountjoy Prison, to remain there indefinitely “until he purges his contempt or until further order of this court.”
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Sep 07, 2022
FSU SA addressed a letter to the WCED cautioning the department about the manner in which allegations at schools are being handled. FSU SA also urged the department to be critical about the appointment of consultants to help schools manage these issues.
When high-school students can’t tolerate hearing the name of a book title, we know there’s a problem in education. Although this is an American occurrence, South Africa is heading this way.
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Aug 10, 2022
Sara Gon exams why we need a free speech union given that freedom of speech is a constitutional right. Things can change in as fraught political environment such as ours.
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Aug 09, 2022
We are pleased to announce the formation of the Free Speech Union of South Africa (FSU -SA). Free speech is the bedrock supporting all other individual rights and freedoms.
Haidt resigns in protest over ideological capture
