{"product_id":"is-free-speech-under-threat-9781847928221","title":"Is Free Speech Under Threat?","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne big question. Two great answers. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eIs Free Speech Under Threat? \u003c\/i\u003etwo leading thinkers tackle the issue at the very heart of the culture wars. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Suzanne Nossel (CEO of PEN America) puts the case that even though there is an important rebalancing of power taking place in society today, rightly giving minority voices the space and prominence they have long been owed, even so the uncompromising intolerance of a left-leaning minority crosses the threshold of an important principle on which free speech relies. In the process, they play into the hands of outright censors, further harming free speech. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Charlotte Lydia Riley (editor of THE FREE SPEECH WARS) argues that the right to free speech has always been enjoyed by the powerful and denied to the powerless. Accusations of cancel culture and defences of free speech are attempts to fuel a culture war and so inhibit an important progressive realignment in which the right to say hateful, offensive and harmful things is at last being called out for what it is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The THINK AGAIN series presents short books that address the big, divisive questions of our times in a uniquely constructive way: two expert, contrasting and equally persuasive views in a single volume that can be read from either end. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published in conjunction with Intelligence Squared, the world's leading curator of debate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bodley Head\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781847928221\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Charlotte Lydia Riley, Suzanne Nossel, Intelligence Squared","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45169474633909,"sku":"9781847928221","price":27.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_38204067-cd09-4622-a11b-4a0ffa02d331.jpg?v=1741703241","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/is-free-speech-under-threat-9781847928221","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}