Author: | Billy Bragg | ISBN: | 9780571353231 |
Publisher: | Faber & Faber | Publication: | April 30, 2019 |
Imprint: | Faber & Faber | Language: | English |
Author: | Billy Bragg |
ISBN: | 9780571353231 |
Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
Publication: | April 30, 2019 |
Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
Language: | English |
At a time when opinion trumps facts and truth is treated as nothing more than another perspective, free speech has become a battleground. While authoritarians and algorithms threaten democracy, we argue over who has the right to speak.
To protect ourselves from encroaching tyranny, we must look beyond this one-dimensional notion of what it means to be free and, by reconnecting liberty to equality and accountability, restore the individual agency engendered by the three dimensions of freedom.
At a time when opinion trumps facts and truth is treated as nothing more than another perspective, free speech has become a battleground. While authoritarians and algorithms threaten democracy, we argue over who has the right to speak.
To protect ourselves from encroaching tyranny, we must look beyond this one-dimensional notion of what it means to be free and, by reconnecting liberty to equality and accountability, restore the individual agency engendered by the three dimensions of freedom.