Academic Freedom Is Not Freedom of Speech

Academic Freedom Is Not Freedom of Speech

How to do things with academic speech The UK Government’s proposed Bill on Freedom of speech and academic freedom (Higher Education), now before the third reading in the House of Commons, aims to regulate the expression of unpopular or controversial views at...
The UK, Rwanda, and the Spectacle of Deterrence

The UK, Rwanda, and the Spectacle of Deterrence

On 14th April, it was reported that a deal has been made between the UK and Rwanda to establish a system of off-shore processing for asylum seekers who arrive irregularly to the UK. This means that people who arrive in the UK without a valid visa or permission to...
Contagious Philosophy: A Review of Viral Critique

Contagious Philosophy: A Review of Viral Critique

Viral Critique is the title of the short and intense book by Andityas Soares de Moura Costa Matos & Francis García Collado, published in English in February 2022 by Counterpress. This is one of those books whose strength is inverse to its size. It stabs and wounds...
A Short History of Just War

A Short History of Just War

Roman Priest (Louvre Museum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) Reading British newspapers’ commentary on the Ukraine war gives a sense of deja vue. We have a return of the ‘West’, of the ‘Free World’, of the exreme demonisation of the opponent. Commentators...