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University speakers

samedi 21 octobre 2017 à 02:00

The UK government plans to pressure universities to eliminate student union "no platform" policies that exclude speakers on account of their views.

There is an anomaly here which I hope someone can explain to me. Can a student union bar a speaker from speaking at the university, or only from speaking in the student union's own events? When I read the actual text of the no-platform policy, it seemed to say the latter.

How does that endanger the diversity of views at the university? Does the student union have a monopoly on hosting outside speakers?

Meanwhile, what about university censorship that has nothing to do with the student union? For instance, will universities be fined for censoring a speech at the request of the Israeli embassy or excluding speakers on request from spy agencies?

Marijuana and opioids

samedi 21 octobre 2017 à 02:00

Legalizing marijuana in Colorado led to a decrease in deaths from opioids.

Labour economics

samedi 21 octobre 2017 à 02:00

Corbyn: Labour is indeed the enemy of the current economic model, which puts children into poverty and hunger.

Urgent: EU wood burning

samedi 21 octobre 2017 à 02:00

Everyone: Oppose the EU practice of buying wood to burn it.

NFL players' protests

samedi 21 octobre 2017 à 02:00

The troll tried to hijack the NFL players' protests.

Here's a suggestion for how they can take back the meaning of their protests.