‘This is a historic institution that should treat free speech in the same way as any other right.’
Political Commentator Jack Anderton joins Bev Turner to discuss Bangor University’s ban on Reform UK speakers, which has sparked debate over free speech in higher education. Anderton reveals he has a call scheduled with university officials tomorrow.
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Bangor University’s politics and debating society has sparked a free speech controversy by banning Reform UK MP Sarah Poachin from campus, labeling the party "racist," "homophobic," and "transphobic." Reform UK advisor Jack Anderson discusses the "satirical" irony of a debating society refusing to debate, while experts from the U.S. weigh in on the decline of intellectual diversity in higher education and new legal efforts to protect citizens from foreign censorship laws.
0:00 – "Debating Society Refuses to Debate": Reform UK banned from Bangor University [00:00]
1:15 – Jack Anderson on the "rude" message from the society and the university’s reputation [01:15]
3:20 – Protests and cancellations: Experiences from the Reform UK university tour [03:20]
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6:04 – An American Perspective: Professor Steven Scultetti on the politicization of higher education [06:04]
9:35 – The Wyoming Granite Act: A new "shield law" to protect Americans from foreign censorship [09:35]
11:30 – "The Shield and the Sword": How the law penalizes foreign censorship agencies [11:30]
14:04 – Preston Burn on the "censorship industrial complex" and the future of free speech [14:04]
15:03 – Panel Discussion: The "last bastion of free speech" and the UK’s legal climate [15:03]
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