Americans enjoy a right to free speech, and some public figures really exercise that right. The Constitution might not protect them the way they think it does, though.
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The protesters have scored a big victory in the Dakota Access Pipeline conflict, but it’s served only to illuminate the sharp divisions over energy policy in the US.
Nakedness has long been employed as a gesture of defiance, highlighting the plight of the oppressed.
The leaderlessness of South Africa’s #FeesMustFall student movement has ultimately fed into divisions within the grouping.
The late 1960s and 1970s saw powerful waves of dissent break out over Australia. It hasn’t been the same since.
The “Fuck Fred Nile” case highlights the absurdity of criminalising “fleeting expletives” while allowing speech that depicts homosexuality as abnormal, unnatural and sinful.
The current state of emergency in Ethiopia is the last attempt by the Tigrayan-led regime to stop the Oromo and Amhara protests and maintain political power.
Finance minister Pravin Gordhan announced that government expenditure on higher education and specifically universities will be the fastest growing expenditure items on the budget.
Peacekeeping is not easy. But for South Africa’s universities to begin working towards solutions, it is crucial that their communities give peace a chance.
There have been efforts to include women in West Bank politics, but they’ve fallen short. Activists are trying to change things.
In Turkey’s climate of general political repression, cyberactivism constitutes a real alternative for engaged citizens.
There is no such thing as ‘free higher education’. Someone has to pay. And the reality is that low, or no tuition fees benefit middle and high-income families.
People risk being physically harmed during violent protests. But there is also an emotional element at play.
A new documentary examines indigenous activism in Peru – calling attention to the dark side of the country’s economic boom.
While the debate around Section 18C has raged, a host of other laws that impinge on freedom of speech have been quietly introduced.
For decades, the Miss America pageant had excluded minorities while celebrating a very narrow definition of womanhood. Then two separate protests – a women’s liberation picket and the lesser-known Miss Black America pageant – said ‘enough is enough.’
There were high hopes that the SABC would become a true public broadcaster after the end of apartheid when it was used ruthlessly as a propaganda machine. But those hopes have since been dashed.
Various commentators have wrongly over the last 22 years said that black people voted blindly for ANC governments. There’s no better example why the academy needs a dramatic post-colonial overhaul.
Good governance is the right thing to do, and boosts the legitimacy of decision-making. If moral chivalry doesn’t appeal, here are two more reasons: it’s cost-efficient and delivers better solutions.
RNC protests in Cleveland have been peaceful, but are they effective? A historian explains what happened at the DNC in 1968 and why activists may want to reconsider their tactics.
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Reader in Political Sociology, Aston University
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Associate Professor of Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Associate Professor in Politics, University of Birmingham
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Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Journalism, Radio and Communication, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Journalism, Michigan State University
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Lecturer in Criminology, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Associate Fellow on the Middle East at RUSI; Associate Professor in Politics & International Relations; Deputy Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
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Director, Tas Law Reform Institue / Associate Professor, University of Tasmania, University of Tasmania
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Professor of UK Human Rights Law, University of East Anglia
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Associate Professor of Computer Science, Rhodes University
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Professor in Human Geography, Royal Holloway University of London
