The state is afraid of sentences
Why every takedown notice is a compliment to the writer, and a confession from the censor.
Free Speech publishes the speeches, manifestos and arguments that others summarise, soften or take down. The primary text, uncut — because a democracy is only as free as its loudest sentence.
Read the speechesWhy every takedown notice is a compliment to the writer, and a confession from the censor.
A campus society goes to court to hold a discussion — and wins the right to disagree out loud.
The full address, delivered to an audience that was told not to gather.
Publish it anyway.
Free Speech exists because Article 19(1)(a) is not a suggestion. We host the argument in full — the speech, the essay, the rebuttal — and we let readers decide. Not because every idea deserves agreement, but because a democracy that cannot bear to read an idea has already lost the argument.
Read the full manifesto“The moment you tolerate only agreeable speech, you have abolished speech.”
Delivered before an assembly that had been urged to withdraw the invitation, this address became a touchstone for how a plural republic argues with itself. We publish it uncut, with the original citation, so you can read what was actually said — not what it was later reported to be.
Ideas in full, once a week. The speeches, the arguments and the counter-arguments — delivered before they are diluted.
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