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“Our main aim is to help Oxford disagree better”. Maya Thomas on the founding of Oxford Society for Free Discourse and free speech issues in Oxford. So, how did you start the Oxford Society for Free Discourse? When I first came to university as an ideologically confused fresher, was very excited to have discussions with […]
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Image description: Steve Bannon, former White House Chief Strategist and executive chairman of Breitbart News In the wake of the recent anti-fascism protests outside the Oxford Union in response to the invitation extended to Katie Hopkins to speak, the topic on the validity of the use of ‘no-platforming’ has come to the forefront of political […]
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BEN DONALDSON A recent article in Cherwell argued that Dr Jordan Peterson should not be allowed to speak at the Union. Rather confusingly, the author is “in favour of inviting individuals who I disagree with to speak at the Union”. However, what follows is an unapologetic character assassination of Peterson, claiming he is a liar, someone […]
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“If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought”– or so wrote George Orwell inhis essay ‘Politics and the English Language’. Language, and most especially political language, ispowerful and aware of it. All speech and writing is created with the intention of influence: propaganda and advertisements invade one’s mind with ready-made thoughts, and politicians attempt […]
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Protesters have gathered outside the Oxford Union as US President-elect Donald Trump’s ex-campaign manager Corey Lewandowski delivered an address to the society. The protest was organised by OUSU LGBTQ Campaign and Oxford Migrant Solidarity. The protestors involved began to assemble at around 7pm and stayed for the duration of Lewandowski’s speech. The chants of […]
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