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Councils Still Ignoring the Law – Now Banning a Feminist Group!

Councils Still Ignoring the Law – Now Banning a Feminist Group!

Jordan Williams Free Speech Union There has been a lot going on behind the scenes – but as will become evident later this week, it appears that the very good guidance from the Court of Appeal that local councils have duties to protect freedom of speech, is already being ignored. Speak

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Letter to the Editor: A War in NZ

Letter to the Editor: A War in NZ

Dear Editor I would like to draw your attention to the latest ‘war’ occurring throughout New Zealand. The war is against anyone who is non-Maori, and especially if they have a small family business. It started off with Lee Williams, the blogger Cross the Rubicon, who has been taken down

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Speak up for Women File Proceedings against Auckland Council

Speak up for Women File Proceedings against Auckland Council

Joint Media Release: Speak up for Women & Free Speech Union Today, representatives from Speak Up For Women filed proceedings against the Auckland and Palmerston North Councils, following the cancellation of room bookings for public events that were to go ahead later this week. Nicolette Levy QC will be acting

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Twitter Mob Goes After Fiction Writers

Twitter Mob Goes After Fiction Writers

As we all know, Twitter mobs have been going after people for “wrong-think”. It seems that they’re no longer content with that and are now going after fiction authors for “wrong-write”. Reclaim The Net explains. Social media outrage at fictional books is causing contrite writers to revise their lines

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Discussing the Weather

Discussing the Weather

Chris Sellars I like to keep an eye on the weather as it’s handy to know which way the wind blows and if a hard rain is gonna fall. I am not qualified though. I don’t call myself an expert or a professional. I have been rained on

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‘They Are Us’ Is Group Think on Steroids

‘They Are Us’ Is Group Think on Steroids

Society is made up of lots of different family units: some are close and strong, others disjointed and alienated. My father once naïvely attempted to heal a long standing family rift by getting parties who had not spoken to each other for years together to talk, hopefully forgive and let

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Transcript of Interview with Speak up for Women

Transcript of Interview with Speak up for Women

David Cumin fsu.nz TRANSCRIPT: Free Speech Union Podcast interview with Beth Johnson, Spokeswoman for Speak Up For Women, June 7 2021 David: Welcome everyone to the Free Speech Union Podcast. It’s David Cumin here as host, and I have with me Beth from Speak Up for Women. Welcome,

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Can Trans ‘Women’ Ever be Truly Female?

Can Trans ‘Women’ Ever be Truly Female?

Should an employer have the right to fire an employee who expresses the view that a trans woman can never be truly a female? The Daily Mail article reads: “ ‘I was just fighting for everyone’s right to hold an opinion’: Mother who lost her job for saying trans women

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Journalists Doxx Citizen to Protect Citizens’ Privacy

Journalists Doxx Citizen to Protect Citizens’ Privacy

The Age is having an extended tanty because a private citizen has dared to use the same publicly-available tools all political parties use, to say things that the mainstream media don’t want Australians to say. A Brisbane man sent letters espousing offensive views about immigration and multiculturalism for years

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Don’t Cancel ‘They Are Us’

Don’t Cancel ‘They Are Us’

This may be an unpopular opinion, but I don’t want the Saint Jacinda Saves the Muslims movie cancelled. Yes, I agree with almost all of the criticisms made of it (hypocritical as many of them are) – but still, I don’t want it cancelled. I have trenchantly criticised Cancel

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The Case of Joe Rogan: Vaccine Policy and Freedom of Speech

The Case of Joe Rogan: Vaccine Policy and Freedom of Speech

Finn Andreen mises.org Recently, Joe Rogan, one of the largest podcast hosts in the United States (10.6 million YouTube subscribers), expressed the following opinion about the vaccination of young adults: If you are 21 and ask me if you should get the vaccine, I would say “no”. If

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