Reading for Battle

Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.

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Liberty & Law

Nobody has the right to not be offended
Debating Matters' acclaimed Topic Guides place debates in a social context
Justine Brian, Debating Matters, 23 January 2015

Artistic expression should never be censored
Debating Matters' acclaimed Topic Guides place debates in a social context.
Anwar Oduro-Kwarteng, Debating Matters, 23 January 2015

Paris and beyond: Europe is at war with itself
What lies behind the so-called Islamisation of Europe.
Frank Furedi, spiked, 8 January 2015

Race in America: The Fury of Ferguson
Race is America’s deepest problem, but multiple small changes can mitigate it
Economist, 29 November 2014

The lighter side of the dark net
Jamie Bartlett, The Telegraph, 16 September 2014

Buying Time: The Delayed Crisis of Democratic Capitalism
Wolfgang Streeck, Verso Books, 1 June 2014

Rape culture panic is not the answer
Sexual assault on campus is a serious problem—but, "rape culture" is not the answer. The Factual Feminist compares this panic to another nationwide hysteria based on faulty statistics, and how we can avoid making the same mistakes.
Christina Hoff Sommers, American Enterprise Institute, 19 May 2014

Against the tyranny of the majority
John Stuart Mill on why we need to awake from the ‘deep slumber of decided opinion’, as told to Tim Black.
Tim Black, spiked, 2 April 2014

Rape Culture Is Real
Simply put, feminists want equality for everyone and that begins with physical safety.
Zerlina Maxwell, Time, 27 March 2014


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