Battles on Video

Battles on Video presents videos from previous Battle of Ideas festivals, interviews and opinion pieces by speakers and participants, as well as specially produced in-depth discussions.

Liberty & Law

18 10 11: The use and abuse of democratic self-defence

08 11 10: Ground Zero Tolerance: America's Culture War

31 10 10: What does it mean to be a liberal today?

31 10 10: Rape and the law: he said, she said?

31 10 10: Trafficking: new slave trade or moral panic?

31 10 10: From banning burqas to B&B bigots: can Europe tolerate religious tolerance?

30 10 10: Your conscience, my health: the right to refuse?

14 10 10: From open values to burqa bans: have Europeans lost the habit of tolerance?

01 11 09: Should physician-assisted dying be legalised?


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