Chancellor Christ calls for re-examination of UC Berkeley guest speaker policies
Chancellor Carol Christ stated that UC Berkeley should re-examine its guest speaker and student organization policies in an email Thursday.
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Tag Archives: free speech
UC Berkeley must commit to zero tolerance for hate
Now, many privileged communities strategically co-opt the concept of free speech to legitimize their open hatred of historically subordinated populations and to strategically disguise their prejudiced, dehumanizing ideologies as benign political opinion.
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Alice Waters meditates on beautiful, political
Waters’ gently vivacious wisdom permeated through the crowded cafe, firmly holding the attention of the dozens of guests gathered to hear her speak.
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UC Berkeley faculty members clash on free speech, controversial speakers
UC Berkeley faculty members debated issues of hate speech and white supremacy Friday at a panel on free speech hosted by Chancellor Carol Christ.
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UC Berkeley students should respect free speech rights of conservatives
By now you’ve probably seen a meme or two mocking the phrase, “The Free Speech Movement is dead.” As the president of the Berkeley College Republicans, let me own up to having written those words. I penned that phrase with adrenaline pulsing through my veins. Only minutes before, I was
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Blanket opposition to Antifa violence is naive
The op-ed by Mitchell Zimmerman contained obtuse statements in support of the author’s rant against Antifa. As someone who also lived through the ’60s , I was offended by Zimmerman’s op-ed. First, the author claimed that the Weathermen (an offshoot of Students for a Democratic Society) undermined broader participation in
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UC Berkeley chancellor and Berkeley mayor should stop obstructing anti-racist speech
On Aug. 27, about 7,000 people came out in Berkeley at several rallies and marches to oppose white supremacy and the far right’s latest attempt to use Berkeley as a staging ground for their campaigns of hate. This is a sea change. While 1,500 protested against Milo Yiannopoulos at UC
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UC President Janet Napolitano discusses free speech, DACA
Napolitano reaffirmed her commitment to free speech while criticizing white supremacy and immigration restrictions in a keynote speech Thursday.
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Running away with free speech
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False and dysfunctional speech should be repressed
In defending and advocating the precept that “all speech should be heard,” you, the administrative head of a world-renowned institution of higher learning, have fallen victim to the most destructive fallacy which anyone who desires the development of knowledge can believe. “All speech should be heard” is nothing more than
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