Think censorship makes us safer? Think again. In The War On Words: 10 Arguments Against Free Speech — And Why They Fail, FIRE President Greg Lukianoff and First Amendment icon Nadine Strossen dismantle the most popular arguments for restricting speech — from “words are violence” to “hate speech isn’t protected.”| The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Join us in NYC June 23-25 to defend academic freedom and open inquiry in a moment when the future of higher education is on the line.| heterodoxacademy.org
Publication date: July 1, 2025. Heresy Press’s first non-fiction offering addresses free speech and creative freedom—central to the Press’s mission—through a systematic debunking of the most common pro-censorship arguments. Co-authored by Greg Lukianoff and Nadine Strossen, The War On Words: 10 Arguments Against Free Speech—And Why They Fail constitutes a bulwark against the persistent censorial efforts from both the political left and right. At a time when conformist pressures t...| Heresy Press