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Vol. 81/No. 14 April 10, 2017
Letters
Free speech is a necessity
The Militant’s March 27 article on the breakup of the March 2 appearance
at Middlebury College by conservative author Charles Murray (The Bell
Curve) struck exactly the right note on this unfortunate, but all too
common, exercise of campus censorship today. I congratulate Alyson
Kennedy for her timely and straightforward intervention in the
discussion triggered by this event.
She is absolutely right that we must “confront” and “debate” reactionary
ideas that threaten the interests of the working class, not suppress and
legitimize them by handing their proponents the mantle of defenders of
free speech. Unfortunately, this suppressive “PC” culture, promoted by
budding meritocrats in academia today, is all too common.
Defending freedom of speech and discussion is a necessity for all
working people seeking to confront the deepening crisis of capitalism,
and I welcome the Socialist Workers Party taking it on!
Peter Anestos
New York, New York
Middlebury College Class of 1995
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