Thought control and the ‘new left’
20 June 2021
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Marc Glendening: A letter to the editor of The Times
In a letter to the editor in The Sunday Times, IEA Head of Cultural Affairs Marc Glendening summarised the threat the “postmodernist new left” pose to free speech.
Marc argued that the new left have established “parameters of thought within which virtually the whole of the public sector and big civil institutions perceive our society“. This includes the concept that ” language is a form of coercive power, which is responsible for sustaining relations based upon the dominance of males and white people”. Marc says this is a threat to liberal values.
Read the full letter here.
Marc argued that the new left have established “parameters of thought within which virtually the whole of the public sector and big civil institutions perceive our society“. This includes the concept that ” language is a form of coercive power, which is responsible for sustaining relations based upon the dominance of males and white people”. Marc says this is a threat to liberal values.
Read the full letter here.
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