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	Tuesday 23 May 2006, London
	Save the planet, don't see the world?
	Tourism versus the environment

Article

4 May 2006

After the 'day without immigrants'
The marches and strikes by 'illegal' workers should be an inspiration to all Americans.

by Nancy McDermott

Article

24 April 2006

Courtroom therapy makes a mockery of justice
UK courts will soon give the family of murder victims their say in court. Frank Furedi, author of Therapy Culture, says that is bad news for all concerned.

by Frank Furedi

	2 March 2006 Child obesity Should we worry if our children are overweight?

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Article

20 April 2006

Beyond Roe vs Wade: let the debate begin
A pro-choice South Dakotan investigates her home state's decision to prohibit abortion.

by Nancy McDermott

Article

18 April 2006

Animal rights protesters: don't ban them, beat them
A leading member of the pro-vivisection group Pro-Test argues that animal rights activists should be defeated through debate, not legal injunctions.

by James Panton

Article

13 April 2006

Half-open door policy
Why America can't make up its mind about illegal immigrants.

by Alex Standish

Article

11 April 2006

Sticks, stones and hate speech
The case of a schoolboy prosecuted for calling a playmate 'Paki' has shown up the childish streak in Britain's speech laws.


	Politics of Fear by Frank Furedi Read the interview on spiked Buy the book from Amazon(UK)

Article

4 April 2006

Stop blurring the line between rape and sex
New Labour's rewriting of the rape laws is being guided by the ideas of 1970s man-hating feminism.

Article

30 March 2006

Whitewashing academic debate
A student of Dr Frank Ellis - the Leeds lecturer suspended for his racist views - asks why the university couldn't handle a heated argument.

by Jack Jordan

Article

30 March 2006

Gone in a puff of smoke
A report from Edinburgh on the last night of legal smoking.

by Timandra Harkness

Article

28 March 2006

Free speech, with the edges taken off
Saturday's rally in the rain for free expression was a damp squib.

Article

28 March 2006

Carry on culling
Why there is so much fuss about Canada's annual seal cull - and why the Canadian government should ignore it.

Article

9 March 2006

Put the Sexual Offences Act to bed
Why is the UK government sticking up posters telling men to �make sure their partner agrees to sexual activity�?

Article

21 February 2006

Free speech in Europe: it's all or nothing
As British historian David Irving is imprisoned in Austria for Holocaust denial, read this spiked article first published in December last year.

Article

16 February 2006

A victory for the inner teacher's pet
There�s much more at stake here than the �right to smoke�.

by Dolan Cummings

Article

9 February 2006

Abu Hamza: imprisoned for talking rubbish
His incarceration for incitement is the political equivalent of a panto villain being booed off stage by excitable kids.

Article

3 February 2006

Free speech, not 'Me! Me! Me! speech'
Read spiked editor Mick Hume in The Times (London) on the religious hatred bill.

by Mick Hume

Article

3 February 2006

The press should be free to ridicule Islam
On the European controversy about those Danish cartoons.

by Munira Mirza

Article

2 February 2006

There's more to life than security
If �freedom from harm� is the ultimate right, liberty loses out.

by Ben Walford

Article

24 January 2006

Why are coppers stalking celebrities?
The police are taking their lead from reality TV shows and gossip columns.

by Neil Davenport

Article

6 January 2006

Charles Clarke's bad trip
The home secretary says the public is confused about the legal status of cannabis. It's his government that is confused.

by Jamie Douglass

Article

14 December 2005

Bringing democracy into disrepute
The quangocracy�s case against London Mayor Ken Livingstone should be thrown out of court.

Article

9 November 2005

A test case for free speech
Should the Racial Volunteer Force be free to urge readers to 'roast a rabbi'?

Column

Jennie Bristow

27 September 2005

Free speech on campus
There should be no 'No Platform' policy for Hizb ut-Tahrir - or anybody else.

Columns

Column

Mick Hume

19 August 2005

The age of intolerant tolerance
The meaning of tolerance has mutated in recent years.

Columns

Article

16 August 2005

Warning from Australia: don't legislate against hate
An Australian Muslim says that Victoria's laws against incitement to religious hatred have sown division, and undermined freedom of speech, thought and conscience.

by Amir Butler

Article

21 March 2006

There's no human right to wear a jilbab
How did schoolgirl dress become a matter for the Law Lords?

Column

Jennie Bristow

24 March 2005

The making of a modern witch hunt
Richard Webster's investigation into the North Wales children's home scandal raises crucial questions about how our society deals with allegations of child abuse.

Columns

Article

23 March 2005

Cultural myth-making at the Met
Police campaigns against 'forced marriages' and 'honour killings' are a pretext for intervening in immigrant communities.

by Munira Mirza

Article

16 December 2004

Knife culture? Cut the crap
There is little evidence for a 'rising tide of knife crime' in Britain.

Article

9 July 2004

We still need abortion as early as possible, as late as necessary
Technological advances in fetal care are no reason for retreating on a woman's right to choose.

by Ellie Lee