Ralph Wilson, Isaac Kamola

Free Speech and Koch Money (eBook, ePUB)

Manufacturing a Campus Culture War

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In recent years hundreds of high-profile 'free speech' incidents have rocked US college campuses. Jordan Peterson, Ben Shapiro, Ann Coulter and other right-wing speakers have faced considerable protest, with many being disinvited from speaking. These incidents are widely circulated as examples of the academy's intolerance towards conservative views.

But this response is not the spontaneous outrage of the liberal colleges. There is a darker element manufacturing the crisis, funded by political operatives, and designed to achieve specific political outcomes. If you follow the money, at the heart of the issue lies the infamous and ultra-libertarian Koch donor network.

Grooming extremist celebrities, funding media platforms that promote these controversies, developing legal organizations to sue universities and corrupting legislators, the influence of the Koch network runs deep. We need to abandon the 'campus free speech' narrative and instead follow the money if we ever want to root out this dangerous network from our universities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pluto Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780745343037
• Artikelnr.: 62942415

Autorenporträt

Ralph Wilson is co-founder and research director of the Corporate Genome Project in Tallahassee, Florida. As former co-founder/research director of 'UnKoch My Campus', he helped develop a resistance movement against corporate donor influence on college campuses.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Overview of the Kochs Campus Free Speech Machine1. The Donors2. The Provocateurs3. The Student Groups4. The Media Amplifiers5. The Lawyers6. The Politicians7. The Network8. The Global SpreadConclusion: Fighting Back!Appendix 1: The False Premises Behind the So-Called Campus Free Speech Crisis: A Practical PrimmerAppendix 2: Online Resources for Better Understanding the Koch Donor Network