Freethinker editor Daniel James Sharp recently spoke to Jonathan Church, host of Merion West’s ‘Escaping Ideology’ podcast (and Freethinker contributor), about the magazine and its history, freethought today, the far-right riots in Britain, the looming threat of Donald Trump and Project 2025, the enduring necessity of free speech, and much else besides.
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