When does a religious ideology become a political one? The case of Islam
Niko Alm argues that it is important for advocates of a liberal interpretation of Islam to draw a clear distinction between their views and those of traditionalists.
Race: the most difficult subject of all?
Interview with Inaya Folarin Iman, founder of the Equiano Project and Free Speech Champions, Trustee on Youth Engagement at the National Portrait Gallery, and a former presenter at GB News.
The falsehood at the heart of the trans movement
The new politics of marginalised identities, now marching across the West, frequently clashes with classical liberal values like…
Civil Liberties at the Freethinker
October is Civil Liberties Month at the Freethinker. In a spirit of open, critical enquiry and resistance to…
Britain’s blasphemy heritage
How the offence of blasphemy developed in the common law, how it was abolished, and why it seems to be coming back in a new guise.
Is all publicity good publicity? How the first editor of the Freethinker attracted the public’s attention
How G.W. Foote's early tactics of courting notoriety in the Freethinker may have helped to increase its circulation and to support the freethought movement.