DARE TO SPEAK TEACHING GUIDE by SUZANNE NOSSEL ABOUT THE BOOK: From online trolls and fascist chat groups to controversies over campus lectures, “call-outs” and celebrities being “canceled,” the daily hazards and debates surrounding free speech make headlines and social media fodder. [...] In Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All, Suzanne Nossel, the CEO of PEN America and a leading voice on free expression, delivers a vital, necessary guide to maintaining a democratic debate that is edifying, tolerant, fair and true. [...] Nossel’s treatise shows readers how, for example, how to use language conscientiously without self-censoring ideas; how to defend the right to express unpopular views and how to protest without shutting speech down. [...] ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Suzanne Nossel is the CEO of PEN America, the foremost organization working to protect and advance human rights, free expression and literature. [...] Nossel has also served as the Chief Operating Officer of Human Rights Watch and as Executive Director of Amnesty International USA; and held senior State Department positions in the Clinton and Obama administrations.
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