Today in the Freethinker, Samuel McKee interviews science communicator, apologist debunker, and co-author of 'Battle of the Big Bang' Phil Halper.
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Announcing the next Freethought History Webinar! On 19 May, Bonnie S. Anderson will discuss the life and career of Ernestine Rose, an oft-overlooked freethinker and feminist who was more famous than Susan B. Anthony.
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The recording of yesterday's webinar on @natsecsoc.bsky.social founder Charles Bradlaugh's relationship to Indian freethinkers is now available for your viewing pleasure.
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REMINDER - the next Freethought History Webinar, ft. Barathy M.G. on Charles Bradlaugh and British freethought's links to Indian secularists, is happening at 7 pm UK time tonight. Still plenty of time to sign up and join us!
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REMINDER: Freethought History Webinar #9, ft. Barathy M.G. on the oft-forgotten links between UK and Indian freethinkers/secularists, happening tonight at 7 pm UK time. Sign up now to secure your place!
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Reminder - NEXT TUESDAY is our ninth Freethought History Webinar, ft. Barathy M.G. on the links between British and Indian freethinkers. More details and how to register and secure your place 👇
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Reminder - NEXT TUESDAY is our ninth Freethought History Webinar, ft. Barathy M.G. on the links between British and Indian freethinkers. More details and how to register and secure your place 👇
freethinker.co.uk/2026/03/free...
The Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain is facing an urgent crisis and needs your help now, writes Maryam Namazie.
Please help this vital organisation survive.
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As both the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition recently invoke the UK's 'Christian heritage', @stephenmevans.bsky.social warns that pandering to Christian nationalism is a dangerous game.
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Another blow to the wild claims of a Christian revival in the UK, courtesy of @humanists.uk.
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Donald Trump, Christianity, and the need to write better stories. By Adam Davidson-Harden.
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New research commissioned by the National Secular Society reveals Britons are quietly but firmly secularist in instinct. Stephen Evans says in our increasingly diverse society, secularism is not a niche ideological project – it is a practical necessity.
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Trying to remain upbeat in my latest article about the prospects for the Rojava Women's Revolution in the brutal reordering of West Asia (Middle East) to suit Western and Israeli interests
How does the Catholic Church in Italy still evade accountability for abuse? Richard Scorer investigates.
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Reflections on the revolution in Rojava - a women's revolution under threat. By Rahila Gupta @rahilag.bsky.social.
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'Is this what America has become after 250 years?' Ron Fischer reflects on ICE brutality and how the right to protest has changed since his days demonstrating against the Vietnam war and for the civil rights movement.
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Judeo-Christian religionists cannot 'liberate' Iran (or Muslims), argues Kunwar Khuldune Shahid today in the Freethinker.
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'The [Islamic female] veil... is a heaven-sent instrument...for keeping specific groups of people under the thumb of others.'
Nicholas E. Meyer reflects on the meanings (and spurious defences) of the veil, and what, if anything, liberal societies can do about it.
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'There can be no doubt that many theological colleges deliberately restrict academic freedom and freedom of speech,' say Keith Sharpe and Chris Higgins. So why isn't the Office for Students and its 'free speech tsar' doing anything much about it?
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A new image of the week, in the wake of the UK government's recent unveiling of its 'anti-Muslim hostility' definition, courtesy of the indefatigable Jesus and Mo (@jandmo.bsky.social)
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'Symbolic deification does not translate into substantive empowerment,' says Afra Sampreety, reflecting on Satyajit Ray's classic film 'Devi' and the politics of patriarchal control in South Asia today.
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Next month, our editor will be speaking at Hitchmas, co-organised by @atheismuk.bsky.social and @unbelievablefe.bsky.social. Find out more and get your tickets now.
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A Little (Common) Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing: Interview with Steven Pinker @sapinker.bsky.social.
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A Little (Common) Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing: Interview with Steven Pinker @sapinker.bsky.social.
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'The rise of religion amongst Gen Z might appear benign, even promising, at first glance... some would argue that faith [promotes] a way of life built upon discipline and humility. But I’m not convinced,' writes Matilda Gladwell today in the Freethinker.
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'The current onslaught of investment in artificial intelligence (AI) and the ideological apparatus of capitalism that gives it cover epitomise the whole dystopian nightmare,' argues Jonathan Church. @jondavidchurch.bsky.social
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The Government's new social cohesion strategy contains welcome language on free speech and liberal values – but reveals a continuing tendency to pander to faith-based pressure, argues @stephenmevans.bsky.social of the @natsecsoc.bsky.social.
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