Free Speech and Koch Money - Manufacturing a Campus Culture War

In recent years hundreds of high-profile free speech incidents have rocked US college campuses. Milo Yiannopoulos, 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 academys 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 organisations 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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.
Isaac Kamola is Associate Professor of Political Science at Trinity College, Hartford, CT, and President of his college’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). He has written on dark money in higher education in the Journal of Academic Freedom.

Summary

The demand for free speech on campus is a distraction, we need to follow the money

Product details

• Authors: Isaac Kamola, Kamola Isaac, Ralph Wilson, Ralph Kamola Wilson, Wilson Ralph
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.11.2021
• EAN: 9780745343013
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-4301-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Capitalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Censorship, Political corruption, Fascism & Nazism, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Student life, Higher education, tertiary education, Advice on education, Ethical Issues: Censorship, Corruption in politics, government and society, Pressure groups & lobbying, Students & Student Organisations