I’ll Burn that Bridge When I Get To It: How Academic Freedom Works

What’s at stake for academic institutions when faculty are hemmed in or censored for unpopular or politically-challenging opinions or research? What do students lose when they’re not exposed to ideas that challenge their worldviews or which question long-established ideas or perspectives? How do dominant narratives keep us divided and distracted? What does society lose when ideas aren’t allowed free reign in debate, research or even exploration? American political scientist Norman Finkelstein and Christian Parenti present their ideas with questions by longtime activist and former broadcast journalist Jeanne McGuire.