Musical improvisation is a beautiful metaphor for free expression: an art of addressing others, seeking clarity and weaving a fragile harmony, where each voice is prepared but daring.
The limits of free speech, its expression through caricature and the challenges posed by wokism to this fundamental right. These themes were at the heart of the 2025 edition of this annual meeting, co-organized by Le Regard Libre, which took place on Saturday.
In «Ce que je veux sauver», Peggy Sastre defends the foundations of universalism against tribalism and relativism. The editorialist at Le Point believes that France is particularly vulnerable to these increasingly powerful trends.
Everyone seems to be leaving X, the ex-Twitter. Personally, after years of absence, here's why I've decided to come back here.
More and more countries are taking steps to combat «hate speech». But these measures are counter-productive. Freedom of expression goes hand in hand with equal rights.
Cartoonist Chappatte is a fervent defender of freedom of expression. Here, he explains the current importance of this struggle, as well as his vision of irony, which is being abused by «a very touchy-feely zeitgeist». Even in Switzerland.
DOSSIER IRONIE, Enzo Santacroce | Freedom of expression is inextricably linked to the critical spirit. Seductive, it is nonetheless a force of opposition that pits its defenders against sometimes extreme dangers. Many Western philosophers have experienced this first-hand, banished, excommunicated or even condemned to death for defying the authorities by taking disturbing positions. Why is the free use of thought, and by extension speech, so perilous? We take a look at Socrates, the symbol of a critical spirit sacrificed on the altar of conformism, to see just how fragile freedom of expression still is today.
Le Regard Libre N° 83 – Jonas Follonier L’ironie consiste à dire quelque chose dans le but d’exprimer le contraire...
LONG FORMAT ARTICLE, Antoine Bernhard | During the «Charlie Hebdo» massacre and the recent attack in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, a theme invaded the political and media scene, especially in France: the «right to blasphemy». Its defenders invoke it in the name of secularism and freedom of expression, while Islamists use it as yet another reason to hate France and the West. Admittedly, the formula is effective. But what about its relevance?
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