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.
Dans «Ce que je veux sauver», Peggy Sastre défend les fondements de l’universalisme à opposer au tribalisme et au relativisme. L’éditorialiste au Point juge la France particulièrement vulnérable face à ces courants qui gagnent en puissance.
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...
ARTICLE LONG FORMAT, Antoine Bernhard | Lors du massacre de «Charlie Hebdo» et du récent attentat de Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, un thème a envahi la scène politique et médiatique, surtout française: le «droit au blasphème». Ses défenseurs l’invoquent au nom de la laïcité et de la liberté d’expression, les islamistes en font un motif de plus pour détester la France et l’Occident. Certes, la formule est efficace. Mais qu’en est-il de sa pertinence?
More communitarian, you die!