MIT Free Speech Alliance
@mitfreespeech
MFSA is an independent organization advocating for free expression, viewpoint diversity, and academic freedom at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
There's no free speech defense whatsoever for vandalism and threats, and the people who did this should be arrested and prosecuted. president.mit.edu/writing-speech…
Alex Byrne’s “colleagues” dogpile him for co-writing a critique of American pediatric gender medicine – Jerry Coyne presents a full accounting of this latest episode in cancel culture. whyevolutionistrue.com/2025/07/07/ale…
💡How can you use AI to support constructive disagreement on your campus? HxA members will get a workshop with @_NickDiBella_ and @DrSimonCullen on exactly this. Become a member now (it's free!) and register for this event ⬇️
This should be good if you're a @HdxAcademy member: At @mitfreespeech we've had some chances to work with Sway and hope to have more -- and as I found out at HxA's conference, the platform as come quite a long way!
This should be good if you're a @HdxAcademy member: At @mitfreespeech we've had some chances to work with Sway and hope to have more -- and as I found out at HxA's conference, the platform as come quite a long way!
Proudly announcing today's publication of THE WAR ON WORDS by Greg Lukianoff & Nadine Strossen. Buy your copy here: skyhorsepublishing.com/9781949846829/…
What does neuroscience have to do with free speech? Turns out, a lot! Enroll in the new (free!) @coursera MOOC from Dr. Barbara Oakley @sejnowski Cristina Koppel & me (feat. @ishapiro) to find out.
Jay Keyser's book 'Mens Et Mania' was a great introduction to the uniqueness of MIT's culture when I was settling into my current position with @mitfreespeech. This seems like a great title and I'll be sure to pick it up next time I'm passing through the bookstore!
“With remarkable range, Keyser vigorously analyzes how artists deploy repetition & have thought about it, from ‘Beowulf’ to Leonard Bernstein, from Gustave Caillebotte to Italo Calvino.” Smart @MIT News article about Samuel Jay Keyser's PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM: bit.ly/45QqMUc
Our all-hands meeting is tonight! Info below.
Our all-hands member meetings return this Wednesdau, with @CollegeFix editor @JenniferKabbany joining as our guest speaker! Open to all MFSA members, MIT community members, and friends of free speech. Registration info in next link.
Our all-hands member meetings return this Wednesdau, with @CollegeFix editor @JenniferKabbany joining as our guest speaker! Open to all MFSA members, MIT community members, and friends of free speech. Registration info in next link.
Here's a Friday listen for you if you need one: FIRE's @glukianoff is this week's guest on @GlennLoury's podcast, discussing all manner of higher ed & free speech controversies of the day. (Links in following posts ⬇️)
🧵@Evolutionistrue has written about the "open letter" against MIT philosophy prof Alex Byrne (@byrne_a). Thank you, Jerry. whyevolutionistrue.com/2025/07/07/ale… Alex's response (with a link to the open letter in the first paragraph) is next.