Ivor Middleton (@iwasid.bsky.social)

The Line is Thinner Than we Think: Rebecca Ruth Gould on Academic Freedom - GLOBAL SOUTHS HUB The Line is Thinner Than we Think: Rebecca Ruth Gould on Free Speech and the Fragility of Democracy In this Q&A, Bethlehem Attfield talks to Rebecca Ruth Gould, who is a School of African and Asian Studies (SOAS) Distinguished Research Professor of Comparative Poetics and Global Politics, about academic freedom, the importance of understanding culture and languages to gain authentic perspectives. She also talks about the courage to speak out on your convictions, In this Q&A, Bethlehem Attfield talks to Rebecca Ruth Gould, who is a School of African and Asian Studies (SOAS) Distinguished Research Professor of Comparative Poetics and Global Politics, about free speech, the importance of understanding culture and languages to gain a full perspective of minority communities. She also talks about the courage to speak out on your convictions, and the small subtle shifts that could lead liberal democracies down a road towards fascism. https://globalsouth.org/2025/12/the-line-is-thinner-than-we-think-rebecca-ruth-gould-on-free-speech-and-the-fragility-of-democracy/