Free Speech Wars

Friday 27 February - Sunday 1 March at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London

A three-day international festival of talks, debates, screenings and events organised by the ICA and LM magazine in association with Waterstone's

An Appeal in Defence of Free Speech

Launched by LM publishers Helene Guldberg and Claire Fox in response to ITN's use of libel writs against the magazine, the Free Speech appeal has already won impressive support. See centre pages

4 MICK HUME: FREE SPEECH WARS

6 LM-Mail

8 Who can you trust? Frank Furedi

10 A risk-free environment is bad for our health Roger Bate

12 TABOOS: Making mountains out of molehills Jo Sedley

15 OPINION: Ann Bradley

16 Free Speech festival

18 WHY HATE SPEECH? James Heartfield

22 Brought to book Helene Guldberg

23 Libel: A 'repugnant' law Helen Searls

24 Appeal in Defence of Free Speech

26 Piers Morgan on privacy law Tessa Mayes

28 LET THEM EAT CAKE - AND CHIPS AND CHOCOLATE Jennie Bristow

30 FUTURES: Genes, Greens and soya beans Tony Gilland

32 No backbone in beef crisis Dr Michael Fitzpatrick

35 Down with 'the People's Monarchy' Brendan O'Neill

38 ALT.CULTURE.LM

Tony Wilson on free speech, drugs and rock 'n' roll

42 SECOND OPINION Dr Michael Fitzpatrick

43 READING BETWEEN THE LINES

When Gerry met Tony

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