‘A change in the name of theUSWar Department to “Defense Department” in
1947,’ Noam Chomsky and Edward Hermanwrote
<https://chomsky.info/cataclysm01/>in/After the Cataclysm/, ‘signalled
that henceforth the state would be shifting from defence to aggressive
war.’ I was reminded of this a few days ago, when the education
secretary, Gavin Williamson,proposed
<https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/higher-education-free-speech-and-academic-freedom>the
appointment of a ‘free speech and academic freedom champion’ for
universities, tasked with investigating breaches and issuing fines.
https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2021/february/cranks-and-shills
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