More than 900 academics urge UK to reverse decision to bar Andreas Malm

Blocking Swedish writer’s entry for event with Palestine Action co-founder is attack on free expression, letter saysMore than 900 academics have voiced their opposition to the government’s decision to block the climate academic Andreas Malm from entering the UK, warning that the move represents “a grave violation of academic freedom and freedom of expression”.Malm, the author of How to Blow Up a Pipeline and a leading climate scholar, was prevented from entering the UK last week by the Home Office after being told that his presence in the UK “may not be considered to be conducive to the public good”. Continue reading...