Illiberal Democracy: The Future of Freedom - a podcast by Free Word

On 15 June 2016, Free Word, in partnership with Index on Censorship, presented a panel discussion on the future of freedom in Europe with cultural figures from Hungary, Poland and Turkey.

This event featured philosopher Agnes Heller (Hungary); novelist Elif Shafak (Turkey), who has written on Europe for Free Word and writes for the Guardian on the political situation in Turkey; and poet Adam Zagajewski (Poland), author of ‘A defence of ardour’.

The event also featured a performance by Alix Alixandra, a spoken word artist, who performed her poem 'Freedom'.

This event is part of Unravelling Europe: https://www.freewordcentre.com/explore/projects/unravelling-europe

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