Read moreThe cancellation of Free Speech Week, which had been due to feature rightwing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos and other speakers, was announced by campus spokesman Dan Mogulof. Since Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential election, Berkeley has become a centre of far-right demonstrations and counter-protests. Mogulof said the Berkeley Patriot, the group behind Free Speech Week, had not offered a reason for the cancellation. “Free speech is not free, it turns out,” college president Janet Napolitano told the LA Times. Mogulof told the Guardian he estimated UC Berkeley had spent more than $100,000 on security for Free Speech Week that could not now be recouped.

Source: The Guardian September 23, 2017 20:37 UTC