The ideal and limits of free speech and expression, and also the free access to information, as well as the various legal and extra-legal attempts at limiting that civil right. Censorship includes not only government actions against any media, published or not, but also the active suppression of such media by mainstream outlets. Unless a report is on free speech and/or censorship in general, it has been categorized in the subcategory of the country discussed.
By David Merlin ∙ January 4, 2017
British Broadcast Company has ignored the potentially significant prosecution of Alison Chabloz. She being criminally charged for posting an allegedly “grossly offensive” video making fun of the exploitation of the Holocaust, (she called Auschwitz a “theme park” and sang about some very questionable survivor tales.) Guess what, the BBC has gone into “fringe” comedy itself with its…
By David Merlin ∙ December 30, 2016
It has been 3 months since the opening, but Denial, David Hare's screenplay about the Irving v. Lipstadt trial, can now be classified as a flop. Despite the draw of names like Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, and Timothy Spall, the results for Weekend Number 12, December 16-18, are in and are dismal. The movie-tracking company Box Office…
By Hadding Scott ∙ December 29, 2016
The Norwegian public broadcasting network NRK has published a satirical cartoon that makes humorous and irreverent references to the Holocaust. This particular cartoon happens also to be the opener in the annual best-of collection from NRK's Satiriks. The topic of the cartoon is the difficulty that university students face in finding decent and affordable housing. Two white students and a…
By Nicholas Kollerstrom ∙ December 26, 2016
Alison Chabloz has been suddenly called back from Manchester with only one days notice, because the Prosecution wishes to redefine the terms of her bail. A week earlier, she had turned up for a rather strange indeed unheard-of type of prosecution. A Campaign against Anti-Semitism had decided a song of hers violated Section 127 of the…
By Jett Rucker ∙ December 22, 2016
It’s definitely the Flap of the Month: a month ago, if you Googled “Did the Holocaust really happen?” you got the usual list of a billion or so hits, with the top (first) position occupied by the Web site of Stormfront, which carries an article claiming that “it” didn’t “happen.” A solid hit as to…
By Vincent Reynouard, Alison Chabloz ∙ December 9, 2016
As a follow-up to my previous blog post, please find below the link to a new video. Produced by Vincent Reynouard, this is a Franco-British collaboration intended to further expose the Zionist lobby's aggressive hounding of its critics. Many thanks to all for your ongoing support. Musical wishes, Alison.
By Hadding Scott ∙ December 5, 2016
Early Holocaust Revisionists: Freedman, Hoggan, Barnes, and Rassinier The Defenders of the Holocaust Faith have been outspoken about politics recently. On 14 November Deborah Lipstadt told Politico that she was “flabbergasted” and “almost at a loss for words” because of the appointment of Steve Bannon as Donald Trump's chief advisor, given Bannon's association with…
By Bradley R. Smith, Roberto Hernández ∙ December 2, 2016
On this youtube video published on March 17, 2010 (8.14 minutes) Bradley R. Smith addresses Sara J. Bloomfield, Director of the USHMM to discuss her published reaction to the CODOH ad that ran in the Badger Herald at University of Wisconsin-Madison. He wonders if it is understood by Director Bloomfield and others at the Museum…
By David Merlin ∙ December 1, 2016
Germany’s largest supermarket chain has been criticized for a Christmas television advertisement that a government official claims contains covert neo-Nazi codes. Sabine Bamberger-Stemmann, the director of Hamburg’s agency of civic education, a federal public authority that provides political education across Germany has analysed the number plates and said she is convinced the Nazi symbolism must have been deliberately placed. Here is…
By Bradley R. Smith ∙ March 1, 2003
With the renewed interest in Deborah Lipstadt due to the release of the film Denial, we have chosen to include this article by the late Bradley R. Smith. Smith comments extensively about Lipstadt’s anti-revisionist book, Denying the Holocaust and especially the vitriol that Lipstadt unleashed on him for his work to introduce college students to…
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