There is the ideal of free speech, and then there is reality: censorship, persecution, and prosecution of dissidents.
By The TransCyberian Express ∙ January 12, 1995
Last May 7th, at about 5:00 a.m. of a Sunday morning, on the eve of the 50th anniversary of VE celebrations worldwide, a terrorist firebombed the home and headquarters of Toronto publisher and Holocaust revisionist, Ernst Zündel. Zündel himself was away in Vancouver at the time, consulting with his attorney, Douglas Christie. His housesitter, Jerry…
By CODOH ∙ December 28, 1995
On Thursday, December 28th, 1995, CompuServe Inc. decided to suspend access to 200 Internet newsgroups that were considered “pornographic.” This move was made due to pressure from the German government to limit public access to the Internet. There is terrific risk that Germany, which is known for banning of books and materials deemed inappropriate will…
By Ted Kennedy ∙ December 19, 1995
The following is the response that this author received after presenting my opinion on freedom of speech and opinion on the Internet to Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA). RW Subj: Re: Internet Censorship Protest DayDate: 95-12-19 13:10:00 ESTFrom: [email protected]To: [email protected] Senator Kennedy's statement on the conference report on Internet censorship I oppose the Internet censorship provision…
By Richard A. Widmann ∙ December 15, 1995
In December of 1995, a friend of CODOH made a post to the USENET newsgroup, soc.history.war.world-war-ii. The post announced that the work, Not Guilty at Nuremberg : The German Defense Case by Carlos Porter was now available on the web. The post was originally approved by the moderator and posted to the newsgroup. On December…
By CODOH ∙ December 7, 1995
December 7, 1995 Members of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre requested that Italian Prime Minister Lamberto Dini back their initiatives to ban “racists” and “extremists” from the Internet. Italy has been specifically targeted to support the Orwellian-ban because Italy takes over the European Union presidency on January 1, 1996. The Wiesenthal Centre would like the enforcement…
By CODOH ∙ November 26, 1995
“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell Thies Christophersen, a writer and journalist has been ordered to leave Switzerland, according to Swiss newspapers. The aging Christophersen, now 77 years old, was a member of the German army and served in an agricultural research department at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. He is…
By CODOH ∙ November 22, 1995
“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell In a seemingly politically motivated move, the Government of Austria convicted Edwin Neuwirth for claiming to have no knowledge of Nazi gas chambers. Mr. Neuwirth, was a respected industrialist and former Waffen SS soldier. He won notoriety recently when he invited Russian nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky to…
By CODOH ∙ November 9, 1995
“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell Günter Deckert who has recently been convicted for racism was placed under arrest on Thursday on fresh allegations of inciting racial hatred and denying the orthodox Holocaust story. Deckert, the former leader of the right-wing National Democratic Party, was detained as he arrived at Frankfurt airport…
By Hans Schmidt ∙ January 10, 1995
“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell People are asking how could it happen in the Heartland? Here where Americans feel safe and remote from the oppressive governments under which so many of the world's people suffer. How is it possible that your First Amendment freedoms can be swept aside—right here at home-…
By CODOH ∙ August 30, 1995
“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell A masked gang of thugs attacked a lawyer with baseball bats on Wednesday. The lawyer was beaten outside the Hamburg courthouse where he was defending a German man who called Auschwitz a “myth.'' Attorney Jürgen Rieger was hospitalized with a head injury, bruising and grazes but…
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