There is the ideal of free speech, and then there is reality: censorship, persecution, and prosecution of dissidents.
By Norman Finkelstein ∙ July 13, 2016
American- Jewish political scientist, activist, professor, and author, Norman Finkelstein whose primary fields of research are the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust, talks about his book The Holocaust Industry on a British TV show in 2002.
By Henry Herskovitz ∙ July 11, 2016
Henry Herskovitz, born into the Jewish community, explains why he supports an open debate on "The Holocaust" on this three minute video
By Jett Rucker ∙ July 9, 2016
Prohibition is force imposed by superior agents on an action such as possessing drugs or expressing thoughts. More-strictly, it is legal force such as that imposed on persons possessing cocaine, or expressing doubts about certain institutions of official history, such as the Holocaust, in most of the countries of Europe. Prohibition is so widespread geographically…
By Joe Shmoe ∙ June 30, 2016
Jim Rizoli's interview of Revisionist Michael Santomauro
By Jett Rucker ∙ June 29, 2016
The German and the Iranian governments—God bless ‘em both—have gotten together to exchange art exhibits as part of an effort to promote comity between the two peoples, if not their respective governments. So, (some) art from the recently repressive, theocratic regime in Iran has encountered a bar as blasphemy in the democratic, liberal, tolerant regime…
By Roberto Hernández ∙ June 28, 2016
Italy’s parliament has been discussing a bill to criminalize Holocaust denial for the past 10 years. Other laws are now in effect; public incitement to racial hatred and such things are penalized, but Holocaust denial was not criminalized like it is in 14 other countries in Europe until now. Italian Parliament The first step to pass…
By Alison Chabloz ∙ June 26, 2016
In contrast to the Court of Appeal hearing given last March, this latest bout of Ziocons [=Zionist neocons] persecution of revisionist, Robert Faurisson, was held in the 17° Chambre Correctionelle of the High Court at the Palais de Justice in Paris, ensuring that numerous members of the public who’d gathered there to support the professor were able to witness the proceedings from the…
By David Merlin ∙ June 22, 2016
The Economist25 St Jame's StreetLondon SW1A1HG[email protected] Dear Editor We are writing to thank you for your Jun 2nd article Free Speech Under Attack a bit late, (we get our copy of the Economist as a hand-me-down.) It is worth noting that the current wave of censorship received a boost in 1990 with the passage of the Gayssot Act in France, Law No. 90-615…
By David Merlin ∙ June 21, 2016
To: The Electronic Intifada From: David Merlin June 21, 2016 Most people tend to see Free Speech as a bulwark of democracy. But not the people at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. They view free speech as a danger and they are particularly worried about the internet. $20,000,000 is being spent by the Museum to send out the…
By Roberto Hernández ∙ June 5, 2016
Here's an update on our Campus Project. I have been reporting that we've been successful at placing ads in some of the most important student newspapers on top university campuses in the US. This is not an exaggeration. It's tempting to hope that we are actually entering a new era of free speech on campus and free inquiry…
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