Henry, A Former Jew, Supports an Open Debate on the Holocaust
Henry Herskovitz, born into the Jewish community, explains why he supports an open debate on "The Holocaust" on this three minute video
(No) Freedom of Expression
There is the ideal of free speech, and then there is reality: censorship, persecution, and prosecution of dissidents.
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The Holocaust Taboo as Prohibition
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…
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Art and the Law(s)
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…
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Italy’s Parliament Approves Holocaust Denial Criminalization
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…
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Faurisson risks jail for 60-word summary of his research during Tehran conference
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…
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Letter to “The Economist”
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…
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Letter to The Electronic Intifada
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…
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Are We “Breaking the Spell” on Campus?
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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Letter to the Canadian Embassy
Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C. 501 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20001-2111 [email protected] Media Tel: 202-682-7732 May 6, 2016 Dear Neighbor to the North- We are writing to you to support the application for a visa by the French comedian and social critic Dieudonne M’bala M’bala. Mr. M’bala M’bala is an…
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Look Who’s Back!
Once in a while I like to go to a couple of local bookstores to see if I get lucky and find something good to read. A novelty. There are often nice surprises. So about two years ago I saw this novel in the shelf at one of my local bookstores, it had an image,…
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