There is the ideal of free speech, and then there is reality: censorship, persecution, and prosecution of dissidents.
By Paul Lavin ∙ September 7, 1998
When you drop an envelope in a red pillar-box, you walk away confident that your mail will not be read by anyone except the addressee. However, when you send an email, it might be wise to reflect on the differences. According to the organisation Internet Freedom, an agreement being negotiated between the UK's internet service…
By Arthur R. Butz ∙ August 20, 1998
A revisionist conference was held 7-9 August 1998 in Adelaide, Australia, and I was happy to be in attendance. I was there on the invitation of the Director of the “Adelaide Institute”, Dr. Fredrick Töben, and I gave two short lectures. Arthur R. Butz Conference participants came from the USA and Europe as well as…
By Claus Nordbruch ∙ December 15, 1999
Claus Nordbruch is the author of two books on freedom of expression in today’s Germany: Sind Gedanken noch frei? Zensur in Deutschland (“Still Free to Think?: Censorship in Germany”), published in 1998 by Universitas (Munich), and Der Vefassungsschutz: Organisation, Spitzel, Skandale (Tübingen: Hohenrain, 1999). Dr. Nordbruch lives in Pretoria, South Africa. This essay is translated…
By Barry Steinhardt ∙ July 22, 1998
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 12:34:01 -0500To: [email protected]From: Dave Farber [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 21, 1998 CONTACTS: Barry Steinhardt, EFF President, 212 549 2508, E-mail [email protected] Alexander Fowler, EFF Director of Public Affairs, 202 462 5826, E-mail [email protected] Electronic Frontier Foundation Reacts to Senate Passage of Two Internet Filtering Bills Statement of Barry Steinhardt President…
By CODOH ∙ July 21, 1998
“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell Revisionist author and researcher Jürgen Graf, 47 and his publisher Gerhard Förster, 78 were sentenced to prison in Switzerland. Graf has written several books criticizing the traditional Holocaust story. He has recently completed extensive research in the Moscow archives analyzing important primary documents. Graf and Förster,…
By David Thomas ∙ January 1, 1998
A dejected subscriber is printed and processed for banishment after being caught using one of AOL's forbidden words, “breast”, on-line. Cyber Police scoffed at his plaintive insistence that he was trying to say “beast” and that he “never could spell too good noway.” “A likely goddamned story!” they sniffed. “These animals will say anything to…
By CODOH ∙ January 1, 1998
Palestinian youth is harassed by a dozen armed Israelis during the two minutes of silence the Palestinians observed as a sign of protest during Israel's 50th anniversary celebrations. (Washington Report on Middle East Affairs by permission of the NYT) The more things change, the more they remain the same Nazi Soldiers harass Jew Grinning fools…
By Hellen Keller ∙ January 1, 1998
Observations on verbal violence and the Usenet newsgroup alt.revisionism, with hints for potential participants Violence in speech does lead to violent action, as witnessed by the recent death of Yitzhak Rabin and its lengthy, ugly prelude of verbal excoriation of the basest sort. Yet many are those who rabidly maintain that the moral content of…
By Carlos Whitlock Porter ∙ January 5, 1998
Lower District Court, MunichDivision for Criminal Cases and FinesReference no.: (please indicate in all correspondence!)8430 Cs 112 Js 11637/96x/ Marked as applicable80097 Munich 27.02.1997Justizgebauede Nymphenburger Strasse 16RoomTelephone (0 89) 55 97-4353[deletions] Fax: (0 89) 5597 4428 (Criminal Court) Lower District Court, 80097 Munich Mr. Carlos Whitlock PORTERNiveze Bas, no. 112,B-4845 Sart-Lez-Spa/Belgium SUBPOENA – Please bring…
By Carlos Whitlock Porter ∙ January 5, 1998
[The document is a printed form with a few blanks filled in by typewriter.] Copy Reference no. 8430 Cs 112 Js 11637/96 (Please indicate reference in all correspondence! IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE! JUDGEMENT of the Lower District Court of MunichIn the criminal case against Carlos Whitlock PORTER For Incitement to Racial Hatred Based…
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