There is the ideal of free speech, and then there is reality: censorship, persecution, and prosecution of dissidents.
By David Wilson ∙ January 11, 1996
Is David Irving a legitimate historian or a Holocaust denier? The answer may be: both. Irving does not have a college degree and has never been a part of academia, but his books about Nazi Germany have attracted praise from mainstream historians. His 1977 book, Hitler's War, was widely applauded, though many critics were concerned…
By Robert Faurisson ∙ November 1, 1996
The Garaudy affair began in January 1996 and that of Abbe Pierre in April of the same year. The two episodes, taken together, occupied an important place in the media up until Abbe Pierre's retraction, announced on July 23. Their most positive consequence is contained in two articles by historian Jacques Baynac published on September…
By CODOH ∙ October 22, 1996
“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell Eric Delcroix, a 52 year old defense lawyer, was convicted in Paris on October 22, 1996 for “contesting crimes against humanity.” For publishing his book, La police de la pensee contre le revisionisme (The Thought Police Against Revisionism), Delcroix was fined 20,000F, 1,500F to each of…
By Christian Lindtner ∙ October 19, 1996
Several German researchers sit in prison or are on their way there. The mere printing of an indictment can make one punishable for “inciting the masses.” For Denmark, this development in our southern neighbor, upon whom we depend in many ways, is a cause for concern. If the reader believes that book burning belongs to…
By CODOH ∙ October 15, 1996
“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell A Greek bookstore, 'Nea Thesis' was attacked by armed hoodlums for openly selling the new Greek edition of Roger Garaudy's book, The Founding Myths of Israeli Politics. On the afternoon of October 15, 1996 the 'Nea Thesis' bookstore was open for business as usual. There were…
By Dick Zimmer ∙ October 7, 1996
The following text is from one of the 30 plus pieces of legislation relating to the Holocaust that have been or are now being processed by the 104th Congress. A quiet movement continues to make politically incorrect speech a crime in this country, as it is now not only in despotic nations such as China,…
By CODOH ∙ September 6, 1996
“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell The offices of a major English publisher of revisionist materials were badly damaged in an arson attack today. Wilson Publishing and Historical Review Press, in Uckfield, East Sussex, was discovered in flames at 4.30am. There were no reported injuries in the blaze which destroyed the offices…
By The TransCyberian Express ∙ January 8, 1996
Concluding the tenth chapter of his novel Moravagine, the French poet, Blaise Cendrars, describes the social ferment that pervaded Tsarist Russia on the eve of revolution: “Everything was thrown out of kilter: institutions, family traditions, the notion of honor. A frantic loosening of all ties, which was mistaken for mysticism, was at work in every…
By Coalition of Online Civil Liberties Organisations ∙ August 7, 1996
7 AUGUST 1996 Summary On July 30th the G7 group of nations met in Paris to discuss terrorism. Among other responses the G7 have endorsed a number of restrictions and controls on the Internet. These include the prohibition or censorship of sources that may contain “dangerous” information, restrictions on the electronic speech of unpopular political…
By David E Stannard ∙ August 2, 1996
Last year at about this time, while much of the world was commemorating the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, a young man named Bela Ewald Althans was sentenced by a Berlin court to three and a half years in jail for telling tourists at Auschwitz that the Holocaust was “a giant…
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