When the Nazis Came to Skokie: Freedom for Speech We HateReferring to a situation in the Chicago suburb of Skokie, which was home to many survivors of the Holocaust in the 1970s, and where American Nazi sympathizers wished to demonstrate, the author of this book argues that freedom of speech must be defended even in the most abhorrent of circumstances. |
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We Are Coming | 4 |
The ACLU the Supreme Court and the First Amendment | 22 |
Why Free Speech Is Not Always Free | 36 |
Copyright | |
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