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Free Speech

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The War on Antisemitism Gains Momentum
Silencing criticism of Israel is the primary objective
• July 6, 2021
• 1,500 Words • 304 Comments • Reply
It has frequently been observed how Jewish organizations in the United States and Western Europe exploit their claimed perpetual victimhood to excuse their own ethnocentric manipulations while also providing cover for Israeli war crimes. What they refer to as the “Holocaust” is, of course, central to the effort, complete with a standard narrative that has... Read More
Abby Martin Beats the Israel Lobby
Attack on Free Speech and Association Fails Court Test
• June 3, 2021
• 1,300 Words • 162 Comments • Reply
Abby Martin’s efforts must be applauded for she has won a major victory in the struggle to maintain freedom of speech in the United States. Many Americans who follow developments overseas would concede that Israel and its supporters in the United States exercise a fairly high level of control over U.S. foreign policy in the... Read More
More on the Anti-Semitism Scam: Jewish Students Get Protected Status
• October 10, 2020
• 1,200 Words • 48 Comments • Reply
In both the United States and Europe there has been an increase in the passage of laws that are intended to protect Jews. Indeed, one might say that one of the few growth industries in Donald Trump’s United States has been the protection of Jewish citizens and their property from a largely contrived wave of... Read More
lima-taub2
Killing Free Speech in America
Friends of Israel find that it cuts two ways
• January 28, 2020
• 1,400 Words • 172 Comments • Reply
No group in the United States has labored so hard as the friends of Israel to destroy the First Amendment to the Constitution, which commits the government to prohibit any “abridging the freedom of speech…or the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” Ironically, of course, Congressmen and government officials who have taken an oath... Read More
Where Free Speech Dies
• June 21, 2016
• 500 Words • Leave a Comment
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution establishes the right of free speech. Though there may be instances when speech cannot be truly uninhibited because of possible consequences, e.g. yelling “fire” in a crowded theater, the right to speak freely has been enshrined in American law and custom. Lately, however, free speech has come... Read More
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Philip Giraldi
About Philip Giraldi

Phil Giraldi is a former CIA Case Officer and Army Intelligence Officer who spent twenty years overseas in Europe and the Middle East working terrorism cases. He holds a BA with honors from the University of Chicago and an MA and PhD in Modern History from the University of London. In addition to TAC, where he has been a contributing editor for nine years, he writes regularly for Antiwar.com. He is currently Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest and resides with his wife of 32 years in Virginia horse country close to his daughters and grandchildren.


Personal Classics
America's Jews Are Driving America's Wars
Shouldn't they recuse themselves when dealing with the Middle East?
• 1,324 Comments • Reply
Americans Should be Ashamed
A Modern Guernica Enabled by Washington
• 106 Comments • Reply
How the Israel Lobby Works
Pressuring Candidates Even Before They Are Nominated
• 48 Comments • Reply
Israel Is No Ally
But is it even a friend?
• 97 Comments • Reply
Who’s Afraid of Sibel Edmonds?
The gagged whistleblower goes on the record.
• 1 Comment • Reply
Counter Intelligence
Today’s CIA serves contractors and bureaucrats—not the nation.
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