{"product_id":"defending-my-enemy-skokie-and-the-legacy-of-free-speech-in-america-hardcover","title":"Defending My Enemy: Skokie and the Legacy of Free Speech in America - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAryeh Neier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEleanor Holmes Norton\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eNadine Strossen\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA new edition of the most important free speech book of the past halfcentury, with a new essay by the author on the ensuing fifty years of First Amendment controversies\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Nazis wanted to express their right to free speech in 1977 by marching through Skokie, Illinois-a town with a large population of Holocaust survivors--\u003cstrong\u003eAryeh Neier\u003c\/strong\u003e, then the national executive director of the ACLU and himself a Holocaust survivor--came to the Nazis' defense. Explaining what many saw as a despicable bridge too far for the First Amendment, Neier spelled out his thoughts about free speech in his 1977 book \u003cem\u003eDefending My Enemy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, nearly fifty years later, Neier revisits the topic of free speech in a volume that includes his original essay along with an extended new piece addressing some of the most controversial free speech issues of the past halfcentury. Touching on hotbutton First Amendment topics currently in play, the second half of the book includes First Amendment analysis of the \"Unite the Right\" march in Charlotteville, campus protest over the Israel\/Gaza war, book banning, trigger warnings, rightwing hate speech, the heckler's veto, and the recent attempts by public figures including Donald Trump to overturn the longstanding \u003cem\u003eSullivan\u003c\/em\u003e v. \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e precedent shielding the media from libel claims.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluding an afterword by longtime free speech champion Nadine Strossen, \u003cem\u003eDefending My Enemy\u003c\/em\u003e offers razorsharp analysis from the man Muck Rack describes as having \"a glittering civil liberties réeacute;sumé.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAryeh Neier\u003c\/b\u003e has been the national executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, a co-founder of Human Rights Watch, and the president of the Open Societies Institute. In addition to writing half a dozen books on civil and human rights, he has authored over three hundred op-eds for venues including \u003cem\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/em\u003e. The author of \u003cem\u003eDefending My Enemy\u003c\/em\u003e, he lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978259464493,"sku":"9798893850130","price":72.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/2Ffonlnt-a9798893850130.webp?v=1775801309","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/defending-my-enemy-skokie-and-the-legacy-of-free-speech-in-america-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}