{"product_id":"defending-my-enemy-skokie-and-the-legacy-of-free-speech-in-america-paperback","title":"Defending My Enemy: Skokie and the Legacy of Free Speech in America - Paperback","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\u003cb\u003eWith a foreword by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and an afterword by Nadine Strossen\u003cbr\u003eA new edition of the most important free speech book of the past half-century, with a new chapter by the author on some of the top First Amendment controversies of today \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If Aryeh Neier had done nothing else in his absolutely towering human rights, civil liberties career other than write \u003cem\u003eDefending My Enemy\u003c\/em\u003e, that still would have made him a hero and a giant.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Nadine Strossen, former president, American Civil Liberties Union \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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--Aryeh Neier, 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 1979 book \u003cem\u003eDefending My Enemy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNearly fifty years later, Neier revisits the topic of free speech in a volume that includes his original essay along with a new chapter addressing present-day First Amendment battles, including the Charlottesville march, book bans, the heckler's veto, attacks on free speech on college campuses, and the threat to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court decision in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times v. Sullivan\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluding a foreword by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and an afterword by longtime free speech champion Nadine Strossen, \u003cem\u003eDefending My Enemy\u003c\/em\u003e offers razor-sharp analysis from the man Jameel Jaffer of the Knight First Amendment Institute describes as \"an icon of justice and fearlessness.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\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 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.4 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":51978257760557,"sku":"9781620979914","price":19.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/aNHtwCx60L9781620979914.webp?v=1775801298","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/defending-my-enemy-skokie-and-the-legacy-of-free-speech-in-america-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}