Real History and Attempts to Suppress Focal Point Publications Documents on the next some traditional enemies of Free Speech: Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of B’nai Brith, USA Anti-Nazi League Australian Government Australian B’nai Brith Anti-Defamation Commission Board of Deputies of British Jews Center for Democratic Renewal, Atlanta Canadian Jewish Congress Canadian League of Human Rights of the B’nai Brith Coalition for Human Dignity, Oregon Community Security Trust of Board of
Deputies German Government Jewish Telegraph Agency Searchlight and Gerald Gable Simon Wiesenthal Center Surfwatch Internet censorship Attempts to Crush Focal Point Publications. What is Focal Point Publications (FPP)? Summary of the Campaign by the Traditional Enemy of Free Speech The Bookseller Advertisement Leftwing campaign to force The Bookseller to refuse FPP advertising: letters published by The Bookseller
on March 20, 1998 David Irving writes to The Bookseller correcting mis-statements in these letters Leftwing campaign to force The Bookseller to refuse FPP advertising: letters published by The Bookseller on March 27, and April 3, 1998 April 16, 1998: Reed Publications demand that FPP drop its name, and threatens High Court acti
on April 17, 1998: David Irving replies for FPP, refusing Letter from Jane Moore of Reed to David Irving, April 27, 1998 Response from David Irving to Jane Moore of Reed, April 27, 1998 Reply from David Irving to Jane Moore of Reed, May 14, 1998, refusing to drop FPP trade name The Bookseller refuses to carry a whole page advertisement, October 21, 2002 Historical Summary AFTER BRITISH historian David Irving founded Focal Point Publications as a means of keeping his more important works in
print, and more recently of publishing original works of history and biography by other authors, the traditional enemies of free speech resorted increasingly to violent methods in their attempt to destroy this important bridgehead into their own stronghold.
As will be seen in his history of his own ordeal, Global Vendetta, their representatives — in the U.K., primarily the agencies of the Board of Deputies of British Jews — conducted a series of clandestine operations in which, among other things, they applied economic pressure to our book printers harassed the editors of major British newspapers smashed the windows of major bookstore chains which stocked our books intimidated the department managers of selected bookstores twisted the arms of
the chief buyers of major bookstore chains like W H Smith, John Menzies, and Books Etc.; and defaced and damaged our books on bookstore shelves. After FPP sold rights in Mr Irving’s biography, Goebbels.
Mastermind of the Third Reich, to the major New York publishing firm St Martin’s Press, the American consorts of these illiberal people (primarily the ADL ) started a campaign of terror against the American publisher, which resulted in SMP repudiating its contracts with the author and publisher in April 1996. One night at the 1997 Chicago BookExpo, they vandalised our stand. We continued to ply our trade within the law like any other respectable publishing firm.
In March 1997, we took out prominent whole- and half-page colour advertisements, including a sober and stately whole page advertisement for Churchill’s War, vol. ii, and adverts for our forthcoming publishing programme in the leading trade magazine The Bookseller, and in its London International Book Show Supplement. The traditional enemies of free speech bombarded The Bookseller with abusive letters for having carried this advertising.
It struck us at the time that these letters referred not to “Focal Point,” but (incorrectly) to “Focal Press.” IN RETROSPECT it seems that the letter writers — mostly Leftwing, lesbian, and anarchist bookshops, were deliberately positioning FPP for a legal ambush by the rightful owners of the title Focal Press, enabling the latter to threaten British High Court proceedings unless FPP ceased operations under its own (different) name.
Mr Irving has however refused to comply with their insolent demand. La lotta continua