*(As of 9/21/97, the only French Revisionist site.)
"Everybody knows revisionism is an abomination. But it exists and it
persists. Moral and penal condemnations, vigilance committees, even
the
laws of the State, nothing works: for the last twenty years, revisionism
has not stopped growing. A recent poll shows that 30% of the people
in
France are ready to accept its basic tenets. They keep their mouth shut
only out of caution.
This situation is more and more embarrassing. The old distinguished
lawyer
of the [French] League for Human Rights requested the ban of the first
issue of the 'Annales d' histoire revisionniste'. Pleading in front of
Judge Pluyette, he exclaimed: 'As long as it was printed in small
confidential publications, we kept quiet. But I found this journal
yesterday at the Marseilles airport newsstand. Now we demand its ban. 'These virtuous words were uttered in the Fall of 1987, Ten years ago,
already. Since then, revisionist publications have multiplied and have
reached astonishing levels of sales, as with the Garaudy book which
sold
everywhere by the tens of thousands. The worst is still to come. For the past one year, there has been a
French
language revisionist site on the Internet. The team which is putting
the
site together, and whose members are concretely saving the freedom of
expression, remain anonymous because of the attacks on this freedom.
They have chosen to display the main elements of controversy and to treat
them
as rationally as possible. There was quite a number of texts which can
be
almost considered as 'classics' which were becoming increasingly difficult
to find. They are, one after the other, displayed on the Web.
One can find the beginning of a gathering of the archives of La Vieille
Taupe, a group which played a leading role in the opening of polemics
in
France. The manifold interventions of Professor Faurisson, since 1978,
are
also on display for that part of the public who did not live through
the
beginnings of this affair. There is renewed talk about Paul Rassinier
who, back in the 50's and early 60's, was the driving force of revisionism,
in
France but also in other countries. An archive is devoted to his writings,
including translations into English and soon in other languages as well.
Already more than 40 forgotten articles he wrote in 1951-53 have been
made available. The books by Serge Thion which describe and analyze the
beginnings of the Faurisson affair are on display, some parts being
available in German and English. Robert Faurisson's lawyer, Eric Delcroix,
is present with a vigorous pamphlet which landed him a condemnation
by the courts. The famous 1985 'thesis of Nantes', by Henri Roques, on the
SS-Officer Kurt Gerstein and his alleged confessions, is available too,
and
soon visible in German and English. Others will follow.
The attempts to suppress intellectual freedom in France are carefully
scrutinized. You'll find information on trials, on debates in court
as well
as on the judicial system itself, and its commitment in suppressive
activities. In just one year, several hundred texts have thus been made
available on the Internet, raising a remarkable serious readership.
It must be said that French revisionism, such as it is displayed on
this site, is free from politics. It completely ignores the calls to violence and hatred and strongly disapproves of them. It is based on the principle
of the unity of mankind. It supports a complete calm in a research that
is
completely material and rational, i.e. open to refutation and critique,
claiming the right to make mistakes and to correct mistakes. It shows
that
the struggle against revisionism is linked to the less and less probable
survival of the State of Israel and it dares to probe into the foundations
of this last dinosaur among the large encompassing oppressive systems,
like
the many fascisms, the Leninist apparatuses, colonialism, apartheid,
all
having become extinct under the sheer weight of their contradictions,
lack
of realism and deep inhumanity.
Not only have the French revisionists spread out in French on the Web,
but they also have provided opportunities for other revisionists to express their views in English, in German and in Italian. Everyone knows that
in Germany the list of banned books is growing by the day. In France too,
by the way. Quite naturally these banned books find a new life and a wider audience once they take refuge on the Net. Books out of print, like
the fundamental work by Lenni Brenner on the relationship between the Zionist movement and fascist regimes in the 30's and 40's find a new lease of
life on the Aaargh Website (in English).
Not only happy to feed demanding and curious minds with literature, revisionists, who are not fearful of complexities, have created a system
by which one can glance at the footnotes while reading a text on screen.
But the most interesting is the internal links created between the texts
and a biographic and bibliographic database that is being build into the site, providing background information and links to other documents. It gives
an encyclopaedic dimension to the available knowledge. Without making it
a specific purpose, they thus promoted the use of Internet as a learning resource. One needs to visit a number of other sites to see the advantage of having a knowledge that is both conscious and organized, while the reader's freedom is entirely respected. (This applies to the French section. It will come later to the English section.) Many other sites
which are "struggling" against revisionism could learn something here.
In spite of several attempts and the burning hopes of many people in
power, it has not been possible so far to create a censorship on the Internet. Maybe the forces of darkness will find a way. But not right now. At
one year of age, this website has an average of four hundred visitors each
day, which make 145,000 a year. Of course, it is only a beginning. Access
to the Internet is growing fast. In 1998, the people who will receive digital television will have free access to the Internet. Faurisson will be accessed and read, without a computer, in the most remote corners of
the country whereas, some years ago, 20 to 30 copies of his writings were broadcast at a time...Think of it. The media will and certainly must ignore this phenomenon.
But there will be a price. It is about time to face it, to play straight,
to open the files. Because revisionists have files, very well organized
files. And they feel so secure that they intend now to publish (soon) files generated by their adversaries. This confrontation may well be very
painful for a number of self-proclaimed historians and writers. Then we'll see which emperors have no clothes.
Revisionist are not peddling ready-made truths. They know that in order
to speak about atrocious events, a maximum of precautions are to be taken. They bow in respect to all poor victims of WWII, as well as the victims
of atrocities which happened after WWII. But they refuse to the survivors
orto those who did not live through these tragic events the right to alter reality. They want the facts and nothing but the facts. That is why
they
attract so many sympathies, from every political quarter; those sympathies
cannot generally be publicly expressed because of the fear which surrounds
these subjects. Some obnoxious organizations are pack hunting dissident
views with complete impunity. People fear for themselves, for their
career,
for their children's bread, and they shut up. Those who thus obtain
this excellent result, this seeming conformity, this deafening silence of
the
lambs, should in fact worry. Revisionists have been so far the only
ones to
propose an honorable way out, a rational discussion. They too fear the
violence that these repressed views may trigger when the pressure is
too
high. Go and visit this website. You'll find it at <<http://www.vho.org/aaargh>.
Nobody requests you to agree with anything. But many people condemn
revisionists without having ever read a line written by them. If you
want
to condemn, you have at least to know why. Do not die idiots. Do it
now, so
that in 10 or 20 years from now, you will not deeply regret not to have
looked for a dialogue with reasonable people. There are other much less reasonable people, you and we know it. And if you wish to present
observations or critiques, even rough, write to <<aaargh@abbc.com>.
But
please no insults, we do not reply. But they are rare, this must also
be
said.Enjoy the consultation. Do not forget that dozens or hundreds of
anti-revisionist sites also exist on the Web. Go and visit them. They
are
worthwhile indeed.
The International Secretariat of AAARGH