8/12/2006

Jailed for “Thought Offences” Ernst Zundel writes from prison

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Ernst Zundel incarcerated for Thought OffencesLatest letters from Ernst Zundel - Prisoner of Conscience

Published August 11th, 2006 by Curt Maynard

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July 3, 2006 [Celebrating July 4th in spirit in my cell again this fourth year of my POW time].

Dear Curt

I got your David Horowitz letter and report on the show – thanks for that – it’s important to keep the case before the public. Please give Mike Piper and Christopher Bollyn my thanks as well.

Regarding Horowitz – all too typical. I met and interviewed Stokely Carmichael in 1966 when he came to the University of Sir George Williams, where I was then assistant editor of the University’s Mature student newspaper, it was during the “Free Speech Movements,” heyday at Berkeley, which had swung over to Canada during that era. Curt, that man was no fool; believe me, he knew exactly that his group was being exploited! His dislike of them [Remember this letter is censored] was visible and visceral – I can attest to that. I was present at some of those “no holds barred,” encounters, he knew they were the invisible power behind the Civil Rights movement and he also knew they many were responsible for bringing his people to North America during the slave era. (more…)


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