“You write a book, and especially an action guide, to deal with people where they are,” Marsh explains. For example, Marsh criticizes the way the American Civil Liberties Union approaches things, but the criticisms don’t rear their head in his book–in fact, way number 19 encourages readers to join the ACLU. That the book is in a how-to format means that it doesn’t really explore some thorny political questions that may divide those on the anticensorship side.
(“Make an Anti-Censorship Home Video Showing the Various Benefits of Free Speech in Your Community–and the Perils of Censorship” is way number 29.) There are names, addresses, and phone numbers of the major motion-picture companies, the networks and broadcasting-industry associations, the book, music, and video retail chains–all so you can make your protest directly. Along the way it’s packed with lists: of “50 great banned books” (courtesy of the American Library Association), of Marsh’s 20 great censored pieces of music and ten great anticensorship songs, of video-making resources. It ends (way number 50) with the admonition to “make the real obscenities the real issues” (meaning things like “homelessness, unemployment, war and militarism, racism, sexism, AIDS, homophobia”). Best of Chicago 2022: Sports & Recreationĭave Marsh–rock critic, author of several books, and editor of Rock & Roll Confidential–has just published 50 Ways to Fight Censorship and Important Facts to Know About the Censors, a slim volume that moves from admonitions to register and vote through how-to advice on publishing newsletters to boycotting and suing the censorship bastards.Best of Chicago 2022: Music & Nightlife.
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