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#FreedomToRead

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Regina Kammer

Titles banned, data deleted, the nation’s librarians sacked without explanation – Donald Trump’s war on books is a threat to democracy across the world, writes the head of Oxford University’s libraries
observer.co.uk/news/internatio
#Libraries #Archives #Democracy #Bodleian #Reading #Readers #FreedomToRead

‘There is no political power without power over the archive’
The Observer · ‘There is no political power without power over the archive’By Richard Ovenden
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Claudia KP

I wonder how many of those putting unfair pressure on UK librarians would be the first to scream "freedom of speech" if challenged?

Look up "The Empty Library" in Berlin. Every time I see newspaper articles like this, I'm reminded of it.

Let people read and do what they want, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else.

theguardian.com/books/2025/apr

The Guardian · Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreadsBy Ella Creamer
#Books#Reading#Libraries
Regina Kammer

Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, Sourcebooks, three authors, a public library district, the Authors Guild, a teacher, two students, and two parents are suing the state of Idaho over the book-banning law HB 710.
theguardian.com/books/2025/feb
#BookBans #PublicLibraries #FreedomToRead #bookstodon

The Guardian · Publishers sue state of Idaho over library book bansBy Ella Creamer
Caitlin

abcnews.go.com/US/department-e it's really scary watching this stuff happen, although I think all of us who work or have worked in public facing libraries absolutely knew it was coming. And most of us, I hope, are aware that fascists traditionally go after books.
#FreedomToRead #BookBans #BannedBooks #IntellectualFreedom

ABC News · Department of Education dismisses book ban complaints, ends guidanceBy Kiara Alfonseca
Firestorm Books

Our bookstore is no stranger to unwanted government attention; we’ve been threatened by city officials, visited by the FBI, and surveilled by police. Historically, the investigation and prosecution of activists has aimed to disrupt our movements for change, sow fear and isolation among participants, break intergenerational bonds, and criminalize struggles for freedom. But we can overcome these attacks through principled action and uncompromising solidarity.

Firestorm has made the following commitments:
• We will minimize non-required collection and storage of information about customers, authors, event participants, and others who engage with our co-op.
• We will resist, and publicly disclose, any attempt to obtain such information when it exists.
• We will decline to answer questions from police and government agents.
• We will fight any court or government subpoena, process, or demand for records, testimony, or evidence.
• We will support those in our community who face state repression, regardless of “guilt” or “innocence.”
• We will retain legal counsel to defend our freedom to not cooperate with the State.

We know that these actions cannot guarantee safety for our members or community, but to cooperate in the face of our own repression, or the repression of others, would be a profoundly unsafe betrayal. Noncooperation is both the ethical and strategic position for those who want to build a new world, but must contend with the old one.

Find our entire statement, including linked references, at firestorm.coop/noncooperation..

#FreedomToRead #StateRepression #CoopsNotCops #Anarchism #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop

📸: Daniel Barlow

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DoomsdaysCW

Historic Day of Action Against #BookBans Held in New York, Brooklyn, and Queens Public Libraries

First-ever #AntiCensorship rally mobilizes scores of New Yorkers against the alarming rise of #BookBans

October 19, 2024

nypl.org/press/historic-day-ac

#NYC's #libraries are leading a nationwide effort to combat book bans this weekend

Book giveaways, speeches and DJ sets are part of this day of action on Saturday.

Ethan Beck, Friday October 18 2024

"More than 10,000 books were removed from public schools, at least temporarily, during the 2023-24 school year, according to #PENAmerica. In response, NYC libraries are holding events this Saturday, October 19, 'to inspire action against book bans and for the freedom to read.'

"NYC’s three library systems have come together to lead nearly 200 libraries and #bookstores across the country in the #FreedomToRead Community Day of Action, which will include events in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. It's the first nationwide day of action to combat book bans and censorship."

timeout.com/newyork/news/nycs-
#Libraries #Censorship

The New York Public LibraryHistoric Day of Action Against Books Bans Held in New York, Brooklyn, and Queens Public Libraries | The New York Public Library
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