Posts Tagged ‘libraries’

Author of ‘Gender Queer’ Book Found in School Libraries Across US Says It’s ‘Not For Kids’

The author of Gender Queer, one of the pornographic LBGTQ+ books that has mysteriously appeared in school libraries across the United States, has admitted that the book is not meant to be read by young […] The post Author of ‘Gender Queer’ Book Found in School Libraries Across US Says It’s ‘Not For Kids’ appeared […]

Arkansas Legislator Vows to ‘Eliminate All the Funding for Public Libraries’ Affiliated With the ALA

When the National Association of Christian Lawmakers held its annual conference at Liberty University earlier this month, members of the organization held a “para-legislative session” at which state legislators and religious-right activists proposed and discussed various resolutions and proposed pieces of sample legislation. Among those participating in this session was Arkansas state Sen. Dan Sullivan, […]

Republicans want to defund our libraries

Missouri Republicans in early April voted to cut all public funding for libraries as part of their state budget proposal. Leading the move was Cody Smith, a top Republican lawmaker and chair of the state’s budget committee, who made no attempt to hide the fact that he was retaliating against librarians because they dared to join […]

Public libraries continue to thrive despite defunding and privatization attacks

Efforts by governments and cities across the nation to defund the public library indicate a misunderstanding of the essential role that libraries play. Source

Kirk Cameron pushes public libraries for story-hour reading slot: ‘Prepared to assert my rights in court’

(FOX News) — Actor and writer Kirk Cameron, rebuffed in recent efforts to try to deliver story-hour reading programs for kids at a number of public libraries connected to his new children’s book, is fighting back. In exclusive comments to Fox News Digital, Cameron said late Sunday, “One of the things I love about our country […]

Libraries Are Launching Their Own Local Music Streaming Platforms

If you’re fed up with streaming behemoths like Spotify, there’s now another place you can go to discover new music: your local library. Over a dozen public libraries in the U.S. and Canada have begun offering their own music streaming services to patrons, with the goal of boosting artists and local music scenes. The services […]

Bill Would Empower Parents To Remove Books From School Libraries

Above Photo: A student browses through books in the Presidio Middle School library in San Francisco, California on September 10, 2019. Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images. ‘Madness.’ “These books are there to give our kids the language that they need to express how they are already feeling, and that’s it,” said one […]

A For-Profit Company Is Trying To Privatize Public Libraries

CounterSpin interview with Caleb Nichols on defending public libraries. Janine Jackson interviewed librarian Caleb Nichols about defending public libraries for the December 17, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Janine Jackson: Even if we don’t see a written-out master plan, the banning of books, the attacks on teaching real US history, the efforts to push […]

Mobile libraries restart for the first time in Kabul since Taliban takeover

A mobile library bus went to a Kabul orphanage on Sunday and opened its doors for the first time since the Taliban took over the country, eliciting smiles from young book lovers. The mobile library is one of five school buses set up by a local organisation called Charmaghz, established by Afghan Oxford University graduate […]

The Origin of God’s Word & the Destruction of Pagan Libraries

Dr M D Magee (1998) The Origin of God’s Word Christians try to deny that, when they achieved total power at the end of the fourth century, they ravaged the Pagan learning accumulated over the whole of previous history. Since this vandalism started the Dark Ages, it is quite difficult to prove, simply because the […]

Public-Private Partnerships Are Hollowing Out Our Libraries

Above Photo: The for-profit, private company Library Systems and Services is a major threat to one of our most beloved, democratic and socialistic institutions. Fuse / Corbis / Getty Images. “This library is full of losers,” an HR person said to me as I signed my letter of resignation from my public library job. “A […]

Public libraries in Maharashtra face crisis during Covid pandemic

File photos of a library in Nashik Of the many institutions affected by the Covid pandemic and repeated lockdowns, the case of public libraries closing down is the most saddening. In Maharashtra, such libraries were a staple part of daily life for students and residents of many towns and cities across the state in the […]

Photo Gallery: Children’s Books at Local Libraries

I found these photos taken from local libraries on a Gab thread. I would be surprised if similar books were not being promoted to children in a library close to you. Do I even need to go through image by image to point out everything wrong with them? Just see for yourself. Share now! Source

Max Gross’ ‘Lost Shtetl’ wins best fiction from Assoc. of Jewish Libraries

The Association of Jewish Libraries has given Max Gross its annual award for best Jewish fiction, for his debut novel “The Lost Shtetl.” The latest recognition for Gross’s mesmerizing modern-day Yiddish tale was announced Monday by the professional organization of Judaica librarians. “To Be a Man: Stories,” by Nicole Krauss, and “Apeirogon: A Novel,” by […]

Publication details Nazi-looted libraries during Holocaust in Belgium

The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), in concert with the World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO), has published “Documenting Nazi Library Plunder in Occupied Belgium and Limited Postwar Retrieval,” designed to educate people on the history of the Holocaust within Belgium.The new publication features library collections looted by the Nazi regime during […]

A tale of two open-air libraries: One for Jerusalem’s Palestinians, the other for Jews

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Sweden’s Libraries Destroying Pippi Longstocking Children’s Books Because of Racist Phrases

A Swedish council has admitted that local libraries have been throwing out copies of a popular children’s book because it contains racist expressions, with one local journalist even claiming the books are being burnt. Older versions of the Pippi Langstrumpf [Pippi Longstocking] book entitled ‘Pippi in the South Seas,’ have been discarded by libraries in […]

Watching The Hawks – Libraries: Reading Our Priorities

Watching The Hawks – Libraries: Reading Our Priorities Watching The Hawksyoutube.com Tabetha Wallace shows us the true societal costs and impacts of closing libraries and just where our priorities lie in defunding them. LIKE Watching the Hawks @ http://fb.me/WatchingTheHawksFOLLOW WATCHING THE HAWKS ON INSTAGRAM @ https://instagram.com/watchingthehawks/FOLLOW Tyrel Ventura @ http://twitter.com/TyrelWatchingFOLLOW Tabetha Wallace @ http://twitter.com/TabethaWatchingFOLLOW Sean […]

In Syria, Militias Armed by the Pentagon Fight Those Armed by the CIA

In Syria, Militias Armed by the Pentagon Fight Those Armed by the CIA March 29th, 2016 Via: Los Angeles Times: Syrian militias armed by different parts of the U.S. war machine have begun to fight each other on the plains between the besieged city […]

Russia banned a Polish board game that simulates Communist-era shopping

(From QZ) The Russian version of the “Queue,” which simulates the experience of shopping in the empty stores of communist-era Poland, was released in Russia in November 2015. Several months later, the country’s consumer protection agency Rospotrebnadzor informed the game’s Polish producer TREFL that if it does not change the historical content of […]

The Midol of the 19th century: Opium soaked tampons

     On display at the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum is an item that you won’t find in the women’s aisle of your local drugstore today. Among pharmaceutical oddities such as leeches and tinctures, the museum houses a box of early tampons soaked in opium and belladonna. What’s more, these products were in fact prescribed to […]

100+ Monsanto Employees Crash Presentation On GE Crops & Pesticides

Print Friendly Above Photo: From Centerforfoodsafety.org. On Oct 14th, I presented the findings of our Pesticides in Paradise report on the island of Moloka‘i. At around 5:45 PM, about 15 minutes before the presentation was going to start, 100+ Monsanto employees, all dressed in neon yellow shirts, arrived. As I stared at the long line of workers, […]

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