Lisa SchiffApr 24, 2025
Thank you
EveryLibrary
for this great piece about what we are losing and what we can do to prevent it: https://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-not-just-erasing-history-theyre-rewriting-future-attacking-democracy-2061128 #DefendResearch #DefendLibraries #DefendEducation #DefendDemocracy #NoTimeForSilence
The Trump Administration Is Attacking Democracy | Opinion

This is about control—an attempt to control our history, and with it, the future of American democracy.

Newsweek
Lisa SchiffMar 21, 2025

Anyone who cares about #IMLS, but more importantly #intellectual_freedom and critical thinking, must read this latest piece by Kelly Jensen
https://bookriot.com/imls-propaganda/ #defendlibraries

Then 1) call on your elected officials to do everything they can to retore IMLS as an independent entity; 2)stand against #censorship by signing the Declaration to #DefendResearch Against U.S. Gov Censorship! Add your name and make your voice heard! #NoTimeForSilence #resist tinyurl.com/3bwuc38f

The Institute for Museum and Library Services Is Now a Propaganda Machine: Book Censorship News, March 21, 2025

DOGE didn't dismantle the only federal agency supporting public libraries. It was instead turned into a propaganda machine. That, plus this week's book censorship news.

BOOK RIOT
Charlie RandallFeb 25, 2025
Moms for Liberty? More like Marionettes for MAGA. #wethepeople #defenddemocracy #libraries #freedomofthepress #freedomofthought #defendlibraries
Labor Party (US)Feb 18, 2025

Libraries are free knowledge, free organizing space, and free access to history—which is exactly why fascists fear them. The best way to protect them? Use them. What’s the most radical book you’ve ever borrowed?

📢 Join the discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/votelabor

#DefendLibraries #CommunityPower #FreeEducation #Organize

Join the Labor Party Discord Discord Server!

Check out the Labor Party Discord community on Discord - hang out with 973 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

Discord
Dianora (Diane Bruce)Feb 9, 2025

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6640594

We are watching this from our PVR. ( I married a librarian)

#Libraries #DefendLibraries #CBC #Canada #LGBTQIA #CanPoli

The Shadow War on Libraries

The library in Valleyview, Alta. is caught in the crosshairs of an international movement. Books stolen, its funding cut. At its heart: a group of queer teens and a movement that would see 2SLGBTQ+ identity removed from public view.

CBC
Lisa SchiffJan 27, 2025
The American Library Association calls out gaslighting by the Trump redefined Department of Education https://www.ala.org/news/2025/01/book-bans-are-real #bookbans #defendlibraries #libraries #intellectual_freedom
ALA to U. S. Department of Education: Book bans are real

The American Library Association responds to the Department of Education's dismissal of complaints about censorship and discrimination: the "effort to terminate protections... advances the demonstrably false claim that book bans are not real."

Lisa SchiffDec 19, 2024
For The People (https://www.librariesforthepeople.org/) got a great shoutout on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTY4gnwW3/ #libraries #defendlibraries #freedomtoread #banbookbans #organize
For The People

For The People
BecFeb 10, 2024

#OREGON

#DefendLibraries
#DefendReadingChoice
#DefendBooks

https://mindly.social/@madrobin/111904489331423946

NotMaddie! (@[email protected])

Calling on my Oregon peeps! There’s a new bill to ban book bans! Please make a public comment to support here: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Testimony/SED/SB/1583/0000-00-00-00-00?area=Measures SB 1583 “Prohibits discrimination when selecting textbooks, instructional materials, program materials or library books that are used in the public schools of this state.” #BookBans #Library #Librarians #FreedomToRead #oregon

Mindly.Social
OrganizingLISNov 13, 2023

After being fired for opposing book censorship, three librarians have filed workplace discrimination claims with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

🔗 https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/librarians-turn-civil-rights-agency-oppose-book-bans-firings-rcna124161

#LibraryWorkers #ProtectLibraryWorkers #Librarians #EEOC #LGBTQ #PublicLibraries #DefendLibraries #NoBookBans #FreedomToRead #ReadBannedBooks

Librarians turn to civil rights agency to oppose book bans and their firings

Three librarians who were fired over opposing book censorship have filed workplace discrimination claims with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

NBC News
OrganizingLISNov 9, 2023

#DeathPanel speaks with #MariameKaba and #MelissaGiraGrant about the importance of understanding the library as a site of political contestation and a rare expression of the commons in contemporary US life, and how left organizers are fighting back against right wing attacks on public space

🔗 https://soundcloud.com/deathpanel/taking-back-the-library-w-mariame-kaba-melissa-gira-grant-110923

#PublicLibraries #ProtectLibraryWorkers #DefendLibraries #NoBookBans #FreedomToRead #ReadBannedBooks

Taking Back the Library w/ Mariame Kaba & Melissa Gira Grant (11/09/23)

Beatrice and Jules speak with Mariame Kaba and Melissa Gira Grant about the importance of understanding the library as a site of political contestation and a rare expression of the commons in contempo

SoundCloud