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(((Cindy Weinstein)))@NickEast @bookstodon @bookstadon @bookbubble @books @libraries. Yes! And thanks to #BenjaminFranklin who got the first one in #Philadelphia started!
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I love public libraries because they are built on the principle that books are so important and so necessary to human flourishing that access to them cannot depend on your income.
WoodswalkedAnd that is exactly why they have always been radically political.
The two main principles of public libraries are to increase reading, and to be available to the public. This is why there are attempts to close libraries and schools. Don’t confuse non-partisan with being apolitical.
And that is exactly why they have always been radically political.
The two main principles of public libraries are to increase reading, and to be available to the public. This is why there are attempts to close libraries and schools. Don’t confuse non-partisan with being apolitical.
A Tattered Scrapbook@NickEast @bookstodon @bookstadon @bookbubble @books @libraries Shame the same principles weren’t applied to food and housing and healthcare.
leah & tigers & bears, oh my!@NickEast @bookstodon @bookstadon @bookbubble @books @libraries now if only it were broadly understood that the same applies to food and shelter
ex or current IDF unwelcome@NickEast @bookstodon @bookstadon @bookbubble @books @libraries In England early libraries were chargeable and many run by Boots the Chemist
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@iconawrites "I love public libraries because they are built on the principle that books are so important and so necessary to human flourishing that access to them cannot depend on your income."