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#BookBans

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Jack William Bell

Sometimes it seems like #comics and #manga are the first victims of #BookBans; like that saying about, "First the came for the …"

Only instead of communists and Jews we are talking about illustrated novels. And the people pushing the bans don't realize they are only forcing children to seek the forbidden fruit online, where they will also encounter MUCH worse material than Dragon Ball Z.

> Manga in The Crosshairs: The State of Manga Bans in 2025. animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2

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MikeDunnAuthor

That's all we've ever been allowed to teach. And the repression started well before Trump was elected.

Good luck teaching anything even remotely supportive of the Arab or Muslim experience. Forget anything that even mentions the word Palestine. And that's in the "liberal" San Francisco Bay Area.

There are already other places in the U.S., like Florida, where you can be fired simply for saying the word "Gay."

And who remembers hearing anything in school about Marx, socialism, anarchism, that wasn't completely negative? Anything about MLK's support of labor unions and opposition to the Vietnam War? General Strikes? The Tulsa pogrom? The Battle of Blair Mountain or the Great Train Strike of 1877 (the 2 largest insurrections and 2 largest labor uprisings in the U.S. since the Civil War)???

Dozens of books banned from school libraries and from the curriculum.

a dadderall writes: teacher: your child won't stop yelling "this is bourgeois propaganda" in social studies me: have you tried not teaching bourgeois propaganda Posted by Guillotines For A Better America, who add: That's all they'll be allowed to teach under this regime...
#workingclass#LaborHistory#union
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Shantell Powell

"On April 3, 2025, Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishers, Simon & Schuster, and Sourcebooks sent a letter to Congress in support of the Institute of Library and Museum Services (IMLS) following Executive Order 14238, signed on March 14, which calls for the dismantling of IMLS. HarperCollins is notably missing from this list of publishers."

"We demand to know why HarperCollins did NOT sign this letter and what they plan to do to support IMLS and all libraries moving forward."

"Author and AABB member Michael Leali has drafted an open letter to HarperCollins with this request. We need signatures from authors, illustrators, librarians, booksellers, literary agents, educators, and industry professionals in support of this message. If you are willing to add your name to the list of signees, please complete this form by Monday, April 28, 2025."

#WritingCommunity #Publishing #IMLS #BookBans #libraries #fascism

docs.google.com/forms/d/1gpfgD

Google DocsSIGNATURES NEEDED: Open Letter to HarperCollinsOn April 3, 2025, Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishers, Simon & Schuster, and Sourcebooks sent a letter to Congress in support of the Institute of Library and Museum Services (IMLS) following Executive Order 14238, signed on March 14, which calls for the dismantling of IMLS. HarperCollins is notably missing from this list of publishers. We demand to know why HarperCollins did NOT sign this letter and what they plan to do to support IMLS and all libraries moving forward. Author and AABB member Michael Leali has drafted an open letter to HarperCollins with this request. We need signatures from authors, illustrators, librarians, booksellers, literary agents, educators, and industry professionals in support of this message. If you are willing to add your name to the list of signees, please complete this form by Monday, April 28, 2025.
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Dennis A

#SCOTUS #BookBans #LGBTQrights
It's not about sex you perverts and your faith teaches hate of people your children are likely to have to coexist with in the real world. 🏳️‍🌈

A prince and knight fall in love and the Supreme Court is asked to intervene

“It’s labeled as a language arts, you know, reading and writing program, but the content of the material is very sexual,” said Billy Moges
apnews.com/article/supreme-cou

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Bonnie

Library Study Shows It’s Just Politicians And Activist Groups Trying To Get Books Banned - techdirt.com/2025/04/17/librar

"The latest report on censorship efforts compiled by the American Library Association makes it clear this isn’t a groundswell movement by personally offended parents to protect their kids from certain content. This is an activist movement that is determined to eliminate access to this content by whatever means necessary. Unfortunately, these groups are being helped along by legislators who believe their personal beliefs should be the only ones protected by the Constitution."

Techdirt · Library Study Shows It’s Just Politicians And Activist Groups Trying To Get Books BannedWhat’s been noted before has been confirmed yet again: there is no widespread concern about the books kids have access to in public libraries. Instead, there’s just the concerted, but e…
#libraries#bookbans
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nuagezero

De la Californie au Tennessee, les livres sont des cibles

actualitte.com/article/123327/

ActuaLitté.com · De la Californie au Tennessee, les livres sont des ciblesDepuis le retour de Donald Trump à la Maison-Blanche, les attaques contre les institutions culturelles et la liberté d’expression se multiplient. Tandis que des coupes fédérales plongent la bibliothèque d'État de l'État de Californie dans une crise budgétaire sans précédent, une plainte vient d’être déposée dans le Tennessee contre l’interdiction de plus de 145 livres dans les écoles du comté de Rutherford. Entre censure idéologique et démantèlement des services publics, un même climat de régression s’installe...
#livres#censure#usa
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