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A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle
I am very wary of those individuals who are neither writers nor editors nor even, in some cases, readers, who feel that they have the right to apply their own moral criteria to the books in public and school libraries. I have enormous respect and admiration and love for the librarians who are rising up to protest this, because they are putting their very jobs on the line.
Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DCMore about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/831…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #madeleinelengle #bookbanning #books #censorship #communitystandards #control #freedomofthought #intellectualfreedom #librarian #library #moralcode #power #suppression
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A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle
I am very wary of those individuals who are neither writers nor editors nor even, in some cases, readers, who feel that they have the right to apply their own moral criteria to the books in public and school libraries. I have enormous respect and admiration and love for the librarians who are rising up to protest this, because they are putting their very jobs on the line.
Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DCMore about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/831…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #madeleinelengle #bookbanning #books #censorship #communitystandards #control #freedomofthought #intellectualfreedom #librarian #library #moralcode #power #suppression
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A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle
I am very wary of those individuals who are neither writers nor editors nor even, in some cases, readers, who feel that they have the right to apply their own moral criteria to the books in public and school libraries. I have enormous respect and admiration and love for the librarians who are rising up to protest this, because they are putting their very jobs on the line.
Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DCMore about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/831…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #madeleinelengle #bookbanning #books #censorship #communitystandards #control #freedomofthought #intellectualfreedom #librarian #library #moralcode #power #suppression
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A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle
I am very wary of those individuals who are neither writers nor editors nor even, in some cases, readers, who feel that they have the right to apply their own moral criteria to the books in public and school libraries. I have enormous respect and admiration and love for the librarians who are rising up to protest this, because they are putting their very jobs on the line.
Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DCMore about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/831…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #madeleinelengle #bookbanning #books #censorship #communitystandards #control #freedomofthought #intellectualfreedom #librarian #library #moralcode #power #suppression
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A quotation from Henry Commager
A nation which, in the name of loyalty or of patriotism or of a sincere and high-sounding idea, discourages criticism and dissent, and puts a premium on acquiescence and conformity, is headed for disaster.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #conformity #control #dissent #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #heterodoxy #intolerance #loyalty #orthodoxy #patriotism #security #intellectualfreedom
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A quotation from Henry Commager
A nation which, in the name of loyalty or of patriotism or of a sincere and high-sounding idea, discourages criticism and dissent, and puts a premium on acquiescence and conformity, is headed for disaster.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #conformity #control #dissent #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #heterodoxy #intolerance #loyalty #orthodoxy #patriotism #security #intellectualfreedom
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A quotation from Henry Commager
A nation which, in the name of loyalty or of patriotism or of a sincere and high-sounding idea, discourages criticism and dissent, and puts a premium on acquiescence and conformity, is headed for disaster.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #conformity #control #dissent #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #heterodoxy #intolerance #loyalty #orthodoxy #patriotism #security #intellectualfreedom
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A quotation from Henry Commager
A nation which, in the name of loyalty or of patriotism or of a sincere and high-sounding idea, discourages criticism and dissent, and puts a premium on acquiescence and conformity, is headed for disaster.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #conformity #control #dissent #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #heterodoxy #intolerance #loyalty #orthodoxy #patriotism #security #intellectualfreedom
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A quotation from Henry Commager
A nation which, in the name of loyalty or of patriotism or of a sincere and high-sounding idea, discourages criticism and dissent, and puts a premium on acquiescence and conformity, is headed for disaster.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #conformity #control #dissent #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #heterodoxy #intolerance #loyalty #orthodoxy #patriotism #security #intellectualfreedom
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A quotation from William Godwin
As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking.
William Godwin (1756-1836) English journalist, political philosopher, novelist
Essay (1797, rev. 1823), “Of Choice in Reading,” The Enquirer, Part 1, No. 15More about this quote: wist.info/godwin-william/38015…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #williamgodwin #education #imagination #intellectualfreedom #learning #philosophy #teacher #teaching #thought
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A quotation from Henry Commager
We cannot have a society half slave and half free; nor can we have thought half slave and half free. If we create an atmosphere in which men fear to think independently, inquire fearlessly, express themselves freely, we will in the end create the kind of society in which men no longer care to think independently or to inquire fearlessly.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #fear #freeexpression #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #freethinking #independence #inquiry #intellectualfreedom #oppression #questioning #thoughtcontrol
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A quotation from Henry Commager
We cannot have a society half slave and half free; nor can we have thought half slave and half free. If we create an atmosphere in which men fear to think independently, inquire fearlessly, express themselves freely, we will in the end create the kind of society in which men no longer care to think independently or to inquire fearlessly.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #fear #freeexpression #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #freethinking #independence #inquiry #intellectualfreedom #oppression #questioning #thoughtcontrol
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A quotation from Henry Commager
We cannot have a society half slave and half free; nor can we have thought half slave and half free. If we create an atmosphere in which men fear to think independently, inquire fearlessly, express themselves freely, we will in the end create the kind of society in which men no longer care to think independently or to inquire fearlessly.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #fear #freeexpression #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #freethinking #independence #inquiry #intellectualfreedom #oppression #questioning #thoughtcontrol
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A quotation from Henry Commager
We cannot have a society half slave and half free; nor can we have thought half slave and half free. If we create an atmosphere in which men fear to think independently, inquire fearlessly, express themselves freely, we will in the end create the kind of society in which men no longer care to think independently or to inquire fearlessly.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #fear #freeexpression #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #freethinking #independence #inquiry #intellectualfreedom #oppression #questioning #thoughtcontrol
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A quotation from Henry Commager
We cannot have a society half slave and half free; nor can we have thought half slave and half free. If we create an atmosphere in which men fear to think independently, inquire fearlessly, express themselves freely, we will in the end create the kind of society in which men no longer care to think independently or to inquire fearlessly.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #fear #freeexpression #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #freethinking #independence #inquiry #intellectualfreedom #oppression #questioning #thoughtcontrol
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Now shipping! Designed as a real-world reference, the newest edition of OIF's "Intellectual Freedom Manual" offers clear, up-to-date insights on protecting intellectual freedom, fighting censorship, safeguarding privacy, and many other key IF topics. https://alastore.ala.org/ifm11
#ALA #AmericanLibraryAssociation #LIS #MLIS #libraries #librarianship #InformationScience #library #intellectualfreedom #censorship #bookbans
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Now shipping! Designed as a real-world reference, the newest edition of OIF's "Intellectual Freedom Manual" offers clear, up-to-date insights on protecting intellectual freedom, fighting censorship, safeguarding privacy, and many other key IF topics. https://alastore.ala.org/ifm11
#ALA #AmericanLibraryAssociation #LIS #MLIS #libraries #librarianship #InformationScience #library #intellectualfreedom #censorship #bookbans
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Now shipping! Designed as a real-world reference, the newest edition of OIF's "Intellectual Freedom Manual" offers clear, up-to-date insights on protecting intellectual freedom, fighting censorship, safeguarding privacy, and many other key IF topics. https://alastore.ala.org/ifm11
#ALA #AmericanLibraryAssociation #LIS #MLIS #libraries #librarianship #InformationScience #library #intellectualfreedom #censorship #bookbans
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Now shipping! Designed as a real-world reference, the newest edition of OIF's "Intellectual Freedom Manual" offers clear, up-to-date insights on protecting intellectual freedom, fighting censorship, safeguarding privacy, and many other key IF topics. https://alastore.ala.org/ifm11
#ALA #AmericanLibraryAssociation #LIS #MLIS #libraries #librarianship #InformationScience #library #intellectualfreedom #censorship #bookbans
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Now shipping! Designed as a real-world reference, the newest edition of OIF's "Intellectual Freedom Manual" offers clear, up-to-date insights on protecting intellectual freedom, fighting censorship, safeguarding privacy, and many other key IF topics. https://alastore.ala.org/ifm11
#ALA #AmericanLibraryAssociation #LIS #MLIS #libraries #librarianship #InformationScience #library #intellectualfreedom #censorship #bookbans
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A quotation from Henry Commager
We do not need to fear ideas, but the censorship of ideas. We do not need to fear criticism, but the silencing of criticism. We do not need to fear excitement or agitation in the academic community, but timidity and apathy. We do not need to fear resistance to political leaders, but unquestioning acquiescence in whatever policies those leaders adopt.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #agitation #apathy #censorship #criticism #dissent #intellectualfreedom #resistance #silencing #timidity #academicfreedom
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A quotation from Henry Commager
We do not need to fear ideas, but the censorship of ideas. We do not need to fear criticism, but the silencing of criticism. We do not need to fear excitement or agitation in the academic community, but timidity and apathy. We do not need to fear resistance to political leaders, but unquestioning acquiescence in whatever policies those leaders adopt.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #agitation #apathy #censorship #criticism #dissent #intellectualfreedom #resistance #silencing #timidity #academicfreedom
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A quotation from Henry Commager
We do not need to fear ideas, but the censorship of ideas. We do not need to fear criticism, but the silencing of criticism. We do not need to fear excitement or agitation in the academic community, but timidity and apathy. We do not need to fear resistance to political leaders, but unquestioning acquiescence in whatever policies those leaders adopt.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #agitation #apathy #censorship #criticism #dissent #intellectualfreedom #resistance #silencing #timidity #academicfreedom
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A quotation from Henry Commager
We do not need to fear ideas, but the censorship of ideas. We do not need to fear criticism, but the silencing of criticism. We do not need to fear excitement or agitation in the academic community, but timidity and apathy. We do not need to fear resistance to political leaders, but unquestioning acquiescence in whatever policies those leaders adopt.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #agitation #apathy #censorship #criticism #dissent #intellectualfreedom #resistance #silencing #timidity #academicfreedom
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A quotation from Henry Commager
We do not need to fear ideas, but the censorship of ideas. We do not need to fear criticism, but the silencing of criticism. We do not need to fear excitement or agitation in the academic community, but timidity and apathy. We do not need to fear resistance to political leaders, but unquestioning acquiescence in whatever policies those leaders adopt.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #agitation #apathy #censorship #criticism #dissent #intellectualfreedom #resistance #silencing #timidity #academicfreedom
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Books about race, gender, sexuality, colonial history—these are among the most challenged titles in Canadian schools and libraries. 🚫📚
This week is Freedom to Read Week (Feb 22–28), and our colleagues at UVic Libraries have created a display that puts those books front and centre—because the best response to a challenge is to read the challenged books! ✊
Stop by McPherson Library to have a look. 👀
📷 Photos by: @Dieter_Boolean
@LibrarianshipCA
@bookstodon
@books#FreedomToReadWeek #IntellectualFreedom #CdnLib #Libraries #UVic #Kula #KnowledgeDemocracy #yyj
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Books about race, gender, sexuality, colonial history—these are among the most challenged titles in Canadian schools and libraries. 🚫📚
This week is Freedom to Read Week (Feb 22–28), and our colleagues at UVic Libraries have created a display that puts those books front and centre—because the best response to a challenge is to read the challenged books! ✊
Stop by McPherson Library to have a look. 👀
📷 Photos by: @Dieter_Boolean
@LibrarianshipCA
@bookstodon
@books#FreedomToReadWeek #IntellectualFreedom #CdnLib #Libraries #UVic #Kula #KnowledgeDemocracy #yyj
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Books about race, gender, sexuality, colonial history—these are among the most challenged titles in Canadian schools and libraries. 🚫📚
This week is Freedom to Read Week (Feb 22–28), and our colleagues at UVic Libraries have created a display that puts those books front and centre—because the best response to a challenge is to read the challenged books! ✊
Stop by McPherson Library to have a look. 👀
📷 Photos by: @Dieter_Boolean
@LibrarianshipCA
@bookstodon
@cdnpolitics @books#FreedomToReadWeek #IntellectualFreedom #CdnLib #Libraries #UVic #Kula #KnowledgeDemocracy #yyj
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Books about race, gender, sexuality, colonial history—these are among the most challenged titles in Canadian schools and libraries. 🚫📚
This week is Freedom to Read Week (Feb 22–28), and our colleagues at UVic Libraries have created a display that puts those books front and centre—because the best response to a challenge is to read the challenged books! ✊
Stop by McPherson Library to have a look. 👀
📷 Photos by: @Dieter_Boolean
@LibrarianshipCA
@bookstodon
@cdnpolitics @books#FreedomToReadWeek #IntellectualFreedom #CdnLib #Libraries #UVic #Kula #KnowledgeDemocracy #yyj
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Books about race, gender, sexuality, colonial history—these are among the most challenged titles in Canadian schools and libraries. 🚫📚
This week is Freedom to Read Week (Feb 22–28), and our colleagues at UVic Libraries have created a display that puts those books front and centre—because the best response to a challenge is to read the challenged books! ✊
Stop by McPherson Library to have a look. 👀
📷 Photos by: @Dieter_Boolean
@LibrarianshipCA
@bookstodon
@books#FreedomToReadWeek #IntellectualFreedom #CdnLib #Libraries #UVic #Kula #KnowledgeDemocracy #yyj
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Sunday, February 1, 2026
Russian officials call for more powerful weapons to attack Ukraine as temperatures drop -- "Russians are to blame," Moldovans react to mass power outage after Moldova-Ukraine line malfunction -- Meet Olha Kobylianska, the Ukrainian author who redefined women’s freedom -- Poland closes airspace after Belarusian balloon incursion ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/sunday-february-1-2026/
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The Structural Necessity of #ThoughtControl: Why #Theocracy and #IntellectualFreedom Are #Logically Incompatible
This paper argues that #theocratic #governance and #intellectual #freedom are not merely in tension but logically incompatible.
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📚 Ah, the annual "Top 52 Banned Books" list is here to remind us that nothing screams intellectual freedom like banning books from schools! 😂 With over 22,000 instances, it's almost like free speech is just a quaint concept from ye olde history books. 🔥 Apparently, the administration's idea of "free expression" is simply a five-alarm fire. 🚒🔥
https://pen.org/top-52-banned-books-since-2021/ #bannedbooks #intellectualfreedom #freespeech #censorship #education #HackerNews #ngated -
Remember, folks, the Ginsberg test applies to the OLDEST of applicable minors. So unless your library is shelving teen-level books in the kindergarten section, you have no grounds to protest. #libraries #IntellectualFreedom
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Free Speech Needs Free Libraries: A Joint Statement of PALCI, CARLI and Orbis Cascade Alliance
https://palci.org/free-speech-needs-free-libraries-a-joint-statement/
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It’s Banned Books Week—I’ve been thinking about how often we blur the line between cancelling and censoring.
Censorship doesn’t always arrive in uniform. Sometimes it comes dressed as virtue, moderation, or “safety.”
I’ve written a short reflection on why storytelling still matters, and why defending the freedom to say difficult things is worth the discomfort it brings.📖 Read the full essay on Substack → https://lawrencenault.substack.com/p/the-thin-line-between-cancelling
#BannedBooksWeek #Censorship #FreeSpeech #IntellectualFreedom
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Today is tax day. Our taxes are collected and budgeted frivolously by the current and completely inept administration. What do any of its members know about academic ethics and practice after grifting their way through life? Here is yet another example.
#Harvard #resist #intellectualfreedom #academicethics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/harvard-trump-reject-demands.html?unlocked_article_code=1._04.0nnc.ktesNiM8qzBm&smid=url-share -
#DEI must change. In a free society, censorship undermines intellectual freedom and stifles creativity, hindering the exchange of ideas and knowledge. #Censorship #IntellectualFreedom
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… Indeed when I made a pilgrimage to his grave during a 1996 ski vacation in Austria, I discovered that his freethinking didn’t go down well in his home village either: … the small town of Alpbach has buried their most famous citizen ever in a quite modest grave right at the edge of the cemetery.”
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#austria #physics #Österreich #Zivilcourage #VergesseneHelden #NaziWiderstand #IntellectualFreedom #NaziResistance #IntellectualFreedom
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I can’t resist quoting this passage from Max Tegmark's book „Our Mathematical Universe“ (Penguin Books 2014) about the great physicist #ErwinSchrödinger:
„After getting Max Planck’s job as professor in Berlin, one of the most prestigious posts in the world, he gave it up because he wouldn’t tolerate Nazi persecution against his Jewish colleagues. …
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#austria #physics #Österreich #Zivilcourage #VergesseneHelden #NaziWiderstand #IntellectualFreedom #NaziResistance #IntellectualFreedom
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#IFLA Publishes “Championing Intellectual Freedom – Structuring and Focusing Library Efforts” Report https://www.infodocket.com/2024/11/20/ifla-publishes-championing-intellectual-freedom-structuring-and-focusing-library-efforts-report/ #IntellectualFreedom #libraries
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📢 Call for Chapters ➡️ New Frontiers on #Freedom of Expression: Global Perspectives on #Censorship
"This book will provide a comprehensive examination of censorship within the #library environment, serving as a foundational guide to understanding the nature of censorship, exploring impactful case studies, and equipping readers with advocacy tools to promote #intellectualfreedom and #freedomofexpression."
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Becky Calzada, Val Edwards and Maegan Coffin Heindel offer an update on the intellectual freedom landscape and provide some guidance to library teams faced with both surprise and anticipated challenges. https://alastore.ala.org/IFnav
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#Conservative #ruin #RanchoPeñasquitos #library’s #Prideexhibit by #checkingout nearly all the #books.
#Library #officials, local #gay #leaders #condemn #effort, #praise #Pride for #promoting #inclusiveness, #diversity, #tolerance, and #intellectualfreedom.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #California #Libraries #Conservatives #Fascism #Extremism #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews