Posted on 12/23/2004 6:03:43 AM PST by OESY
[What] prompted Fidel Castro to order the Christmas decorations dismantled... was the light display forming the number 75.
That's how many political dissidents Castro rounded up in March 2003 and threw into Cuban jails. At their trials, these librarians, journalists and peaceful political activists received sentences of up to 28 years. Now a loosely connected international movement of librarians is refusing to forget their Cuban colleagues.
One inspiring example comes from the town of Vermillion, South Dakota, whose public library is sponsoring the independent -- that is, not government-run -- Dulce Maria Loynaz Library in Havana. The Loynaz Library was one of the institutions singled out during the 2003 crackdown. The director's husband, Hector Palacios, was arrested and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Most of the library's books were confiscated....
The French cities of Paris and Strasbourg also support independent libraries in Cuba. In once-Communist Poland, the Librarians Association has issued an eloquent statement calling for an end to the repression: "The actions of the Cuban authorities relate to the worst traditions of repressing the freedom of thought, expression and information exchange...."
The International Federation of Library Associations has just named an "official" Cuban librarian to its Intellectual Freedom Committee, which is to say, they've picked someone who supports government censorship. Earlier this year the American Library Association's governing council rejected a resolution asking Castro for the immediate release of the imprisoned librarians....
Mark Wetmore, a Vermillion Library trustee tells us, "It diminishes all our libraries a little if we know that there are people being persecuted for trying to operate free, uncensored ones and we don't at least try to do something about it." It's too bad more of the world's librarians don't also see a moral obligation to their Cuban brethren who want to read freely.
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
All of which sounds totally ridiculous on the face of it, but unfortunately it's true!
This is absulutely amazing, coming from public libraries, which are BASTIONS of Castro-loving, lawbreaking, Kerry voting, dildo-ornament-as-art hanging, porn spreading liberalism.
I freaking hate Communists with a passion...Cuban Communists, German Communists, Russian Communists, American Communists, Spanish Communists, Chinese Communists...they all come from the same pit.
IslamoCommunism will win or we will win.
Whose side is everyone on?
lol
Morning...:)
Can someone try to post the whole article? I wish I could send thanks to the people in South Dakota. I am touched by this story. I will translate it for my father. (Miamian here..)
Let us never forget that a major belief of all communist parties everywhere is the absence of "God". They are all atheists and as such they have the common hatered of those who believe. All christians should celebrate Christmas remembering it is the 'Christ' in Christmas that makes it Christmas. It is not just a holiday but rather a celebration of Christs birth.
Squire Eaton
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