Nat Hentoff on Cuban Librarians pt. 2

Steve Fesenmaier writes “Here is the second part of Nat Hentoff’s series on ALA and imprisoned Cuban librarians.

December 21, 2003 by Uncategorized 4

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  1. tomeboy says:
    December 21, 2003 at 2:40 am

    Elephant in the room
    Kudos to Rochelle and Nat for buying into ALA’a selective myopia with this issue.

    If ALA were truly a “national only” organization I could accept their silence. However, we know that ALA’s International Relations Committee has never been shy to speak out on foreign policy matters. Palestinian territories, Israel, Russia, Iraq just to name a few.

    Regrettably Cuba isn’t on the ALA radar.

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  2. tomeboy says:
    December 21, 2003 at 2:43 am

    Re:Elephant in the room (Correction)
    Kudos to Rochelle and Nat for NOT buying into ALA’a selective myopia with this issue.

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  3. rochelle says:
    December 21, 2003 at 8:14 pm

    Whoa, Nelly!
    All I did was post, tomeboy. My (or anyone else’s) posting of a submitted story does not necessarily confer agreement. I find it a very difficult discussion, and one I’m not entirely sure ALA has any business addressing, one way or the other, despite my personal (and conflicted) feelings on the issue. You might, however, want to forward your congratulations to Steve and Nat, since it was Steve who submitted the story.

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  4. tomeboy says:
    December 22, 2003 at 1:24 am

    Re:Whoa, Nelly!
    Thanks for the heads up.

    However my kudos are for not ignoring this issue. I make no assumptions on your, or others, thoughts. The truth is that your simple act of posting sends an implicit message (to me anyway) that this issue deserves recognition and discussion rather than avoidance. This is certainly more than what ALA has done.

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