JISC could do it if they wanted to - i guess its down to us to
overwhelm them with requests to and whether list members in general feel
that its stifling free speech if they do block him
Im in favour as well im afraid. I get too many emails as it is. [but yes
ive got time to reply to this one because its the end of term today!]
No-one can recommend an A3 desktop photocopier then?
Marina
Marina Logan Bruce
Deputy Librarian
Department of Information Services
St. George's Hospital Medical School
Tel: 020 8725 5433
----- Original Message -----
From: Nick Morton <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 1:39 pm
Subject: Re: A Letter from Cuba
> Hereby seconded!
>
> Nick Morton
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> Nick Morton
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: French, Tom [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 20 March 2002 13:24
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: A Letter from Cuba
>
> Hear hear! Please can we get this miserable propaganda off
> lis-link?
>
> Tom
>
> Tom French
> Head of Modern British Collections
> The British Library
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> London
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> England
>
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lewis,Aran M [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 20 March 2002 11:59
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: A Letter from Cuba
>
>
> > Publisher's note - file under Fiction : Florid Prose /
> DemagogicOratory.
> > Possible authorship: earnest twenty-something lantern-
> jawed Ivy
> League
> > WASP residing in the vicinity of Langley, VA. The hyperbolic
> intensity of
> > this weird confection is eerily reminiscent of a
> Hollywood Oscar
> > acceptance speech, evoking the sounds of a string
> orchestra and
> heaving
> > sobs welling up from bejewelled bosoms, and says
> PROPAGANDA to me,
> in a
> > VERY LOUD VOICE! Was Graham Greene being ironic when he
> entitledhis
> > brilliant study of the US imperialist mindset "The quiet
> American?"
> >
> > Seriously though, the reference to "a year of intense
> work" might
> have
> > sinister overtones in the current climate - is Cuba on
> the US's
> nuclear
> > hitlist, Bob?
> >
> > This correspondence has been very purifying. I must now
> cross the
> river of
> > living waters to my home.
> >
> > Aran Lewis
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [log in to unmask] [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 1:43 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: A Letter from Cuba
> >
> > Apearing below is a recent letter sent by Jose Miguel
> Martinez, an
> > independent librarian in Quivican, Havana Province, to
> supportersof the
> > libraries who reside outside of Cuba. Mr. Martinez has
> registered1,000
> > patrons at his library, located in a rural area near the
> island'scapital
> > city.
> >
> >
> > "Dear brothers and sisters:
> >
> > "On the occasion of our fourth anniversary, I want
> to send a
> greeting
> > from the Independent Librarians to all of you [in the
> exterior]whose work
> > has made this beautiful project viable.
> >
> > "This work has been very purifying which, like a
> song of hope,
> has
> > opened
> > up space within our society and is truly well-
> established, because
> like a
> > river of living waters it daily gains strength within
> the social
> currents
> > of
> > the nation.
> >
> > "Many people approach us asking for different kinds
> of books,
> in order
> > to
> > read a message which varies from the official ideology,
> of which
> they are
> > tired of reading. They ask us for the books of Cuban
> authorsresiding
> > outside the country and for other types of materials.
> They see in
> our
> > project a light in the darkness. And we have a duty not to
> disappoint them
> > and to offer them the best service we can on a daily basis.
> >
> > "Now we have before us a year of intense work, as it
> marks the
> 100th
> > anniversary of the founding of the Cuban Republic, and
> we have to
> work
> > lovingly to restore the values lost or worn out by more
> than 50
> years of
> > uncertainty in our homeland. We remember always the
> words of Jose
> Marti
> > [Cuba's national hero]: 'One has to do slowly that which
> must last
> a long
> > time. Among nations, only those peoples are
> constructive who show
> > forgiveness and love. We have to love our adversary
> even as he is
> > striking
> > us to the ground. Those who hate should be declared
> traitors to
> the
> > Republic, because hate is not constructive.'
> >
> > "I send all of you an affectionate greeting and an
> invitationto
> > continue
> > contributing to our daily labors. To every woman among
> you I send
> a kiss
> > on
> > the cheek, and to every man the handshake of a brother
> who, with
> pride,
> > builds this little piece of history.
> >
> > "With Faith in Victory,
> >
> > Jose Miguel Martinez"
> >
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> -------
> > ----
> >
> > -------
> >
> > For more information on Cuba's independent
> librarians, whose
> work on
> > behalf of intellectual freedom has offered an innovative
> contribution to
> > the
> > worldwide human rights movement, please refer to our
> website: > (www.friendsofcubanlibraries.org).
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Friends of Cuban Libraries
>
>
>
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