In a message dated 4/10/03 11:53:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> I am organising a library study tour to Cuba in June 2003. The tour will
> include attendance at the Libraries in the Third World Forum that will be
> held during the Culture and Development 3rd Congress in Havana from 9-12
> June.
Announcing: OPERATION BOOK ANGEL
Have you earned your wings yet?
In recent weeks people around the world have been alarmed by the historically
unprecedented wave of repression unleashed against Cuba's peaceful civil
society, including raids on 22 independent libraries and the confiscation of
thousands of their books. For the second time, IFLA has just condemned this
violation of human rights. Librarians and others traveling to Cuba with Mr.
Pateman's library tour are invited to participate in OPERATION BOOK ANGEL by
visiting an independent library in Cuba and offering the gift of a few books.
In addition to obtaining a fair and balanced look at ALL Cuban libraries, not
just the censored "official" institutions, visitors are guaranteed to receive
a warm Cuban welcome when visiting any of Cuba's 200 independent libraries.
If you would like to consider becoming a Book Angel, please take a look at
our website (WWW.FRIENDSOFCUBANLIBRARIES.ORG) for recent news, addresses of
the independent libraries, travel tips, and suggestions regarding books
suitable as gifts. Feel free to contact us at any time, and we would be
pleased to provide a few Spanish-language books as much-needed gifts for
Cuba's brave independent librarians. Their innovative challenge to a
national system of censorship is making history, and the Book Angels bring
them a gift of books are making history, too.
Sincerely,
Robert Kent
The Friends of Cuban Libraries
(www.friendsofcubanlibraries.org)
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