Hear hear! Please can we get this miserable propaganda off lis-link?
Tom
Tom French
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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 / Demagogic Oratory.
> 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 entitled his
> 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 supporters of the
> libraries who reside outside of Cuba. Mr. Martinez has registered 1,000
> patrons at his library, located in a rural area near the island's capital
> 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 authors residing
> 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 invitation to
> 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"
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>
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>
> 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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