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As of February 6, more than 11 MILLION books were destroyed by the Zelensky regime.
Destroyed books include:
- Anything written in Russian, even classical authors such as Tolstoy, Pushkin etc.
- Books by Soviet Ukrainian authors.
- Soviet historical books.
- Communist literature.
Destroyed books include:
- Anything written in Russian, even classical authors such as Tolstoy, Pushkin etc.
- Books by Soviet Ukrainian authors.
- Soviet historical books.
- Communist literature.
In total, more than 19 million books were removed from Ukrainian libraries.
This is more than a third of all available books in the libraries.
Any progressive literature poses a threat to capital imperialism, who resorts to book burning to keep the people ignorant and complacent.
This is more than a third of all available books in the libraries.
Any progressive literature poses a threat to capital imperialism, who resorts to book burning to keep the people ignorant and complacent.
Recently, the Ukrainian fascist government passed Bill No. 7633 that bans the use of Russian-language sources in academia (incl. natural sciences). Even nationalist politicians criticize it, as it will destroy science in Ukraine.
More information here: reddit.com/r/BalticSSRs/c…
More information here: reddit.com/r/BalticSSRs/c…
And now we go live to Tallahassee where the FL Senate just approved legislation to ban lessons about race & gender identity from public schools and workplaces that may cause “guilt"
#BookBurning #RonDeSantis #IndividualFreedomBill #LiteralNazis #DontSayGay
thehill.com/changing-ameri…
#BookBurning #RonDeSantis #IndividualFreedomBill #LiteralNazis #DontSayGay
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So remain neutral on the topic of slavery. Got it.
Makes perfect sense considering it's DeSantis and the Florida GOP.
Makes perfect sense considering it's DeSantis and the Florida GOP.
Since we're back to #bookburning to supposedly defend children in schools in my home Commonwealth of #Virginia, I'd like to share the letter from Kurt Vonnegut that I use to teach about this very subject to my students.
"I am very real" 1/
"I am very real" 1/
Oct. 1973: Bruce Severy — a 26-year-old English teacher at Drake High School, ND — decided to use Kurt Vonnegut‘s novel, Slaughterhouse-Five, in his classroom. On Nov. 7th, head of the school board, Charles McCarthy, demanded that all copies be burned in the school’s furnace. 2/
The crime was for "obscene language" despite the book being a quintessential part of American literature. Many other books met the same fate.
On the 16th of November, Kurt Vonnegut sent McCarthy the following letter.
(He didn’t receive a reply.) 3/
On the 16th of November, Kurt Vonnegut sent McCarthy the following letter.
(He didn’t receive a reply.) 3/
