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More than 10,000 books have been banned from public and academic libraries in the US (english.elpais.com)
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The number of censored titles tripled in just one year, according to research by the organization PEN America

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[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 31 points 3 weeks ago

Obligatory mention: If your local library doesn't have what you need, check Z Library.

[-] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 weeks ago

also anna's archive https://annas-archive.org/

[-] metaStatic@kbin.earth 8 points 3 weeks ago

They don't gotta burn the books they just remove em

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Land of the free, my ass! 🤬

this post was submitted on 29 Nov 2024
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