Moms for Liberty, meet John Birch: the roots of US rightwing book bans
May 06, 2023
4 minutes
Moms for Liberty is a Florida-based pressure group which campaigns for book bans in US public schools, an issue at the heart of the national debate as Republican-run states seek to control or eliminate teaching of sex education, LGBTQ+ rights and racism in American history.
But rightwing calls for school book bans are by no means a new phenomenon – and a look at the Moms for Liberty website indicates why.
Moms for Liberty seeks to organise “”, events it describes as “like a book club for the constitution!”, featuring discussion of “liberty, freedom and the foundation of our, a book by W Cleon Skousen.
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