Beatrice and Jules speak with Mariame Kaba and Melissa Gira Grant about the importance of understanding the library as a site of political contestation and a rare expression of the commons in contemporary US life, and how left organizers are fighting back against right wing attacks on public space. Transcript forthcoming.

Join up with For the People: A Leftist Library Project here:
https://www.librariesforthepeople.org/

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https://librariesforthepeople.substack.com/p/library-solidarity-with-palestine

Read Melissa’s piece, “Librarians Didn’t Sign Up to Be Queer Activists—but This Year, They Are” here:
https://newrepublic.com/article/175567/librarians-new-queer-front-lines

Referenced in this episode:

“The Prison in Twelve Landscapes,” directed by Brett Story (2016)
https://www.prisonlandscapes.com/

“The People and the Library: Reflections on Grass-Roots Efforts to Preserve and Expand the Library As a Commons”

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