Saturday, November 26, 2011

Peoples' Library of Occupy Wall Street

5000 books for anyone in lower Manhattan who wanted to take one.  Computers to use.  Pure democracy.  All destroyed by the powers that be.

From the Dec 12, 2011 Nation article, a professor and volunteer librarian writes: "I love books—reading them, writing in them, arranging them, holding them, even smelling them. I also love having access to books for free. I love libraries and everything they represent. To see an entire collection of donated books, including many titles I would have liked to read, thoughtlessly ransacked and destroyed by the forces of law and order was one of the most disturbing experiences of my life."

Article here.