Public awareness of crime, sexual harassment in libraries, and inappropriate books and web sites in schools due to American Library Association policy. ⚖️
ALA joined an amicus brief to the US Supreme Court opposing the last-minute addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. https://t.co/TIjRg73Yqa
Counting illegal aliens in the US Census has absolutely nothing to do with libraries nor librarianship. Zero. Immigration experts have even noted this, for example, Mark Krikorian, Center for Immigration Studies, asks, "What's this have to do with libraries?":
Here from the amicus brief is the entirety of anything having to do with libraries, but it's just positioning, it's not even legal argument, it's just speculative, and it pertains to what services libraries should and do provide citizens and has absolutely nothing to do with libraries specifically:
That's the entirety of the library-related argument in the amicus brief.
Similarly, watch the antisemitic President of ALA, Loida Garcia-Febo, read a prepared speech about ALA's involvement in ensuring illegal aliens get counted in the US Census, a massive form of voter fraud at a minimum, and she even does it in Spanish! It's an advertisement for librarianship, for what libraries do and should do, and for her own "Strong Libraries = Strong Communities" presidential initiative. She wants a "complete count" or an "inclusive count" because, she says, "libraries serve everyone," need funding, and promote "equity," a destructive ideology. Even if libraries are useful for illegal aliens, even if a "complete count" is a euphemism for counting illegal aliens in the US Census, similar to "all votes count," she never explains what about counting illegal aliens in the census of US citizens has anything to do with libraries, other than cute generalities that libraries serve everyone, nor why ALA should file an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court on this issue. Remember, a former leader of ALA, Judith Krug, told the New York Times she wished a Florida librarian would have followed library patron privacy laws instead of turning in to the police one of the 9/11 terrorists. And here's ALA back at it again defending more illegal aliens who include terrorists:
Librarians, members of ALA, why is your library association spending money on something completely unrelated to libraries? Is it using you to raise funds for causes supporting illegal aliens over Americans? Is it the "American" Library Association?
It appears individuals use ALA resources to promote their own personal, political goals—again.
I want to know how much ALA spent on this latest political activism having nothing to do with libraries. ALA talks about the "digital divide" then charges librarians to read or view its resources. How much money was spent instead on filing an amicus brief in the US Supreme Court? Could it have paid for free access to online training for librarians?
I hereby call on ALA to release that information. Since we all know it will not, I am asking ALA insiders to collect the data then send it to me privately and confidentially at SafeLibraries @ pm.me so that I may publish it for everyone's benefit. ALA believes in transparency, right?
The Un-American Library Association is now the Illegal Alien Library Association.
"Librarians, members of ALA, why is your library association spending money on something completely unrelated to libraries? Is it using you to raise funds for causes supporting illegal aliens over Americans? Is it the 'American' Library Association?" https://t.co/FYP8WV7zbH
Would you allow your public librarians to attend events where people from the United Arab Emirates were intentionally excluded but everyone else was invited? Of course not. The American Library Association [ALA] attends such an event. Only it's Israelis who are excluded. That's antisemitism and ALA attends that event yearly, so ALA is an antisemitic organization—until it stops supporting hate.
The Sharjah International Book Fair in UAE excludes anyone from Israel—that's antisemitic. ALA attends this antisemitic event yearly—that's antisemitism. ALA does this despite years of criticism and has never stood up for human rights in this regard—that's knowingly and purposefully antisemitic. Its President Loida Garcia-Febo touts "ALA's longstanding commitments with different countries into a Global Library Tour to bring my advocacy campaign, Libraries = Strong Communities, to places such as ... Sharjah International Book Fair...." ALA's President literally touts antisemitism. That builds "strong communities"?
Be clear that if an ALA President attended events where Arabs from UAE were excluded, ALA would be labelled as Islamophobic. So ALA attending events where Jews from Israel are excluded is antisemitic.
Would you keep attending a golf club where you knew women, blacks, gays, or Jews were excluded? Not unless you were misogynistic, racist, homophobic, or antisemitic. And would you associate with such a person? ALA is antisemitic. (ALA is also homophobic, misogynistic, and racist, but I digress.)
300 library experts share insights at 2018 Sharjah International Book Fair: https://t.co/Rns3UHEV8N
Here is a report from the Executive Director of ALA in 2016 showing how closely ALA is allied with the antisemitic organization, hyperlinks in original:
Librarians from across the Persian Gulf, Middle East, and North Africa (MENA) gathered at the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) November 8–10 for the third annual SIBF/American Library Association Conference. The conference is ALA's most ambitious international professional development event, supporting ALA's global theme, "Partnering to build stronger libraries worldwide." Approximately 350 librarians took part in three days of programs, training, and networking in both Arabic and English, with translation provided. [ALA President] Julie Todaro and Miguel Figueroa provided keynotes. You can find out more in the member release about the conference or American Libraries' Scoop. Plans are already underway for the 2017 event. [Source 1, Source 2]
The number of American librarians attending the annual antisemitic event is staggering. Use of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to uncover how much their communities paid or are paying for them to support antisemitism may be beneficial. Those communities may wish to know and may wish to stop funding hate.
ALA does make an effort to show it is not antisemitic, for example, "In the Shadow of Pittsburgh: Intellectual Freedom to Defend the Jewish People," by Emily Schneider, Intellectual Freedom Blog, 12 November 2018. But that is only to give ALA cover to perpetuate "the resistance": "the overwhelming inundation of hateful words and actions which have been seemingly encouraged by the presidency of Donald Trump and the subsequent empowerment of white supremacist, anti-LGBTQ, and specifically anti-Semitic groups."
Nevertheless, the publication goes on confirm antisemitism at ALA, hyperlink in original:
Even more troubling is the virtual absence of Jewish concerns on ALSC's blog. When I searched under "Jewish," as well as "antisemitism," to check if I had missed any past blog entries that would concede the existence of Jews as readers, I came up with nothing but some incidental references to characters and a discussion about holiday decorations in libraries. A parallel search of "Islam" at [sic] did produce some recommendations for books that would make Muslim children feel welcome and understood.
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If librarians and other advocates for an inclusive and activist approach to literacy are afraid to discuss antisemitism as a deep-rooted and dangerous blight on society, one that is both related to other forms of hatred, and also uniquely menacing to the Jewish people, we have a problem that needs to be addressed.
in another case ALA is happy to announce how the terrorist organization called CAIR for Counsel of American Islamic Relations successfully campaigned to removed a book.
Yet notice how Banned Books Week fails to name either of these books. So Banned Books Week excludes ALA's own censorship of books ALA's own librarians don't like for political reasons.
CONCLUSION:
There is no other way to look at America Library Association's repeat attendance at antisemitic events, let alone its past history of antisemitic behavior as referenced below. It's antisemitism. If you or I engaged in this behavior, that's what we'd be called, antisemitic. ALA is antisemitic. I'll rejoin ALA when it stops attending antisemitic events, etc.
SUPPORTING REFERENCES IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER:
Professional organizations=prof connections. @ALALibrary connected @Todd_burleson & I for #SIBFALA18. This formed a partnership & opportunity to learn & grow from & with each other. Most importantly I gained an insightful, supportive, generous friend. #aaslleaderspic.twitter.com/9mRGKEjmIq
To make a long story short, ALA Council (link) member Al Kagan is leading an effort to convince ALA to pass a resolution to divest ALA from certain American corporations such as Caterpillar (link). Why? Because Caterpillar products are used by the Israeli Defense Forces (link) [IDF] to defend Israel from terrorists and Al Kagan is a member of the BDS movement (link) that commits economic jihad against Israel and the United States.
As Al Kagan put it, "Caterpillar Inc. sells heavy equipment used by the Israeli government to demolish Palestinian homes and agricultural lands, as well as to build illegal Israeli settlements...." Never mind the terror tunnels (link) and the beheadings (link) that Israel and the rest of the world including parts of the Muslim world are defending against, right?
Librarians are not happy with the way Al Kagan seeks to use ALA for his own promotion of antisemitism. For example:
2/3 As a member of #alacouncil, maybe I should have brought forward a tribute for @fergusonlibrary or a resolution on suing librarians.
— Daniel Cornwall (@DanielCornwall) January 29, 2015
3/3 - I guess I thought people closer to either issue would come forward. Now our agenda is fully packed with foreign policy.
— Daniel Cornwall (@DanielCornwall) January 29, 2015
But Al Kagan's latest move is to attack a Jewish librarian who dared to speak up against his antisemitism. Free speech only goes so far for certain free speech ALA Councilors/professors. And his attack was done with flat out deception. Indeed that blatant deception is what motivated me to write about his use of ALA Midwinter to promote his antisemitism again, as he used ALA in the past. And notice he could care less that she feels his resolution is antisemitic.
He mocks the Jewish librarian for mentioning the IDF. He says is was "not even remotely included" in his antisemitic resolution. True he didn't mention the word IDF. Yet he wants ALA to dump Caterpillar stock—because its products are used by the IDF, the "Israeli government" as he put it. So the IDF is a direct target of Al Kagan, yet he hides this by saying the IDF is "not even remotely included," just so he can fool others into using ALA to promote his Jew hatred. If you have to hide your antisemitism by attacking a Jewish librarian with flat out false claims, you obviously know there's no legitimate basis for whatever it is you're promoting so you need to turn to ad hominem argument. And being Jewish is no defense to being an anti-semite.
Okay. That's my opinion. Here are relevant excerpts of the emails that support my assertions that there's antisemitism at ALA Midwinter, bold emphasis mine, and other librarians are saying it as well, as shown below. See if you agree:
Al Kagan
Jan 28, 2015
to ALA, SRRTAC-L
Councilors,
The SRRT International Responsibilities Task Force sent the following 2 resolutions to the Resolutions Committee yesterday. We look forward to discussing them in Chicago.
Al Kagan
SRRT Councilor
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration Emeritus
University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign
Resolution on ALA Divestment from Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard, and Motorola Solutions
Whereas in its “Core Values of Librarianship” the American Library Association (ALA) “recognizes its broad social responsibilities,” defined “in terms of the contribution that librarianship can make in ameliorating or solving the critical problems of society; support for efforts to help inform and educate the people of the United States on these problems and to encourage them to examine the many views on and the facts regarding each problem; and the willingness of ALA to take a position on current critical issues with the relationship to libraries and library service set forth in the position statement” (ALA Policy Manual A1.1);
Whereas the International Court of Justice; the European Union; the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, the UN Security Council, the UN Economic and Social Council, the UN Commission on Human Rights, the UN Human Rights Council; Amnesty International; Human Rights Watch; and the International Committee of the Red Cross have condemned the establishment of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, the destruction of Palestinian homes and property, and the construction of a separation barrier in Palestinian territory as violations of international law and as obstacles to economic and social development and the attainment of peace and justice in the Middle East;
Whereas Caterpillar Inc. sells heavy equipment used by the Israeli government to demolish Palestinian homes and agricultural lands, as well as to build illegal Israeli settlements on that land and roads solely used by illegal Israeli settlers; and Caterpillar Inc. helps to construct the Separation Barrier extending across the 1967 "Green Line" into the East Jerusalem and the West Bank;
Whereas Hewlett-Packard (HP) provides hardware and serves as a contractor to the Israeli Navy to manage all Information Technology (IT) including its operational communications, logistics, and planning such as the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip; HP, through its ownership of Electronic Data Systems, sells Israel the electronic biometric identification scanning equipment to monitor the movement of all 2.4 million Palestinians, including equipment for the mandatory biometric scanning required for getting through checkpoints to jobs, hospitals, food and other daily needs; and HP also provides communications technology to the Israeli army;
Whereas Motorola Solutions Inc. has been involved with selling wide-area surveillance systems for installation in the illegal Israeli settlements and a communications system known as "Mountain Rose" to the Israeli government, which uses it for military communications, as well as rugged cell phones used by the Occupation forces in the Palestinian Territories;
Whereas for these reasons the United Nations Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories has called for a boycott of Caterpillar Inc., Hewlett-Packard, and Motorola Solutions Inc.;
Whereas in June 2014 the 221st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), motivated by these concerns, voted to divest its holdings in Caterpillar Inc., Hewlett-Packard, and Motorola Solutions Inc.;
Whereas in the 1980s the American Library Association joined in the international divestment campaign against South African apartheid as a tool for non-violent political change;
Whereas in 1994 the ALA Council voted to endorse the 10-point South African Council of Churches Code of Conduct for Businesses Operating in South Africa, as guidance on investment decisions for the ALA Endowment Trustees concerning corporate policies on equal opportunity, training and education, workers’ rights, working and living conditions, job creation and security, community relations, consumer protection, environmental protection, and empowerment of black businesses; and
Whereas the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) call for the incorporation of environmental, social, and corporate governance issues into investment ownership policies and practices; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, that the Council of the American Library Association (ALA), on behalf of the members of ALA,
(1) directs ALA to divest itself of any holdings in Caterpillar Inc., Hewlett Packard, and Motorola Solutions Inc.; and
(2) declares that it will not invest in these companies until ALA Council is fully satisfied that product sales and services by these companies are no longer complicit in:
a. constructing and providing security for illegal Israeli settlements;
b. constructing and maintaining walls and fences that illegally encroach upon Palestinian lands;
c. managing checkpoints that dehumanize Palestinians and cut off innocent civilians from their property and natural resources; and
d. contributing to and profiting from the military occupation of the Palestinian territories.
Mover: Al Kagan, SRRT Councilor, 217-819-9975
Seconder: Jane Glasby, Councilor-at-Large, 510-206-8614
Audrey Barbakoff
Jan 28, 2015
to ALA
I am a new Councilor and this is my first post to this listserv, so please forgive me if I’m misunderstanding anything here. I appreciate learning from all of you!
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Such resolutions would have broad, far-reaching meaning with impacts well beyond the nuances of this particular conflict and region. By focusing only on the destruction of Palestinian libraries, rather than the many cultural institutions threatened around the world; by singling out one country for divestment while we continue to financially support atrocities in other places; and by calling out Israel specifically when our usual policy is to avoid focusing on individual cases; we miss many important and powerful opportunities to be socially conscious. We deny ourselves future access to a resolution which could be applied to protest social ills in many situations. We make the conversation about whether or not ALA is an anti-Semitic organization, instead of about ALA and SRRT’s ability to be a force for social justice.
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Audrey Barbakoff
Councilor-at-Large
Al Kagan
Jan 29, 2015
to ALA, SRRTAC-L
Councilors,
As you know by now, there is a national campaign going on against the 2 SRRT resolutions with the help of media consultants. As I stated in my previous message, we expected a sophisticated national campaign against the resolutions. I am getting messages from people who are very not likely not librarians or members of ALA.
What surprises me is that this campaign is much less sophisticated than we expected. Many of the messages show that the senders have not even read the resolutions. Many of the messages refer to language that is not remotely included, and one recent message referred to 4 separate resolutions on various topics. The one below really takes the cake. For those who don't know, the IDF is the Israeli Defense Force, that is the Israeli military.
I look forward to debating the resolutions on their merits as informed by ALA core values.
Al Kagan
SRRT Councilor
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration Emeritus
University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign
Begin forwarded message:
[Name elided]
Jan 29, 2015
to Al Kagan
Subject: ALA initiative
This initiative against the IDF is unconscionable. It is antisemitic in the extreme. It must not go forward.
Apparently, having the opinion someone is an antisemite based statements by others and his own statements made for over a decade is known as an "attack." I "attacked" no one. I reported, there's a big difference there, on the sustained antisemitism and use of ALA resources by one ALA Council member, and provided evidence both past and present.
That said, Daniel Cornwall is clearly worried that my accurately reporting what he said may have an effect on his career similar to how Chrissie Hynde reportedly (but not in reality) felt about Rush Limbaugh using the Pretenders song "Our City Was Gone" as his radio show's theme song.
The only thing I said to which Daniel Cornwall objects is, "Librarians are not happy with the way Al Kagan seeks to use ALA for his own promotion of antisemitism." Tell, am I wrong, are they happy? As Mr. Cornwall said himself in response to me, and I agree completely:
Instead we're potentially giving a lot of time to discussing divisive issues overseas at a time when I don't personally feel we're giving enough attention to what is going on in our back yard. That's all my tweets were meant to convey.
So basically, legitimate business of the American Library Association is being ignored while Al Kagan persists in his "divisive issues overseas" and his using ALA as his own hammer. Well ALA should not be Al Kagan's hammer. And all I said was "Librarians are not happy with the way Al Kagan seeks to use ALA for his own promotion of antisemitism," just another side of the same coin of what Daniel said.
And ALA Councilors are still discussing the obvious efforts of Al Kagan. One just said, "These are tough issues, and unlike Councilor Kagen, I welcome perspectives from the broader world, don't see them as part of an organized conspiracy, and will consider, embrace, dismiss them on the merits that I see in each one."
I am 100% certain I reported accurately, and this latest evidence only confirms it further.
Daniel Cornwall is likely well aware that I am watching and reporting because, in true self-arrogated free speech advocate fashion, he wrote, "I would also like to ask that we refrain from calling each other conspiracy theorists or other names on list. Please take that offline."
He misses that is was the antisemite himself who made the conspiracy theory claim: "As you know by now, there is a national campaign going on against the 2 SRRT resolutions with the help of media consultants." Those Jews controlling the media again, I suppose.
You be the judge on what Daniel Cornwall wrote about me:
