February 10, 2006
Speaker Castigates Library Group for Its Stance on Cuba
A debate within the American Library Association over whether to condemn Cuba for jailing dissident librarians grew fiercer last month, after a speaker accused the group of failing to defend free speech.
"Am I hallucinating? Is this the same American Library Association that stands against censorship and for freedom of expression everywhere?" Andrei Codrescu, a Romanian-born writer, asked members gathered in San Antonio for the group's midwinter meeting.
Mr. Codrescu, a
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