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Banned Books Awareness: Crossing the Free Speech Line

May 31, 2015 R. Wolf Baldassarro 1

Spend enough time online and you’ll discover that trolls lurk outside of fairy tales and Lower Michigan. There comes a time, though, when some of these internet trolls don’t just cross the line of appropriateness or maturity, they jump it waving a middle finger at the world. For anyone who […]

Banned Books Awareness: Censored Book Prompts Author’s Arrest

July 1, 2012 R. Wolf Baldassarro 1

The banning of books has become the new “Oprah Effect.” As governments and other organizations try to crack down on the spread of material they find offensive, the popularity of those works rises when they are labeled “deviant.” The Vatican didn’t learn from the protests of the theatrical release of […]

Banned Books Awareness: Bookstore Manager Facing Prison for Selling Banned Book

June 23, 2012 R. Wolf Baldassarro 0

There’s more reasons to miss Borders in the United States- their willingness to stand up for their employees and their dedication to the freedom to read. The manager of a Borders bookstore in Malaysia has been charged with distributing a book by controversial writer Irshad Manji. A statement by the […]

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Banned Books Awareness and Reading for Knowledge is a global cause for literacy that is dedicated to preserving the right to free thought and information.

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