[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Michael Moore's film

[Paul M. King]

Librarians to the rescue again for Moore! I will forward this
to my professors and colleagues. Thanks Al.

---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 14:07:23 -0500
>From: Alfred Kagan <akagan at uiuc.edu>  
>Subject: [Peace-discuss] Fwd: Michael Moore's film  
>To: Peace-discuss at lists.groogroo.com
>
>>  The Walt Disney Company has instructed its division,
Miramax films, 
>>to not distribute a documentary by acclaimed film-maker and
author 
>>Michael Moore, a new film, Fahrenheit 911,critical of the Bush 
>>Administration.
>>
>>We in ALA will be conferencing in Orlando , Florida this
summer, 
>>home of Disney World and there are various Disney tie -ins
with the 
>>conference. PLEASE -- in addition to sending a letter to Disnet 
>>through WORKINGFORCHANGE/WorkingAssets-- consider protesting 
>>Disney's censorship of Moore by advising the Executive Board of 
>>ALA,the Exceutoive Director  and the ALA President that any 
>>connections between Disney and the conference should be severed 
>>immediately as a gesture in support of intellectual freedom
and in 
>>solidarity with Moore.
>>
>>Mark Rosenzweig
>>ALA Councilor at large
>>
>>Tell Disney: Stop Censoring Michael Moore
>>
>>To take action on this issue, click this link or copy and
paste it 
>>into your browser:
>>
>>http://www.workingforchange.com/activism/action.cfm?itemid=16898
>>
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>Al Kagan
>African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library
Administration
>Africana Unit, Room 328
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