The Seeds of War

Afinogenov, Gregory

doi:10.1353/dss.2022.0030

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“…The USA, UK, Australia and other allies pretended that there were weapons of mass destruction, which justified an invasion of Iraq, despite authoritative evidence to the contrary (Betts, 2007). In doing so, they followed the example of Hitler’s manufactured border incidents justifying the German and Russian attack on Poland in 1939 (Godson and Wirtz, 2002), and anticipated President Putin’s mendacious justification for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, to achieve the ‘demilitarization and de-nazification’ of that country (Afinogenov, 2022).…”

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A declaration for all seasons: The IFLA Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom

Byrne¹

2022

IFLA Journal

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A quarter century after the momentous establishment of IFLA’s Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression is an appropriate time to reflect on the landmark IFLA Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom. The Statement consciously broadened IFLA’s remit, locating intellectual freedom as a fundamental human right and a core responsibility of the library profession that operates within libraries’ commitments to diversity and plurality. As the examples discussed in this essay illustrate, the Statement continues to be relevant and is truly a declaration for all seasons. The concerns to be addressed encompass an extensive range of social justice concerns – concerns that are global and cover all elements of the library and information sector. Addressing those concerns and promoting intellectual freedom demands the intervention of trusted information agents to assist communities to use the Internet wisely and for the widest possible benefit. It demands the profession’s concerted action, coupled with regular reporting and discussion in the library and information science literature. The profession has a challenging but vital role in preserving one of humanity’s most precious rights: intellectual freedom.

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A declaration for all seasons: The IFLA Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom

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2022

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“…The best advice for the rest of this is from Gregory Afinogenov (2022), an assistant professor of Russian history at Georgetown University, in Dissent Magazine:…”

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The Russians Are Here

Shoki

Jacobs

2022

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Russia’s war on Ukraine inaugurated the new Cold War most feared, and some wanted. It demanded that countries pick sides. African countries and their elites have been reluctant to do so, not least because for some their food or energy supplies will be affected, while for others Putin’s authoritarian governance model is seductive. Other countries and movements are reluctant to weigh in for fear of being swept up in an elite-serving great power conflict using Ukraine as its proxy and that the invasion exposes hypocrisies. More than anything, peace and a more humane future - another kind of world, underlined not by great power competition, but solidarity binding ordinary people across borders - is even more elusive.

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The Seeds of War

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A declaration for all seasons: The IFLA Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom

A declaration for all seasons: The IFLA Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom

The Russians Are Here

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