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International Responsibilities Task Force - March 2026 report

Posted By Mark Hudson Mar 24, 2026 02:47 PM
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SRRT's International Responsibilities Task Force (IRTF) has a total of 14 members subscribed on ALA Connect, not including ALA staff admins. Our co-chairs are Mark Rosenzweig and Mark Hudson. On March 11 the IRTF and SRRT Programming Committee co-sponsored Introduction to Iran, An Informational Webinar ...

RE: SRRT Resolutions Analysis 1969-2026

Posted By Mark Hudson Mar 14, 2026 03:02 PM
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Al, thank you for this extremely useful analysis.

Introduction to Iran, An Informational Webinar

Posted By Mark Hudson Mar 03, 2026 03:39 PM
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Please join IRTF and SRRT next week for this timely webinar! Introduction to Iran, An Informational Webinar Wednesday, March 11, 2026 2:00 PM Eastern Time (1:00 PM Central, 12:00 Noon Mountain, 11:00 AM Pacific) The ALA International Responsibilities Task Force (IRTF) and Social Responsibilities ...

RE: Record of signed statements

Posted By Mark Hudson Feb 28, 2026 12:04 PM
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And maybe also this: January 2017 - SRRT members attending ALA Annual helped organize a large contingent of librarians to join the March for Women and Social Justice in Atlanta. - Mark Sent from my iPad

RE: Record of signed statements

Posted By Mark Hudson Feb 27, 2026 03:57 PM
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Something else I would add to the list of SRRT demonstrations etc.: in January 2017 SRRT members attending ALA Annual helped organize a large contingent of librarians to join the March for Women and Social Justice in Atlanta. - Mark Hudson

RE: Sad news to share: Passing of Charles E. Kratz, Jr.

Posted By Mark Hudson Feb 17, 2026 11:57 PM
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This is so sad, and completely unexpected. Charles was a steady hand on the wheel as co-coordinator during some turbulent times for SRRT. I will miss seeing him. Deepest condolences to all his friends and family.

RE: Today's Action Council meeting

Posted By Mark Hudson Jan 29, 2026 02:39 PM
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Mary, thank you for your thoughtful message, and I apologize for the most recent IRTF meeting being on just a few days notice. Some of us realized too late that ALA Council was coming up very soon, and we needed to have a meeting right away to discuss resolutions. The second half of the agenda was to ...

RE: MY DISSENT AGAINST "ALA FORWARD"

Posted By Mark Hudson Jan 27, 2026 02:17 PM
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Thanks Mark R. for this extremely cogent analysis, with which I am in total agreement. I think it will be incumbent upon SRRT, as the historic 'conscience of ALA', to turn this situation around in coalition with all other ALA units who recognize its gravity. I believe there is still time to turn it ...

RE: IRTF website updated

Posted By Mark Hudson Oct 16, 2025 11:18 AM
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Yes, thanks April! These updates are a tremendous improvement to the IRTF website! -- Mark ------------------------------ Mark Hudson Co-chair, SRRT International Responsibilities Task Force (IRTF) Pittsburgh, PA, US ------------------------------

RE: DEFENSE OF IRTF

Posted By Mark Hudson Sep 25, 2025 09:22 PM
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Thanks, Mark for this cogent defense of the work IRTF has done and continues to do, and thanks also to Pat Schuman for her eloquent defense of member-driven democracy in ALA. Many SRRT members, especially newer ones, may not be fully aware of the all the programs and resources IRTF has presented over ...

Rashid Khalidi's open letter to the acting president of Columbia University

Posted By Mark Hudson Aug 01, 2025 07:55 AM
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As librarians committed to defending intellectual freedom, academic freedom and the historical record, we should be very concerned about today's announcement by Columbia University professor Rashid Khalidi that he is withdrawing his fall course on modern Middle East history because of the university's ...

Regarding the SRRT Action Council meetings at ALA Annual in Philadelphia

Posted By Mark Hudson Jul 06, 2025 08:44 AM
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Regarding the SRRT Action Council meetings at ALA Annual in Philadelphia

Posted By Mark Hudson Jul 06, 2025 08:44 AM
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Just to provide some necessary context for the current discussion about what happened at the SRRT Action Council meetings at ALA Annual in Philadelphia, attached are two documents. The first is the revised draft proposed by SRRT International Responsibilities Task Force (IRTF) members to the Resolution ...

RE: Regarding the current situation

Posted By Mark Hudson Jul 04, 2025 04:22 PM
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I think comparing the 2022 resolution on libraries in Ukraine and the 2024 one calling for a ceasefire in Gaza is rather misleading. Of course the former would be uncontroversial in ALA, given that the US government is not supporting Russia's criminal aggression against Ukraine. The 2024 Gaza ceasefire ...

RE: Draft SRRT Minutes from ALA Annual

Posted By Mark Hudson Jul 04, 2025 12:20 AM
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Also the two young library students, Amal Ahmed and Joseph Morris, walked out as well. MH

RE: Draft SRRT Minutes from ALA Annual

Posted By Mark Hudson Jul 04, 2025 12:00 AM
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Yes, thanks April for the minutes. One more thing: the list of members who walked out of AC 2 omits Katharine Phenix.

More librarians on the picket line!

Posted By Mark Hudson Jul 02, 2025 06:19 PM
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Here are a few more photos from the Librarians Stand with Hotel Workers picket line on Sunday at ALA Annual in Philly. ------------------------------ Mark Hudson Co-chair, SRRT International Responsibilities Task Force (IRTF) Pittsburgh, PA, US ------------------------------

RE: Yesterday's Action Council meeting

Posted By Mark Hudson Jul 01, 2025 07:05 AM
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I probably shouldn't be, but I'm still in shock at the way things went downhill so quickly at the two Action Council meetings. What I expected was that IRTF would propose some amendments to Tara's resolution, Tara would reject them, and AC would agree with Tara, pass the resolution as written and vote ...

Re: Librarians Stand with Hotel Workers

Posted By Mark Hudson Jun 27, 2025 11:08 AM
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FYI everyone - the starting time of the Sunday rally for hotel workers in Philly has just been changed. One hour earlier, 12 noon at Hilton Garden Inn, right next to the Convention Center. ------------------------------ Mark Hudson Co-chair, SRRT International Responsibilities Task Force (IRTF) Pittsburgh, ...

Re: Librarians Stand with Hotel Workers

Posted By Mark Hudson Jun 27, 2025 11:07 AM
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