FREE ANGELA!
The following request for action was approved by the Action Council in L. A.;
POLITICAL REPRESSION IS AN INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM ISSUE. BECAUSE THE ARREST
OF ANGELA DAVIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS REPRESSION, THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
ROUND TABLE IS DONATING $200.00 TO THE ANGELA DAVIS DEFENSE FUND TO HELP
PROTECT HER RIGHTS IN COURT. SRRT IS DOING THIS AS AN EXAMPLE OF EDUCATIONAL
SUPPORT FOR INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM BY LIBRARIANS.
MOREOVER, SRRT ACTION COUNCIL INSISTS THAT POLITICAL PRISONERS AND OTHER
PRISONERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO ACCESS TO INFORMATION, AND AITHORIZE AND WILL
EXECUTE A MAILING OF THE APPROPRIATE SECTION ON CENSORSHIP IN THE MANUAL
OF CORRECTIONAL STANDARDS TO PRISON SYSTEMS IN THE U. S. THIS MAILING WILL
INCLUDE A LETTER TO THE NEW YORK CITY PENAL SYSTEM, WHERE, MISS DAVIS REPORTED,
ALL ACCESS TO INFORMATION WAS WITHHELD. SRRT IS DOING THIS AS AN
EXAMPLE OF EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM BY LIBRARIANS.