[Imc-miami] Protest Motorcycle Diaries Being Banned From Broward Library Hispanic Festival

[JollyJack at aol.com]

Dear Friends,
As the article below from yesterdays Sun Sentinal  indicates the Broward 
County Library has decided to ban the showing of the  film Motorcycle Diaries from 
this years Hispanic festival. 
 
In yesterdays email ( which was written in outrage at  the spur of the moment 
after just arriving home from Washington)  I  mistakenly stated that 
Congresswomen Debbie Wasserman-Schultz promoted this  banning. I was wrong and I 
sincerely apologize to the Congresswomen and all  of you for this serious error. 
The politician responsible for this despicable  act of censorship is Broward 
County Commissioner Dianna Wasserman-Rubin  who  wants to bring some good old 
Miami style intimidation to Broward  county. She apparently is proud to be 
promoting this kind of censorship!  Please take the time out to call her office and 
let her know how you feel.  Her office number is 954-357-7008.
 
Also please call the Broward County Library at 954-357-7444  and ask for the 
Libraries Division Director Robert Cannon to express opposition  to the 
banning of the film from the festival.  The Library is claiming  they're not banning 
the film, just "postponing" it, but as the article  indicates below, this was 
a political act of censorship carried out due to  political pressure by 
right-wing Cubans opposed to the films content.  The library has rescheduled the 
film to be shown on  November 7 so that it won't be part of Hispanic Heritage 
Month.  
 
The Broward County Antiwar Coalition and the Bolivarian Youth will hold a  
demonstration at the time the film was scheduled to be shown on Monday  October 
3rd at 5:30 PM  outside of the Southwest Regional Library  at 16835 Sheridan 
Street in Pembroke Pines. Please spread the word and try  to join us in 
protesting this attack on our 1st Amendment Rights.
 
 
Best  Regards,
Jack Lieberman


Protests halt showing of  Motorcycle Diaries at Broward library

Sun-Sentinel 
Posted  September 27 2005 


    

A controversial film on Cuban revolutionary  Che Guevara will not be shown 
during Hispanic Heritage Month after  all.

After community protests, the film Motorcycle Diaries  has been postponed. It 
was scheduled to be shown at the Broward County  Southwest Regional Library 
in Pembroke Pines on Oct. 3, during the  statewide Sept. 15-Oct. 15 celebration.
We've rescheduled it so as not  to offend," said library director Robert 
Cannon. He did not have the new  date late Monday. 
 
Cuban-born County Commissioner Diana  Wasserman-Rubin said her staff had 
received numerous calls and e-mails  protesting the movie, which shows how 
Guevara's youthful travels fed his  revolutionary fervor. 





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