Program Summary:

This week is Banned-Books Week 2021, an annual affirmation of Americans' right to read.

In the first half of the program, Mickey and his guests look at some recent efforts to restrict

students' choice of books in Ohio and Texas.

September 2021 is also the tenth anniversary of the start of Occupy Wall Street.

Author Michael Levitin joins Mickey to look at Occupy's origins and its ongoing influence.

 

Nora Pelizzari is Director of Communications at the National Coalition Against Censorship (www.ncac.org).

Jackie Farmer is Senior Program Officer at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (www.thefire.org).

Michael Levitin is a widely-published journalist who in 2011 started the Occupy Wall Street Journal.

His new book is Generation Occupy: Reawakening American Democracy. His web site is www.michaellevitin.com

Other web sites mentioned on this program:

www.bannedbooksweek.org

www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/oif