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From: "Ian Mayes" <ianmayes-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: Anarchist library in danger
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 14:57:37 PST


BIBLIOTECA SOCIAL RECONSTRUIR IN DANGER OF CLOSING ITS DOORS

The Biblioteca Social Reconstruir (The Library of Social Reconstruction),
is an anarchist space located in downtown Mexico City.  The Biblioteca
Social Reconstruir first began in 1978.

The library currently contains 3,000 books, of which approximately 850 are
anarchist.  Some are extremely old, such as La Pornocracia by Proudhon,
edited in Spain in 1892.  We also have 4,700 magazines, some very old and
important such as the historic "Revista Blanca." The library also holds
dozens of magazines edited during the Spanish Revolution of 1936, as well
as important Mexican anarchist publications.  Hundreds of newspapers are
still in the process of being classified, including issue #13 of
Regeneracion, edited by the Flores Magon brothers [Anarchists and heroes of
the Mexican Revolution], published November 7, 1900.

The Biblioteca Social Reconstruir is visited by investigators researching
books, students researching thesis topics, professors, etc., but it is
mainly frequented by liberationist youth [many of them punks and other
working class kids] that look to the library for inspiration and knowledge
in the quest for freedom and justice for all.

The BSR is also a meeting point for liberationist men and women from Mexico
and many other parts of the world.

The BSR is the fruit of the labor of old friends who are no longer with us
today.  We were supported by the bibliographic funds of Marcos Alcon,
Ignacio Portilla, Benjamin Cano Ruiz, Eliseo Rojas and Ricardo Mestre 
Ventura.

SOLIDARITY PETITION.

The Biblioteca Social Reconstruir is facing a very difficult economic
situation, the high costs of rent, telephone, electricity, Internet
service, correspondence (we receive about 50 letters a month), etc.  We
have been hit with an economic situation so extreme that if we do not
receive financial help from friends who are able to collaborate, it is very
likely that this liberationist center will close its doors forever.

If the Biblioteca Social Reconstruir is unable to finance its costs, it
will mean closing what has been perhaps the most important center in Mexico
for the dissemination of anarchist ideas during the last 22 years, during
which the center has slowly built on its modest roots.

The BSR is part of Mexico's anarchist community and its loss would mean a
defeat and a setback for the organized movement--a defeat and a loss that
we do not know if we could recover from.

It is for these reasons that we appeal to your solidarity, so that the
library can continue to be one of the points of contact for anarchy in
Mexico.  So that this project continues to carry out its principal task:
the sowing of ideas.


IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOUR SOLIDARITY,
PLEASE FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING FORM:

I commit to helping support the Biblioteca Social Reconstruir:

  Collectively ____________    Individually _____________

Amount: ________________

Type of support:

  Monthly _______ Quarterly ______ Annually ______

For the space of:

  6 months __________   One Year __________  Two Years ___________

I will deposit the amount in the library's bank account _________
I will send the amount in cash [not recommended] _______________
I will send the amount via check or money order ________________

[Support from abroad may require special arrangements to successful
transfer funds.  Please write and we will investigate your case.]

Address, telephone number, and e-mail (if available) of the collective or
individual:

______________________________________
______________________________________
______________________________________
______________________________________


If you have any questions, please write us and we will respond immediately.

Thank you for any and all support.

BIBLIOTECA SOCIAL RECONSTRUIR
MORELOS 45 DESPACHO 206 COL. CENTRO
libertad-AT-mail.internet.com.mx
www.libertad.org.mx
A.P. 9090   C.P. 06002   MEXICO 1 D.F.
TEL-FAX 55-12-08-86
______________________________________________________
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