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 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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