We talk a lot about threats to libraries—book bans, political intimidation, budget cuts—as a threat to democracy itself.

We talk a lot about threats to libraries—book bans, political intimidation, budget cuts—as a threat to democracy itself.

But what happens when these institutions built to safeguard democracy become vulnerable to undermining it from within — including through their own budgets funding surveillance capitalism?

That question is raised in "Save Troy: Liberate The Library," a provocative micro-essay by Kula's own @Dieter_Boolean, to be published in the new book series 'Bibliothek & Gesellschaft' (Libraries and Society).

Read the full argument on our blog
https://kulaacademy.ca/trojanhorse/

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