14.06.2012 - 15:57 [ AIC ]

Call for boycott of Berlin book fair Linke Buchtage

Since the expulsion of Laika international leftwing authors, publishers, journalists, artists, organisations, activists call for a boycott of the „Linke Buchtage“. The editor of the Marvi-Marmara-book, Moustafa Bayoumi, the film director Ken Loach, the publisher Eric Hazan, the authors Moshe Machover, Tariq Ali, Ilan Pappé, institutions like the Alternative Information Center (AIC) in Jerusalem and many more declare their solidarity with all those, who are at risk to be silenced resp. defend their political right to distribute their essays and books without hindrance. They have signed a proclamation with a list of supporters, which has been published already and will be updated constantly: http://boykottlinkebuchtage.blogspot.de