Emily Drabinski: Meet the Socialist Librarian Running for President of the American Library Association

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“I think what the ALA could do is teach people to have an organizing conversation,” she said. “But mostly, the president is the person who will respond to an attack in the New York Times on the expertise and authority of library workers. We need a president whose public statements will be on labor’s side, that will be socialist in tone. There’s a real appetite for that right now.”

Meet the Socialist Librarian Running for President of the American Library Association BY NATALIE SHURE