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I write to you today in awe. I have just recieved first word of the beginning of the end for free speech in Britain.
A hate group known as 'Hope Not Hate' has drawn up a list of books that they deem unacceptable. They are successfully pressuring retailers to stop selling certain titles that they disagree with for political reasons.
This is a large scale attempt to censor literature en masse, and an attempt to shape culture.
The nature of some of the titles is unpalatable, for example Holocaust denial. However many have existed for a long time and stood up against censorship - the Anarchist Cookbook for one.
They say that these books are 'hateful' and 'dangerous'. Well I say that banning books (!) is the greater danger. In this age of disinformation, it is vital that we have the full picture, even if the topics are unsavoury, we cannot shy away.
That is why I propose a plan.
We gather digital copies of all of the books listed, I know that many of them are already prevalently shared online. We then bundle the books together into a torrent, and disseminate the torrent. This way we can build a resilient vehicle for the books against any effort to censor them.
We cannot stand idly by [pardon the rhetoric] whilst our freedoms are eroded. Even if you don't partake, please have a look through the titles, keep an eye out. It may be important. If information is important enough to be censored, it's important enough for us to save,
The list is included in this document:
hopenothate.org.uk
I hope that these seeds fall on fertile ground.