J. Domask,
Please note that I'm not the original author and have no further info. I
reposted that message from a "reputable" USENET newsgroup
<misc.activism.progressive> moderated by veteran electronic activists.
Please direct your inquiries to the original author <lawyer3443@aol.com>
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David Sangurima, Program Officer sangu@harvard.edu
LASPAU: Academic and Professional Programs for the Americas
Harvard University * 25 Mount Auburn St. Cambridge, MA 02138-6095 USA
Tel: 617-495-0530 * Fax: 617-495-8990 * Peacenet: sangu@igc.apc.org
*** http://www.harvard.edu/LASPAU ***
On Fri, 26 Jul 1996 hbtdl16m@umiami.ir.miami.edu wrote:
> To: David Sangurima <sangu@igc.apc.org>
>
> Where do you get your information from (that Jamaica has forced labor
> camps?). Evidence?
>
> J. Domask
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> On Thu, 25 Jul 1996, David Sangurima wrote:
>
> Written 8:35 AM Jul 25, 1996 by lawyer3443@aol.com in
> misc.activism.progressive
>
> > The Library of Congress, the nation's information resource supported by
> > your tax dollars, is using Third World and prison labor to digitize
> > materials as part of their Digital Library project.
> >
> > The Digital Library is a project of the Library of Congress that is
> > seeking to put 5 million of its records in electronic form by the year
> > 2000. Through their contractors, the Library is using labor in China,
> > Jamaica and other countries, as well as American prisoner labor, to do
> > much of the work (typing scanned images of Library documents).
> >
> > The American Memory Project, a subset of the Digital Library, is
> > responsible for digitizing a large number of the records--ironically, they
> > are digitizing items such as Ida B. Well's anti-lynching pamphlets and
> > other radical materials.
> >
> > If you believe that it is unethical for an agency of the United States
> > Government to exploit the labor of prisoners and third world men, women
> > and children, please contanct Ms. LeeEllen Friedland, coordinator of the
> > American Memory Project at 202-707-3980, or at <lfri@loc.gov>.
> >
> > Thank you.