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ILWU Local 5 @ilwulocal5.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

These reports, submitted by Powell’s workers to the Powell’s Union Anti-Censorship Committee, are just some of the many received over the past two years. For more info, including what you can do to support Powell’s booksellers, visit tinyurl.com/censorship-at-powells

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ILWU Local 5 @ilwulocal5.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

What has Powell’s leadership been doing lately to fight censorship and defend free speech? January 2024: A Powell's worker wrote a post for the Powell's blog entitled “Windows and Mirrors into Palestine: Talking about Occupation with Children and Young Adults,” and the blog post was featured in Powell’s Instagram Story. Soon after, the Instagram promotion was removed, and the title and content of the post were heavily edited by marketing management (“Talking About Occupation with Children and Young Adults”), without communicating any information to the social media coordinator, managing editor, or writer of the post. When the worker who wrote the post asked about the changes, they were told the post was edited because it had language that went against a company value that "Everyone belongs in a bookstore."

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ILWU Local 5 @ilwulocal5.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

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