The Fifth Estate · SEASON 50

The Shadow War on Libraries

Episode 10 · 2025-02-07

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Episode overview

Now more and more libraries find themselves on the front lines of a culture war, with battles over books, bans and the freedom to read. The attacks on libraries started in the U.S. and, like a slow-burning brushfire, they've been moving north, the flames fanned by pressure groups who feel libraries should not have books about sex education, gender identity or stories

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