Marxist-led ALA honored by Barbara Bush foundation

A new report has revealed that the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy is putting on an event in October in which it will be offering an award to the American Library Association, an organization marked by numerous controversies including its attempt to sabotage a Christian author, giving out its own honors to groups that push "LGBTQ+" literature into children's schools and being led by an openly Marxist president named Emily Drabinski. 

The group has also reportedly been caught providing small-town librarians with tips on how to quietly push "LGBT" agendas on children, particularly in a way that goes against the community's values and subverts its standards.

In a recording of an ALA session obtained by Karlyn Borysenko, Emily Drabinksi, a radical Marxist and president of the American Library Association, insisted that libraries need to be the site of "socialist organizing."

A press release for the event states it will be held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on Oct. 11, 2023.

"The event will also provide the opportunity to honor leaders at both the national and grassroots levels who have made significant contributions toward a more literate America," reads the release. "Recipients of the 2023 Barbara Bush National Literacy Honors Award will be the American Library Association and social media influencer Oliver James."

Jonathan Capehart, who hosts a show for left-wing media outlet MSNBC, is set to emcee the event.

The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy website broaches the concept of "equity" in its "About Us" section, which states that the group is "committed to building a stronger, more equitable America through literacy."

As is detailed by the University of Iowa, the concept of being "equitable means acknowledging and addressing structural inequalities — historic and current — that advantage some and disadvantage others."

The university goes on to say that "Equal treatment results in equity only if everyone starts with equal access to opportunities."

The American Library Association has offered public recognition to members of the Bush family; it has given awards to former First Lady Laura Bush on more than one occasion.