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Cavaliers by Mansfield.TYA, Rebeka Warrior, Carla Pallone 🇫🇷🎧

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Antonio Velardo shares: Episode 5: The Outcomes by Susan Burton, Laura Starecheski, Julie Snyder and Carla Pallone

By Susan Burton, Laura Starecheski, Julie Snyder and Carla Pallone From Serial Productions. The patients wrestle with the lasting effects of their experiences at the clinic. Published: August 3, 2023 at 06:00AM from NYT Podcasts https://ift.tt/CjUXEsS via IFTTT

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"Episode 1: The Patients" by Susan Burton, Laura Starecheski, Julie Snyder and Carla Pallone via NYT Podcasts https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/29/podcasts/serial-the-retrievals-yale-fertility-clinic.html?partner=IFTTT

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MANSFIELD.TYA - “Auf Wiedersehen”, from the upcoming album 'Monument ordinaire' to be released in February 2021 via Warrior Records.

Directed by Nicolas Medy

DoP: Victor Zébo

Production Designer: Barnabé D’Hauteville

Costumes: Pauline Croce

Make-up: Flo-Souad Benaddi

Editor: Hortense Faure

Feat. Rebeka Warrior, Carla Pallone, Helena De Laurens, Romy Alizée, Sonia Deville, Erwan Hakyoon, Fred Morin, Nadia Moussa, Rose Walls

Filmed at Abbaye de Royaumont

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Morceau écrit par Carla Pallone Extrait de la bande originale du film Libre Garance ! réalisé par Lisa Diaz et produit par À Perte de Vue & Les Films d'Antoine.

[umi-no-onnanoko]

Non solo bulli

Oggi a scuola ho visto un bambino seduto al banco da solo…

Oggi ho visto lo stesso bambino piangere nel bagno della scuola…

Oggi non era più seduto da solo c’erano tanti bambini con lui…

Oggi sono tornato a casa senza l’astuccio nuovo…

Oggi il mio occhio è solo un po’ gonfio ma non è colpa sua…

Non è colpa sua…non è colpa sua…NON È COLPA SUA!

Non si parla mai abbastanza di fenomeni come il bullismo e come aiutare le vittime di questo problema sociale, ma siamo davvero sicuri di aver letto correttamente la storia? Non avremmo forse dimenticato un particolare? Forse uno dei protagonisti della storia?

Parliamo di vittime, ma pensiamo ad esse unicamente come a chi ha subito su di sé le azioni del bullismo, ma i bulli? A loro chi ci pensa? E loro, loro non sono forse anch’essi delle vittime? Perché tutti abbiamo il tempo necessario per pensare a come una vittima di bullismo diventa vittima, ma non ne abbiamo mai a sufficienza per pensare a come un bullo diventa bullo?

Solo molto raramente un bullo nasce tale, ovvero con la voglia e la forza di fare del male unicamente per il gusto di farlo senza uno scopo o una ragione scatenante alle spalle, per quanto riguarda la restante maggioranza, beh non possiamo certo permetterci di fermarci a questo.

I bambini e le bambine “bulli” non sono sempre stati tali, spesso erano bambini come gli altri, senza pensieri, pieni di affetti ed amici, contenti delle loro vite, ma poi…qualcosa si spezza, qualcosa smette di funzionare e da una bella fiaba si passa al bianco e nero ed i bambini smettono di essere felici, smettono di sorridere, smettono di avere amici, smettono di essere bambini… di essere loro stessi…

Diventano l’ombra di loro stessi e Gianni smette di dare i calci al pallone, ma Gianni ha preso a calci Mario; Diego smette di giocare insieme Carla, ma gioca con Carla; Lucia smette di sorridere, ma Lucia ha uno sguardo cattivo, Carlotta smette di dire al papà che gli vuole bene, ma insulta sempre Luca perché gli dice che è per il suo bene… potrei andare avanti così ad elencarli per ogni nome presente nel mio e nel vostro immaginario e farvi partecipi di quanto siano cambiati, ma non basta…non basta dirvi che sono cambiati, se non riescono, non riesco a farvi capire perché hanno dovuto farlo.

Tutti loro non sono cambiati unicamente perché volevano farlo o dovevano farlo, ma spesso lo hanno fatto perché questo era la sola scelta che gli restava:

Gianni è diventato un bullo perché aveva iniziato a prendere qualche chilo ed i suoi compagni di calcetto lo prendevano in giro; Diego è diventato un bullo perché a casa il suo papà giocava sempre così con la sua mamma e la mamma piangeva, però dopo voleva ancora più bene al papà; Lucia è diventata una bulla perché Lucia per anni si era sentita deridere ed era stata esclusa per la sua positività, il suo essere gentile; Carlotta è una bulla perché il suo papà è volato in cielo per un tumore e lei aveva voluto tanto bene al suo papà e lui le diceva sempre che le voleva bene e non l’avrebbe mai lasciata eppure se n’era andato senza nemmeno dirle dove.

Questi non sono che pochi esempi di quello che può celarsi dietro a coloro che per noi non sono altro che i bulli, perché a differenza di quello che succede per le vittime troppo spesso non ci preoccupiamo di loro, gli lasciamo lì accantonati in un angolo, come i cattivi della situazione. Con questa mia affermazione non voglio smacchiare ciò che hanno macchiato con le loro azioni ed i loro errori, ma semplicemente mi piacerebbe ci si approcciasse al fenomeno in maniera differente, occupandoci anche dei bulli oltre che delle vittime.

Troppo di rado vogliamo ascoltare le loro storie, troppo di rado crediamo loro e cerchiamo di capirli ed aiutarli a ricostruirsi, eppure le loro storie esistono, sono vere, sono importanti e sono loro…senza più false armature di paura dissimulata in finto coraggio e sicurezza.

Ci sono diverse storie: ci sono coloro che hanno situazioni famigliari difficili (padri o madri violenti, violenza domestica, separazioni, divorzi ecc.), ci sono coloro che hanno subito delle forti perdite a causa di morti o semplicemente di figure mancanti, situazioni di alcolismo o droghe, situazioni di molestie, problemi alimentari e così via.

Ora vi porterò quello che in un futuro forse, se arriverò a realizzare il mio sogno, potrò considerare come il mio primo caso ed il mio primo piccolo successo professionale e personale.

Ai tempi nei quali io frequentavo le scuole medie avevo un bullo, che chiameremo Brunpiergiorgiobaudo, un ragazzo più piccolo di me, dato che io ero stata bocciata ero più grande di un anno, tuttavia lui ad altezza era il doppio di me. Bene lui era il mio bullo e per diversi mesi, forse anche un anno e qualche mese, non ricordo esattamente, mi tormentava verbalmente e occasionalmente anche fisicamente ed anche se talvolta mi ribellavo, ne avevo soggezione.

Un giorno però successe qualcosa, un lavoro di gruppo di arte ed immagine, ero finita in gruppo con lui ed un’altra compagnia, lui era triste e non mi fece né disse nulla…gli chiesi cosa avesse, mi guardò stranito e non mi rispose, pianse… dopo un po’ mi raccontò la sua storia famigliare (che non riporterò per rispetto della privacy di Brunpiergiorgiobaudo) ed io gli sorrisi rimanendo ad ascoltare.

Ascoltai molto quel giorno ed ascoltai molto nei giorni e nei mesi a venire, Brunpiergiorgiobaudo smise di farmi soggezione, Brunpiergiorgiobaudo non era più tanto grande, ma era più piccolo e fragile di me, Brunpiergiorgiobaudo non mi faceva più del male, Brunpiergiorgiobaudo era ora mio amico e mi difendeva sempre…

Basta ascoltare, BASTA ASCOLTARE…

Pensiamo anche a loro, perché ascoltare spesso può fare la differenza, parlare può fare la differenza,esserci può fare la differenza.

Non solo bulli…

PERSONE

-umi-no-onnanoko (@umi-no-onnanoko )

[ladyonfire28]

My French music Masterpost

So since half of the population is in quarantine right now I thought I could make a list of some french/ french speaking artists and songs that I listen to and that you could also discover since we all have time to kill. 

Obviously I cannot put every single artist and song I  know and listen to so it’ll be a bit of mix of my favorite albums/ artists of the past few years but also what i’m listening at the moment ! 

Pop/ R&B

Angèle 

She’s a 23 year old Belgian singer. Her first album was a HUGE hit last year and she got 5 news songs out in November too. She’s also been dating a woman for a few months.

I would recommend to listen to her whole album Brol , it’s quite a bop. Also there are two songs about wlw relationship called « Ta Reine » and « Tu me regardes ». That last song was a kind of coming out song btw, we were all freaking out when we listened to it the first time lmao.

Favorite songs: Les matins, Flemme, Flou, Nombreux, Ta reine, Tu me regardes, J’entends

Clara Luciani

She’s a 27 year old French artist. 2019 was truly her year. She’s has an incredible voice and I just love her energy. She’s an amazing songwriter too. Her first album is called Sainte Victoire.

Favorite songs: La grenade, Les fleurs, On ne meurt pas d’amour, Drôle d’époque, Nue, Dors, Ma Soeur, Bovary.

Christine and the Queens

I think a lot of you know her already. She’s also a queer and pansexual artist. I have to say I really LOVED her first album Chaleur Humaine, one of the best albums of the past decade, but I didn’t love as much her second album (Chris) or her new EP (La vita nuova). I mean they’re good, but her first album was really something else. And it’s also just my opinion !

Favorite songs : iT (it’s in English though), Saint Claude, Science Fiction, Half Ladies, Paradis Perdus, Chaleur Humaine, Nuit 17 à 52, Intranquilité, Amazoniaque, Jonathan, La marcheuse, L’étranger

Therapie TAXI

This is a pretty fun band, their first album has been quite popular. They’re pretty unique and sometimes their songs and lyrics are let’s say... bold lmao. I haven’t listen to all their songs though, there’s like 25 songs in their first album and 15 in their second aha. But they also have so many bops. 

Favorite songs: Hit Sale, J’en ai marre, Salop(e), Avec ta zouz

Aya Nakamura

Aya is now a r&b/pop superstar here in France and even in other countries in Europe. She’s 25 and you can hear her songs in every night club and party here. Can’t say her lyrics are very elaborated but her songs are real bops and the best to dance to in your room lmao

Favorite songs: Djadja, La dot, Pompom, Copines, Pookie, Sucette, 40%, Comportement

Lous and the Yakuza

She’s a 23 year old belgian artist. She only has 3 songs out for now, but i’ve been pretty obsessed with them. Her lyrics are pretty great too (and she’s SO beautiful omg). 

Favorite songs : Dilemme, Tout est gore, Solo

Yseult

Yseult is a 24 year old french singer/songwriter. She’s has a beautiful voice and the beats are also great. I haven’t listened to all her songs though, I only heard her new EP Noir which is great.

Favorite songs: Corps, Nos souvenirs, Noir, 5H

Indie/electro rock/folk :

Pomme

Pomme is very famous in the LGBTQ community in France, but i haven’t listened much to her songs (yet). She’s a 24 year old french and lesbian singer songwriter. Her songs talk about love, anxiety, and even death. She has a such beautiful voice too.

Favorite songs: On brûlera, A peu près, Anxiété, Je sais pas danser

The Dø

The Dø are a finnish/french duo and also one of my favorite band (they sing in english though). They made of of my favorite albums of the last decade, Shake Shook Shaken, which came out in 2014. Their first albums sounded more folk/indie rock, but their third album is much more electro. And the album is about the break up of the lead singer, Olivia Merilahti, and the musician, Dan Levy. One of my favorite song of all time is in their second album Both Ways Open Jaws and is called Too Insistent.

Favorite songs: On my shoulders, Too Insistent, Sparks, Despair Hangover & Ecstasy, Opposite Ways, Anita No!, Nature Will Remain.

Izia

Izia is a singer but also an actress, you may know her from La Belle Saison, Samba, or Un peuple et son roi. I listened a lot to her third album La vague, that was released in 2015. it’s much more electro that what she used to do before. Her two first albums were much more rock albums. She’s got a new album out but i haven’t listen to it yet.

Favorite songs: Hey, La vague, You, Les ennuis, Bridges, Tomber

Mansfield.YTA

The band is composed of 2 women, Julia Lanoë et Carla Pallone. Julia is in other bands/ projects such as Sexy Sushi and Kompromat. Unlike those two last bands that are very electro, Mansfield is something more nuanced. It sounds more like indie folk and mixes different style. You can hear electric instruments but also violin, harmonium, piano etc. And it’s pretty melodramatic.  They sing in french and english.

Favorite songs: Et demain déja, Pour oublier je dors, Mon amoureuse, Gilbert De Clerc

Electro :

Stromae

You might have heard of that Belgian guy. His album Racine Carré (released in 2013) is too me the best of the decade and his song “Papaoutai” was a huge hit in Europe. He’s a pure genius. His lyrics are super deep and usually quite dark but he makes incredible beats that are very electro. If his second album is definitely his most popular album, his first one Cheese, was also so so great and his first single “Alors on Danse” was a huge hit (Kanye West did a remix of it). He also directed Billie Eilish’s “Hostage” music video. That dude is just incredible. But after his huge success his did a burn out and his mental health got very bad. He stopped making music since then. 

Favorite songs: Peace or Violence, Alors on danse, Dodo, Je Cours, House’llelujah, papaoutai, bâtard, ave cesaria, tous les mêmes, formidable humain à l’eau, sommeil

Rap :

I have to say i’ve been listening to a lot of french rap this past couple of years so i won’t list all the rappers i listen to, especially since i’m pretty sure most of you aren’t interested in rap. But I still have to list some of them that have been very popular recently. France has a huge and very diverse rap culture.

Fauve

Actually that collective is actually not a rap band at all. They do more like spoken word songs but didn’t where also to put them lol. The band broke up 5 years but I still listen to them a lot today. It’s one of my fav band too. Their lyrics are really well written and beautiful. It usually talks about the “youth malaise” and their frustrations, heartbreaks and anger etc. They made 1 EP et 2 LP. 

Favorite songs: Blizzard, Cock Music Smart Music, Nuits Fauves, Haut les Coeurs, Rub a Dub, Voyous, Infirmière, Vieux frères, Lettre à Zoé, Paraffine, Tallulah, T.R.W, Les Hautes Lumières 

Meryl

Meryl is a 24 year old french martinican rapper. Before making her own music she used to write and compose melodies for other famous french rappers. She’s very influenced by her roots and and she also sings some of her songs in creole. I love how different and diverse her music is. 

Favorite songs: Coucou, AH LALA, Béni, Désolé, La brume

Aloïse Sauvage 

Aloïse is a multi talented french singer/ actress/ dancer. She released her first EP in 2019 called Jimy and her very first album Dévorantes was released in February 2020. She’s definitely a queer artist (99% sure she’s lesbian but she’s never confirmed it so anyway + her little sister is 100% a lesbian aha) and she talks about lgbtq issues in some of her songs, but also about her own issues and all. Her lyrics are beautifully written. And she’s also a ray of sunshine so there’s nothing to dislike about her haha. 

Favorite songs: Dévorantes, Si on s’aime, A l’horizontale, Et cette tristesse, Jimy, Présentement, L’orage

Roméo Elvis

Roméo isn’t french but belgian. He’s the big brother of Angèle. I actually knew about her because of him. He’s less known than her now obviously but he’s still quite popular. His rap is pretty soft and chill. I preferred his collaborations with Le Motel (who was his producer) more than his “solo” album but he still got some good songs on his last album.

Favorite songs: Morale, Nappeux, Drôle de question, Bébé aime la drogue, J’ai vu (feat. Angèle), Lenita, Chocolat, Normal, Dis-moi 

Lomepal

Lomepal is a french rapper. He’s known for writing songs that are pretty elaborated with chill and melodic beats. I also call is rap “soft”. He usually talks about his loneliness and insecurities

Favorite songs: 70, Yeux disent, Club, Trop beaux, 1000°C, X-Men, Plus de larmes

PNL

PNL is the most popular cloud rap band of the past few of years. They’re two brothers NOS and Ademo and they’re famous for using vocoder when they rap. Like a lot of vocoder lol. But they’re also very known for working with some of the best beat makers in the industry. If the way they rap is sometimes pretty hard, their beats are very chill and cool. In their songs they talk a lot of their life as dealers in the french banlieue, their struggles, how tough their lives were but also how their lives today isn’t set and how they’re not necessarily happier today. Their third album “Dans la légende” was a huuuuge hit in France, and their latest album “Deux frères” just as much if not more. 

Favorite songs: Recherche du bonheur, DA, Dans la légende, Luz de Luna, Humain, Bené, Jusqu’au dernier gramme, Blanka, A l’ammoniaque, Shenmue, Menace, Déconnecté, La misère est si belle

Other songs that I listen to at the moment : 

“Le temps est bon” - Bon Entendeur (electro)

“De mon âme à ton âme” - Kompromat (electro)

“Reste” - Maitre Gims feat Sting (pop)

“Les méchants” - Heuss l’enfoiré (rap)

“C’est plus l’heure” - Franglish feat Dadju, Vegeta (r&b)

“De l’autre côté”-  Ninho feat Nekfeu (rap)

“Blanche” - Maes (rap)

“La complainte du soleil” - Laura Cahen (from I Lost My Body OST)

Some french speaking “classic” songs that  I listen to and that you probably don’t know (from the 50′s to 00′s) :

“Une valse à mille temps” - Jacques Brel

“La foule” - Edith Piaf 

“Chanson pour l’auvergnat” - Georges Brassens 

“Je t’aimais, je t’aime et je t’aimerai” - Francis Cabrel 

“Ma préférence” - Julien Clerc

“La nuit je mens” - Alain Bashung 

“Foule sentimentale” - Alain Souchon

“Mistral gagnant” - Renaud 

“Sensualité” - Axelle Red

“Manhattan Kaboul” - Renaud feat. Axelle Red

“Onde sensuelle” - M 

“Et dans 150 ans” - Raphaël 

“A la faveur de l’automne” - Tété

“L’aventurier” - Indochine 

French LGBTQ+ artists 

This past few years a few lgbtq artists have blown up here and like 4 lesbian artists have been nominated for best new artist this year at the french grammy award called Victoire de la musique (and one of them one the award, Pomme). Unfortunately i’m not very good at discovering new artists so i’m quite late and i haven’t been able to listen to a lot of them. But if you want to discover them yourself here are few lgbtq artists: 

Already mentioned: Angèle, Pomme, Julia Lanoë/ Rebekka Warrior (Sexy Sushi, Kompromat, Mansfield.YTA), Christine and the Queens, Aloïse Sauvage

More : Hoshi,  Suzane, Eddy de Pretto, Safia Nolin (she’s from Quebec)

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Adieu Gilbert de Clerc Adieu, Adieu, Adieu vos mots me sont si chers que je vous préfère mystérieux écrivons-nous pendant la guerre des lettres, des lettres de feu mais s'il y a pas de guerre je vous en prie Gilbert trouvez, une bataille au mieux 

Mansfield TYA - Julia Lanoë & Carla Pallone Universal Music Publishing - 2016

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I sentimenti sono affari delicati. Per non parlare dei cuori. Vietato illudere, vietato ferire. Giocate pure a carte, a pallone o a domino ma con i cuori no. Quelli si spezzano.

-  Carla Casolari

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Antonio Velardo shares: Episode 4: The Clinic by Susan Burton, Laura Starecheski, Julie Snyder and Carla Pallone

By Susan Burton, Laura Starecheski, Julie Snyder and Carla Pallone From Serial Productions. What went wrong at Yale. Published: July 27, 2023 at 05:19AM from NYT Podcasts https://ift.tt/xH7dWIj via IFTTT

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La montagne magique

La montagne magique - https://magic.bid/la-montagne-magique-magic.kitMagicProvided to YouTube by Believe SAS La montagne magique · Mansfield.TYA · Julia Lanoë · Carla Pallone · Julia Lanoë Monument ordinaire ℗ WARRIORECORDS Released on: 2021-02-19 Auto-generated by YouTube.

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MATT ELLIOTT & VACΛRME - Teaser

Video by AS HUMAN PATTERN

Matt Elliott: guitar, vocals

Carla Pallone: violin

Christelle Lassort: violin

Gaspar Claus: cello

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Armenian Caucus Calls Out Library of Congress for ‘Bizarre’ Refusal to Accept ‘Armenian Genocide’ Subject Heading

New Post has been published on https://armenia.in-the.news/society/armenian-caucus-calls-out-library-of-congress-for-bizarre-refusal-to-accept-armenian-genocide-subject-heading-40806-30-07-2020/

Armenian Caucus Calls Out Library of Congress for ‘Bizarre’ Refusal to Accept ‘Armenian Genocide’ Subject Heading

Library of Congress

“The Congress, at long last, has made clear we will not be party to genocide denial, and the Library must do the same.” – Congressional Armenian Caucus Leadership

WASHINGTON—The bipartisan leadership of the Congressional Armenian Caucus has called on the Librarian of Congress to explain the “bizarre” refusal of this agency of the U.S. Legislative Branch to correct its “Armenian Massacres” subject heading to “Armenian Genocide,” even in the wake of last year’s Congressional resolutions unequivocally recognizing this crime and explicitly rejecting its denial, reported the Armenian National Committee of America.

The Armenian Caucus letter comes in the wake of an exchange of correspondence between the Library of Congress and the ANCA, during which Associate Librarian for Library Services, Robin L. Dale, declined the ANCA’s request for this change. She explained that the “The Library of Congress … defers to the president and the State Department on the terminology and refrains from using the word genocide in the official subject heading.”

In a letter to the Librarian of Congress, Congressional Armenian Caucus leaders called for the change of the Armenian Massacres subject heading to Armenian Genocide, noting, “the Congress, at long last, has made clear we will not be party to genocide denial, and the Library must do the same.”

In a July 30, 2020 letter addressed to the Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden, Congressional Armenian Caucus leaders Adam Schiff (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), and replied: “With respect, we find this justification a bizarre misunderstanding of both the Library of Congress’s role in supporting research and scholarship, as well as its status as an Article I institution.” They added: “The Library of Congress’s role is not to conduct foreign policy or diplomacy. It is to serve as a center of research and knowledge for Congress, America, and the world. And in that capacity, the Library must be guided by principles of scholarship and truth, not by the haphazard application of geopolitical concerns.”

The four legislators closed their letter by asking Dr. Hayden to reconsider the Library’s unfortunate and unjustifiable position, and requesting a discussion with her on this subject.

“We want to thank Congressman Schiff and his Armenian Caucus colleagues – Gus Bilirakis, Jackie Speier, and Frank Pallone – for following up on the ANCA’s request that the Library of Congress correct its Armenian Genocide subject heading and standardize the use of this proper terminology across all of the Library’s products, exhibits, and reports,” said Aram Hamparian, Executive Director of the ANCA. “We share their principled view that this change should not have required passage of House and Senate resolutions, but – in the wake of the overwhelming adoption of these bipartisan measures – it’s clear to all that no justification remains for the Library’s current policy.”

Congressional Armenian Caucus Letter to the Library of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden

July 30, 2020

The Honorable Dr. Carla Hayden Librarian of Congress The Library of Congress

Dear Dr. Hayden:

As the leadership of the Armenian Caucus, we are writing in reference to the June 19, 2020 letter from the Associate Librarian for Library Services to the Armenian National Committee on the subject of the nomenclature used by the Library of Congress to describe the Armenian Genocide. The letter declines the request to change the Library of Congress’s subject heading from “Armenian massacres, 1915-1923″ to “Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923” and to standardize the use of the term, “Armenian Genocide” across other Library products and exhibits, including Congressional Research Service reports.

In declining the request, the Associate Librarian writes:

“Deciding whether to declare the atrocities a genocide is an enormous foreign policy and diplomatic issue and is the purview of the president and the State Department, not the Library of Congress. The Library of Congress therefore defers to the president and the State Department on the terminology and refrains from using the word genocide in the official subject heading.”

With respect, we find this justification a bizarre misunderstanding of both the Library of Congress’s role in supporting research and scholarship, as well as its status as an Article I institution.

The Library of Congress’s role is not to conduct foreign policy or diplomacy. It is to serve as a center of research and knowledge for Congress, America, and the world. And in that capacity, the Library must be guided by principles of scholarship and truth, not by the haphazard application of geopolitical concerns.

On that account, there is no serious historical debate about whether the extermination of the Armenians by the Ottoman Empire beginning in 1915 meets the criteria for genocide. The scholarly consensus around the Armenian Genocide is clear. In 1997, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, an organization of the world’s foremost experts on genocide, unanimously passed a formal resolution affirming the Armenian Genocide. Rafael Lemkin explicitly had the attempted destruction of the Armenian people in mind when he coined the term in 1944. And holdings of the Library of Congress itself are a clear testament to the overwhelming evidence of genocide, including many scholarly works on the subject as well as collections of contemporaneous witness and survivor accounts.

Given that, it should not have taken the overwhelming, bipartisan passage by both the House and Senate of resolutions clearly recognizing the genocide for the Library to use the correct term. Yet with the passage of H.Res. 296 and S. Res. 150, what little justification there could be for the current policy has been removed. In those resolutions, the House and Senate state the sense of Congress that it is the policy of the United States to:

(1) to commemorate the Armenian Genocide through official recognition and remembrance;

(2) to reject efforts to enlist, engage, or otherwise associate the United States Government with denial of the Armenian Genocide or any other genocide; and

(3) to encourage education and public understanding of the facts of the Armenian Genocide, including the role of the United States in humanitarian relief efforts, and the relevance of the Armenian Genocide to modern-day crimes against humanity.

The resolutions leave no doubt about Congress’s intention and views about the fact of the genocide. There is no possible basis for the Library of Congress, as an institution that exists within the legislative branch, not to follow suit. It is both the proper thing to do and, more importantly, the historically and morally right thing to do. The Congress, at long last, has made clear we will not be party to genocide denial, and the Library must do the same.

We respectfully request a discussion with you on this topic in the near future which our staff will follow up to schedule. We sincerely hope that in the meantime you will reconsider the Library’s unfortunate and unjustifiable position.

Sincerely,

Adam B. Schiff Member of Congress

Gus Bilirakis Member of Congress

Jackie Speier Member of Congress

Frank Pallone Jr. Member of Congress

Read original article here.

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I sentimenti sono affari delicati. Per non parlare dei cuori. Vietato illudere, vietato ferire. Giocate pure a carte, a pallone o a domino ma con i cuori no. Quelli si spezzano. - Carla Casolari