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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28698009/ TORONTO, ONTARIO – The recent proposal by CUPE Ontario to boycott and ban Israeli academics from university campuses has elicited an outrage throughout the globe: nearly 5,000 individuals have signed a petition by Scholars for Peace in the Middle…
read morehttp://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/01/12/gaza The military conflict that’s likely to spark campus protests in the coming weeks doesn’t involve U.S. forces in Iraq or Afghanistan. Rather, Israeli attacks on Hamas forces in Gaza have stirred sleeping campuses, and rallies and petition drives may…
read moreThe Rev. India E. Garnett of the United Church of Christ and a board member of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, spoke to several hundred gathered in the East Capitol Rotunda in the State Capitol Building in Harrisburg…
read morehttp://octaskforce.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/zoa-new-uc-president-needs-to-stop-anti-seimitsm-at-uci/ The ZOA mentions the Task Force in its critique of UCI. The new UC President’s reply will be posted as well, when it’s published. Download the letter: ZOA Letter to UC President ZOA CALLS ON UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESIDENT…
read morehttp://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/109759.html A group that counters anti-Israel academic boycotts weighed in on a controversy over Gazan students seeking to study in the United States. “Scholars for Peace in the Middle East reaffirms its dedication to the principles that all students have…
read morehttp://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1214726217689 The German government has admitted it was deeply involved in funding last month’s conference here on the Middle East, and reports indicate it suggested inviting former Iranian deputy foreign minister Muhammad Javad Ardashir Larijani to speak at the gathering,…
read morehttp://www.nysun.com/article/66699 A group of faculty members in the Arts and Sciences has been circulating for signature a “statement of concern” to be presented to the Arts and Sciences Faculty meeting on November 13. The main accusation in the statement is…
read moreGegen das Atomprogramm des Irans und seine österreichischen und europäischen Förderer wie die OMV demonstrierten am 30. September rund 700 Menschen am Wiener Stock-im-Eisen-Platz – von einem großen Teil der Wiener Linken vielsagend ignoriert und von AntiimperialistInnen mit einer Gegenkundgebung…
read morehttp://www.columbiaspectator.com/node/26412 Editorial Ignores Nature of Bollinger’s Statement And His Allegance to Academic Freedom To the Editor: William R. Roff is, as he indicated in his op-ed piece, “Bollinger Boycotts Discussion” (Sept. 4), an emeritus professor of history at Columbia and…
read morehttp://www.ejpress.org/article/news/18808 Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz: “Should the UCU go forward with a boycott of Israeli academics and institutions, the end result will be a self-inflicted wound on British academia.” LONDON (EJP)—Thousands of academics from around the world have condemned…
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