Harvard professor critical of Zionism resigns after tenure denial
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Any bet's this guy some extremely serious death threats?
http://www.inteldaily.com/?c=144&a=3483
"Finkelstein, the son of Holocaust survivors, has been one of the most prominent targets of right-wing professors and media figures for years. He has been targeted in particular for his opposition to Israeli policy and to the attempt by Zionists to use the charge of anti-Semitism as a means of suppressing criticism and justifying Israel’s violations of human rights and international law."
"According to standard procedure, a faculty member who is denied tenure is allowed to continue teaching for one year, while he or she looks for work at another campus. In August, however, the university moved abruptly to cancel Finkelstein’s remaining classes and bar him from using his office on campus."
"Given these circumstances, the only conclusion that can be drawn is that Finkelstein was denied tenure, and eventually pressured out of DePaul, because he is outspoken in his political views—opposition to Zionism and the misuse of the charge of anti-Semitism. His firing constitutes a dangerous precedent and a further erosion of democratic rights in the US."
http://www.inteldaily.com/?c=144&a=3483
"Finkelstein, the son of Holocaust survivors, has been one of the most prominent targets of right-wing professors and media figures for years. He has been targeted in particular for his opposition to Israeli policy and to the attempt by Zionists to use the charge of anti-Semitism as a means of suppressing criticism and justifying Israel’s violations of human rights and international law."
"According to standard procedure, a faculty member who is denied tenure is allowed to continue teaching for one year, while he or she looks for work at another campus. In August, however, the university moved abruptly to cancel Finkelstein’s remaining classes and bar him from using his office on campus."
"Given these circumstances, the only conclusion that can be drawn is that Finkelstein was denied tenure, and eventually pressured out of DePaul, because he is outspoken in his political views—opposition to Zionism and the misuse of the charge of anti-Semitism. His firing constitutes a dangerous precedent and a further erosion of democratic rights in the US."
Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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i heard about this... fucked up shit.
I want to go pick it up, they interviewed one of the authors on Fresh Air (NPR) last week, seems very interesting. They interviewed the head of the ADL right after and immediate charges of anti-semitisim were issued. Just like the author predicted.
About time we flush the shit out of our University systems!
Looks like we found a member of the Israeli lobby right here on the boards.
you right wingers sure do hate any open education that allows critical thought.
none of us knows the whole story with this. This would be an awesome discussion for academic freedom and what it means. It is weird that a school recommends tenure and then doesn't get it granted, but it happens...not often but it does happen. It appears that the issue they had with him was how he went about his academic freedom. Academic freedom is not license to shoot off at the mouth. Academic freedom is license to think outside of the box and to have very different views while being professional and academic about them; getting involved in shouting matches, ramming your views down peoples throats etc... isn't academic, it's a political pundit who you'll notice aren't tenured (franken, coulter, moore, oreilly, etc...). If you don't have tenure you have to play the game and he's a smart enough guy he should have known that. He could have voiced his ideas and opinions in a more professional manner, and it prob wouldn't have been a problem. People in the academy have disagreements all the time, but there are ways to have those disagreements. It def sucks for this guy and until we know everything it sounds like both sides are at fault.
Part of the other side of the story (this is a must see, imho):
Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land
Here is another one that looks good, which i have yet to watch:
Memory, Inequality and Power: Palestine and the Universality of Human Rights -- Lectures from UC Berkley
If I opened it now would you not understand?
typo..
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
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That's quite the Zionist viewpoint you posess there.
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
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( o.O)
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Is Israel a theocracy?
If being a jew is so bad-ass ...why can't i be one?
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can you recommend a part of the first one to watch or is it all just a talk about palestine v israel? My guess is that he pissed people off by how he said things, not that he said things. There are ways to academically explore controversial issues. It seems like people are trying to make this into an issue of his political views (when they shouldn't be) and ignoring his academic responsibility. I find it hard to believe that he's the only professor to have this view on the middle east. If there are other tenured professors who share his view it clearly isn't a matter of his politics, but more of a character issue which can play a role.
edit: but if his college recommended it, i do believe that it should have been granted.
I recommend you watch all of Peace, Propaganda, & The Promised Land ...
It shows the massive spin campaign within the American media ... namely that every time the Israelis kill someone it is dubbed "a response" or "a retalliation" but they never mention that the attack they are responding to was an attack prompted by the occupation of palestinian land ...
how the media continuously calls the israeli "settlements" by the name "neighborhood" overlooking the fact that they are not in Israel proper.
It talks about how these settlements are networked throughout the west bank in an attempt to steal all the water, highland, and infrastructure (roads) of the westbank ... essentially annexing the entire parcel ...
it shows Israeli soldiers forcibly removing women and children from their homes, bulldozing the homes, and shows women and farmers crying as bulldozers plow up every piece of inherited familial farm land ... trees, shrubs, and all ...
it shows israeli settlement neighborhoods flowering with green yards, potted plants, and flower beds ... right next to palestinian farm land that is dead and dry ... no water there!
it shows the checkpoints and impoverished old ladies who are told to walk around to the "next town" which is miles and miles up the road ...
it shows an ambulance with its lights on, someone dying in the back, waiting for minutes on end to get through an israeli check point ...
it's a bit sick in the head when you see it.
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If I opened it now would you not understand?