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Steven Salaita speaks next week, Oct 6-10 at <b><i>five</i></b>
Chicago-area campuses.<br>
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And, whether you're in Chicago or not, there are actions you can
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<div class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Burton
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Date: Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 8:16 PM<br>
Subject: [JVP-Chgo-Events] Purged U of I Prof Steven Salaita
Talks About Palestine & Consorship<br>
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<span
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style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span style="font-family:'courier
new',courier,'lucida
sans
typewriter','lucida
typewriter',monospace"><strong>Purged U of I Professor</strong></span></span><br>
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<span
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style="color:rgb(128,0,128)"><span style="font-family:'courier
new',courier,'lucida
sans
typewriter','lucida
typewriter',monospace"><strong>Steven Salaita</strong></span></span></span><br>
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<span
style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span
style="font-family:'courier
new',courier,'lucida
sans
typewriter','lucida
typewriter',monospace"><strong>Speaks Out on Palestine<br>
<br>
and Academic
Censorship</strong></span></span></span>
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<div
style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><span
style="color:rgb(128,0,128)"><em>The<span> </span><a
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style="color:rgb(51,102,153);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline"
target="_blank">Gay Liberation Network</a><span> </span>and the Students
for Justice in
Palestine
chapters at
Northwestern
University,
University of
Chicago,
Columbia
College,
DePaul
University and
the University
of Illinois -
Chicago are
proud
organizers of
an Oct. 6-10
speaking tour
by Professor
Salaita</em></span></div>
<div
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<span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span
style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-size:18px"><strong>During the
recent Israeli
slaughter of
over 2000
people in
Gaza,
Professor
Steven Salaita
bravely spoke
out against
this barbaric
assault and in
defense of
Palestine.</strong></span><br>
<br>
For this, the
University of
Illinois Board
of Trustees
purged him
from his
tenured
position, in
direct
violation of
basic norms of
academic
freedom.<br>
<br>
<strong>Now
Professor
Salaita is
going on the
offensive –
against
academic
censorship,
and against
the continuing
colonial
domination of
the
Palestinian
people that
this
censorship
covers for.</strong><br>
<br>
Join us as
Steven Salaita
speaks at five
Chicago area
campuses ––</span></span><br>
<br>
<span
style="font-size:14px"><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,205)"><strong>** Monday, October 6 – Northwestern
University's
Evanston
campus</strong></span></span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:12px">, 5 PM, Harris
Hall, Room 107
(Harris Hall
is the
building
nearest to the
northeast<span> </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12px"><span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">corner of
Sheridan Road
and Chicago
Avenue).</span><br>
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<span
style="font-size:14px"><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,205)"><strong>** Tuesday, October 7 – University of
Illinois at
Chicago,</strong></span></span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span> </span>1 PM at the Student Center East,
750 S. Halsted
Street, Room
605.</span><br>
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<span
style="color:rgb(0,0,205)"><span
style="font-size:14px"><strong>** Tuesday, October 7 – University of
Chicago</strong></span></span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">, 5:30 PM at the International House, Home
Room, 1414 E.
59th Street.
With remarks
by grassroots
West Bank
activist </span></span></span></span><a
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target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128)"><span
style="font-size:12px"><span
dir="auto"><strong>Bassem
al-Tamimi</strong></span></span></span></a><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:12px"><span dir="auto"><span> </span>and<span> </span></span></span></span><span><span
style="font-size:12px"><span><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128)"><strong>Ali
Abunimah</strong></span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span> </span>of<span> </span><a
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style="color:rgb(51,102,153);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline"
target="_blank">Electronic Intifada</a>.</span><br>
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<span
style="font-size:14px"><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,205)"><strong>** Wednesday, October 8 – Columbia
College</strong></span></span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">, 7 PM, 600 S. Michigan Ave, Room 101, Ferguson
Lecture Hall.
Joining Prof.
Salaita will
be Professors</span><strong><span
style="color:rgb(128,0,128)">Iymen Chehade</span></strong><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span> </span>and<span> </span></span><span
style="color:rgb(128,0,128)"><strong>Dr. Peter Kirstein</strong></span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">!</span><br>
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<span
style="color:rgb(0,0,205)"><span
style="font-size:14px"><strong>** Thursday, October 9 – DePaul
University</strong></span></span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">, 4 PM (location TBA).</span><br>
<br>
<span
style="color:rgb(0,0,205)"><span
style="font-size:14px"><strong>** Friday, October 10 – The Gay
Liberation
Network's
program on
Chicago Access
Network TV</strong></span></span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">, 6:30 PM on Cable Channel 21 in Chicago.</span><br>
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<span
style="color:rgb(128,0,128)"><span
style="font-size:14px"><em><strong>Besides participating in one or more
of these
events, here's
what you can
do:</strong></em></span></span><br>
<br>
<span
style="font-size:14px"><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><strong>1) Please<span> </span><a
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href="http://gayliberation.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a4d038c385dabf3766e60e87d&id=142d7ce347&e=94f6702570"
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target="_blank">sign the petition</a></strong><span> </span>to reinstate
Professor
Salaita, and
share it
widely!</span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<span
style="font-size:14px"><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><strong>2) Please join<span> </span><a
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href="http://gayliberation.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=a4d038c385dabf3766e60e87d&id=5fcf250fb9&e=94f6702570"
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target="_blank">the Facebook event</a></strong><span> </span>for the
tour, invite
others, and
share it
widely!<br>
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<strong>3)<span> </span></strong></span></span><span><span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:14px"><strong>Help us
give Steven an
honorarium</strong><span> </span>worthy
of the
academic
courage that
he has shown
in his defense
of Palestine.</span><br>
To donate via
PayPal, go to<span> </span></span><a
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href="http://gayliberation.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a4d038c385dabf3766e60e87d&id=022e2f4859&e=94f6702570"
rel="nofollow
nofollow"
style="color:rgb(51,102,153);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline"
target="_blank"><span>http://gayliberation.net/</span>donate.htm<span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">l</span></a><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">, click the PayPal link at the bottom of the
text, type
"Steven
Salaita" where
it says "Enter
description,"
and then
choose the
amount of your
donation. To
donate by
check, make
your check
payable to
"GLN," write
"Steve
Salaita" in
the memo
section, and
mail it to
GLN, P O Box
409204,
Chicago, IL
60640.</span></span></span><br>
<br>
<span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Besides
the tour
organizers<span><font
color="#830040"> </font></span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gayliberation.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a4d038c385dabf3766e60e87d&id=be8f3457a8&e=94f6702570"
style="font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><strong><font
color="#830040">Gay Liberation Network</font></strong></a><span><font
color="#830040"> </font></span>and
the</span><span
style="color:rgb(128,0,128)"><strong>Students for Justice in Palestine</strong></span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span> </span>chapters at five area campuses,
the tour
and/or
individual
events are
co-sponsored
by the<span> </span><strong>8th
Day Center for
Justice,
American
Muslims for
Palestine,
Anti-War
Committee,
American Arab
Anti-Discrimination
Committee,
Asian American
Studies
Program at the
University of
Illinois -
Chicago,
Chicago Area
CodePINK,
Chicago Area
Peace Action,
Chicago
Democratic
Socialists of
America,
Committee for
a Just Peace
in Israel and
Palestine,
Department of
African
American
Studies at the
University of
Illinois -
Chicago,
Department of
English at the
University of
Illinois -
Chicago,
Evanston
Neighbors for
Peace, Gender
and Women's
Studies
Program at the
University of
Illinois -
Chicago,
Haymarket
Books,
Institute for
Research on
Race and
Public Policy
at the
University of
Illinois -
Chicago,
International
Socialist
Organization,
International
Studies at the
University of
Illinois -
Chicago, <span
style="font-size:16px"><font color="#830040">Jewish Voice for Peace -
Chicago</font></span>,
La Voz de los
de Abajo,
Latin American
and Latino
Studies
Program at the
University of
Illinois -
Chicago, March
19th Anti-War
Coalition,
Moratorium on
Deportations
Campaign, Near
West Citizens
for Peace and
Justice,
Northwest
Indiana
Veterans For
Peace,
Palestine
Solidarity
Group -
Chicago,
Palestine
Solidarity
Legal Support,
School of Art
and Art
History at the
University of
Illinois -
Chicago, U.S.
Palestinian
Community
Network, UIC
Social Justice
Initiative</strong>,
and<span> </span><strong>World
Can't Wait
Chicago</strong>.<br>
<br>
<span><span
style="font-size:12px"><span>We
invite other
organizations
to co-sponsor
Steven's tour.
For more
information,
email <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:LGBTliberation@aol.com" target="_blank">LGBTliberation@aol.com</a></span></span></span></span></div>
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