[Peace-discuss] Fw: Norman Finkelstein denied tenure (web site for letters of support)

[Stuart Levy]

On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 07:15:48AM -0500, Lisa Chason wrote:
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> From: Ephraim Nimni [mailto:e.nimni at googlemail.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 4:50 PM
> To: Recipient list suppressed:
> Subject: Fwd: Re: Norman Finkelstein denied tenure
> 
> Apologies for cross postings. Please circulate
> 
> From: Marcy Newman [ mailto:marcynewman at gmail.com
> <mailto:marcynewman at gmail.com> ]
> Sent: Sat 07/04/2007 09:55
> To: Marcy Newman
> Subject: 2 days to sign Norman Finkestein Tenure Solidarity Letter
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> Attached please find the final version of the letter to DePaul University
> asking the President and Provost to challenge the Dean's decision to
> overturn the faculty's decision to grant Dr. Norman Finkelstein tenure.
> Below you will find an article from The Chronicle of Higher Education which
> explains some of the background on this situation.
> 
> Supporting Dr. Finkelstein is important given that the Dean's decision is
> basically attacking him for the anti-Zionist scholarship he's done. Dr.
> Finkelstein is just the latest in a line of post-9/11 casualties including
> Ward Churchill, Joseph Massad, and Sami Al Arian to name a few. It is
> important that we support Finkelstein's academic freedom. 
> 
> Please sign the attached letter by sending me a private email with your name
> and affiliation in the next two days. I will be faxing this letter to DePaul
> on Monday. Please also feel free to forward this widely to help gather more
> signatures for this campaign. 
> 
> Best,
> Marcy Newman


I just sent a letter to Marcy Newman and got a prompt reply.
They've already sent the letter to DePaul, so there's no need to
"sign" it by e-mail to her as suggested above, but they do have
a web site,
   http://normanfinkelstein.wordpress.com/
which welcomes letters of support.  Here's her note:

> Dear Supporters of Norman Finkelstein,
> 
> Our letter has now been sent to the Provost and President of DePaul 
> University. We appreciate your support. However, the fight is not yet 
> over. Please do continue to show your support by writing a comment or 
> signing your name (and institutional affiliation if applicable) at the 
> bottom of our website (link below). You may also continue to check back 
> with us for news and updates via the links on the right-hand side of 
> this website. Please feel free to contact us or the DePaul University 
> student group via the email links on the right-hand side of this website 
> if you have any questions or ideas about how to support us.
> Thank you for your support!
> 
> In solidarity,
> Marcy
> http://normanfinkelstein.wordpress.com/
> 
> **************************************
> Dr. Marcy Newman
> Visiting Professor
> Center for American Studies and Research
> American University of Beirut
> College Hall, Room 452
> PO Box 11-0236
> Riad El Solh
> Beirut 1107 2020 Lebanon
> 
> email: mn48 at aub.edu.lb or
> marcynewman at gmail.com
> phone: +961.70.977.812
> web: http://www.marcynewman.org