[Peace-discuss] "Salaita & SB 1761: Illinois & US/Israel War-making"

[Carl G. Estabrook]

Good idea. Maybe we could organize it as a weekend conference - presentations and discussions - at Chaning-Murray.

Publishing papers and discussion summaries on the web wouldn’t be too hard.


> On Nov 22, 2015, at 10:44 PM, Karen Medina <kmedina67 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The Channing-Murray Foundation is also a good off campus location.
> -karen medina
> On the board of the channing murray (transparency disclosure)
> 
> On Nov 22, 2015 7:09 PM, "Carl G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net <mailto:peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>> wrote:
> At tonight’s AWARE meeting it was suggested that AWARE organize a forum/teach-in/series-of-talks or something similar on this topic in the spring semester.
> 
> In Illinois, the Israel lobby has apparently been responsible in 2015 for notable violations of academic freedom (the Salaita case) and of university political independence (Illinois SB 1761, in support of Israeli apartheid). The underlying issue - the US/Israeli war-making alliance - as well this political interference by the lobby, should be discussed on this campus.
> 
> If the academic boycott of UIUC is considered to remain in place (as the AAUP sanction does), we could hold the talks at an off-campus location, the YMCA, the IMC, etc.
> 
> Comments welcome. —CGE
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