Posted on 03/03/2005 12:28:37 AM PST by rmlew
301 Uris Hall, Columbia University , New York (Broadway at 117 th Street )
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Highlights:
Confirmed Additional Speakers :
Edward S. Beck , President, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, Reclaiming Academic Integrity
Donna Divine , Professor, Smith College , The Arab Israeli Conflict: Teaching All Sides Without Taking Sides
Rachel Ehrenfeld , American Center for Democracy, The Promotion of Jihad through the Subversion of Academic Institutions in the U.S.
Rachel Fish , The David Project, Inappropriate Funding Sources for Academic Programs: the United Arab Emirates , Harvard and Columbia
David French , President, FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education)
Nat Hentoff , Columnist, Village Voice
Charles Jacobs , Founder, American Anti-Slavery Group and The David Project, The David Project and Columbia Unbecoming
Efraim Karsh , Harvard/Kings College, London , The Decline of Middle Eastern Studies: A Personal Odyssey
Morton Klein , President, ZOA
Jerry Nadler, Congressman (NY-D)
Martin Peretz, Editor-in-Chief, The New Republic
Deborah Schlussel, Syndicated columnist and attorney, Tax Funded Islamic Terror on Campus: A Case Study from Michigan
Susan Tuchman , Director of the ZOAs Center for Law and Justice
Laurie Zoloth, Northwestern University, An Ethicists View of Campus Politics and the Middle East
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Great line up there. Shall embarrass those who run Columbia U and expose the sham of Mideast studies as it exists at Columbia and many other universities. That are no better and often worse.
That's really, really excellent.
How many people can fit in 301 Uris? Who organized it? Are reporters from the NY Sun and/or other mainstream media invited? How about any East Coast bloggers (I think some of the Winds of Change bloggers are north of the City).
Great line-up. Whoever coordinated this should be congratulated.
I agree that there are some great speakers, but I'm surprised that they all appear to be supporters of Israel and critics of the Columbia program. Not that the Near East studies program doesn't need a house-cleaning to make it a balanced academic department.
On the other hand, maybe this is the only way to get the opposing views into the mix at Columbia these days. I'm vry disappointed with what I've been reading.
Wow what a great lineup!
David French runs a great and much needed organization called FIRE (Foundation For Individual Rights in Education). They are involved in the Columbia mess.
http://www.thefire.org/
They work with David Horowitz's group Student's for Academic Freedom.
Who organized it?
Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, KOLEINU- Columbia Law Students For Israel, and Jewish Business Students Association
Are reporters from the NY Sun and/or other mainstream media invited?
I'm sure that a press release was sent out and that there will be a reporter from the NY Sun.
How about any East Coast bloggers (I think some of the Winds of Change bloggers are north of the City).
I expect that Karol will be there as she helped publicize the event.
It is my understanding that members of MEALAC were invited and refused to speak.
The Leftists will be protesting.
****distribute widely!!!!!****
Campus & Citywide Speakout:
AGAINST RACISM AND THE NEW McCARTHYISM AT COLUMBIA
Organised by: Stop McCarthyism at Columbia (SMAC)
When: Sunday, March 6th -1pm
Where: Columbia Univ., 116th & B'way, sundial located on college walk
For more info: contact_smac@yahoo.com
Join SMAC to defend free speech. Recently, professors at Columbia
University have been the target of a politically motivated
intimidation campaign by right-wing pro-Israel groups like Scholars
for Peace in the Middle East. Now these same groups are hosting a
day-long conference at Columbia with some of the most viciously
racist, anti-Arab propagandists as guest speakers.
These include the likes of Martin Kramer, co-founder of Campus Watch,
a website designed to blacklist academics critical of Israeli and
American policies. Also speaking is Harvard professor, Alan
Dershowitz, who is well-known for advocating torture. Charles Jacobs,
founder of the David Project, will also be there. The Project, which
targets professors sympathetic to Palestinian human rights, is
responsible for funding Columbia Unbecoming, a filmed collection of
unsubstantiated claims against Columbia professors. For full roster,
see http://www3.gsb.columbia.edu/divisions/dro/spme/
This is the new McCarthyism. Already, Professor Rashid Khalidi, has
been fired from his position at an NYC Teacher Training Program for
criticising Israel's occupation and racist stance towards
Palestinians. This is part of a larger national campaign to silence
critics of US and Israeli policies in the Middle East.
Free speech is not intimidation. Dissent is not intimidation.
Threatening professors for exercising their rights, is. It's wrong to
scapegoat Arabs, Muslims, and South Asians. Join us to defend our
professors and speak out against the racist message of this
conference.
Organised by Stop McCarthyism at Columbia (SMAC)
MELAC refused to participate? Probably didn't want to associate with infidel dogs and apes.
I really am embarassed about this department's behaviour and what the administration seems to be doing about it.
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