[Marxism] Fwd: UCSB forum on academic freedom re-scheduled for May 21

["Cesar \"El Che\" Rodriguez" <elche48@xxxxxxxxx>]

I know not everyone can make it, but if you can distribute this to  
folks who are in the Southern California area, that would be great.

in solidarity.

che

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> From: Committee to Defend Academic Freedom at UCSB <CDAF.UCSB@xxxxxxxxx 
> >
> Date: May 6, 2009 9:07:41 PM PDT
> To: Committee to Defend Academic Freedom at UCSB <cdaf.ucsb@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: UCSB forum on academic freedom re-scheduled for May 21
> Reply-To: CDAF-UCSB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> UCSB forum on academic freedom re-scheduled for May 21
>
> Larger venue needed to accommodate growing public interest
>
> Contact: Daniel Olmos, (818) 468-8894, olmos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>               Alba Peña-Leon, (626) 665-9212, alba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- A May 7 forum on academic freedom at the  
> University of California at Santa Barbara has been re-scheduled for  
> May 21 to accommodate a larger audience than originally anticipated.
>
> Broad media coverage of the charges of anti-Semitism against UCSB  
> sociology professor William I. Robinson has generated more public  
> interest in the event, prompting the Committee to Defend Academic  
> Freedom (CDAF) to look for a larger venue, said CDAF co-founder and  
> media coordinator Yousef Baker.
>
> “We’re expecting a lot of people, so we changed the location to a  
> bigger auditorium on campus,” Baker said.
>
> The forum is sponsored by CDAF, which UCSB students formed in April  
> after the university’s Academic Senate decided to open a formal  
> investigation against Robinson.
>
> The sociology professor introduced materials critical of Israeli  
> state policies in a course on globalization in January. They  
> included a photo essay that he forwarded to students from the  
> Internet and that had been circulating in the public realm. The  
> photos compared images of Israeli abuse against Palestinians during  
> the recent military invasion of Gaza with Nazi abuses during the  
> holocaust. Two students took offense at the images and withdrew from  
> the course, prompting the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to demand  
> that the university investigate Robinson for “anti-Semitism.”
>
> A three-member panel of scholars will address the forum, Baker said.
>
> UCSB Law and Society Program professor Lisa Hajjar will discuss the  
> principles and practices of academic freedom and the university’s  
> obligation to them.
>
> Richard Falk, the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in the  
> Palestinian territories and a visiting scholar on global studies at  
> UCSB, will talk about Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the  
> importance of academic freedom to ensure an open and free dialogue  
> about the issue.
>
> UCSB associate professor of sociology Geoff Raymond will discuss the  
> Robinson case specifically and the irregularities committed by  
> university officials handling charges against the professor.
>
> A question and answer period will follow the presentations by  
> panelists.
>
> The forum is free and open to the public. It runs from 7 to 9 p.m.  
> on the UCSB campus at Embarcadero Hall located at 935 Embarcadero  
> del Norte.
>
> For detailed information about the Robinson case, visit CDAF’s  
> online blog at www.sb4af.wordpress.com.
>
> For media inquiries about the forum, call Daniel Olmos at (818)  
> 468-8894 or Alba Peña-Leon at (626) 665-9212.
>
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