Go to it, Alison!
And the matters referred to in this, and in the other Guardian article you
reproduced on civilian casualties in Afghanistan under this same thread, are
exactly the kind of thing that people like myself (and I suspect Lawrence)
are so concerned about, and the bludgeoning into silence of which by some
American writers provokes such a reaction.
Best
Dave
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alison Croggon" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: Hypocrisies
> Another disturbing swallow...
>
> A
>
> At 1:20 PM +0000 20/12/2001, Guardian Unlimited wrote:
> >Today, Duncan Campbell in Los Angeles says course funds are threatened
> >and professors denounced and suspended for organising teach-ins on
> >the war and voicing criticism of American foreign policy.
> >
> >The universities of the United States often become the battlegrounds
> >on which ideological and political wars are waged so it should be no
> >surprise that there have been some metaphorical skirmishes taking
> >place on campuses over the last three months.
> >
> >What is interesting is that it is the academics rather than the
> >students that are getting involved more publicly in the dust-ups.
> >
> >Liberal academics who have organised teach-ins on the war, voiced
> >opposition or criticised American foreign policy, claim that they
> >have been identified as unpatriotic and that funding of their courses
> >is now at risk.
> >
> >They blame the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), the
> >conservative watchdog group founded by Lynne Cheney, wife of the
> >vice-president, and Senator Joe Lieberman, for targeting them.
> >
> >* Read on here
>
>http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,621053,00.html
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