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Anti-Israel academic boycotters in panic over NY anti-boycott legislation

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2014 7 Comments

Claim their academic freedom to destroy academic freedom is in jeopardy.

NY State Senate passes anti-academic boycott bill

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 29, 2014 3 Comments

American Studies Association academic boycott chickens are coming home to roost.

“Loud Music” Murder Trial: Discovery Held Hostage, or Media Being Stingy?

Posted by Andrew Branca on January 28, 2014 27 Comments

Last Friday we noted that Circuit Judge Russell Healey, presiding over the trial of Michael Dunn, had denied a defense motion to limit media access to discovery evidence consisting of many hours of recorded phone conversations between Dunn and others while he was in jail...

Phase 2 of the pushback against the anti-Israel academic boycott

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 28, 2014 11 Comments

Ensuring that non-discrimination laws and university rules are enforced.

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Pinkwashing, Redwashing, Greenwashing — the multi-colored world of anti-Israel hate

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 26, 2014 21 Comments

Native American confronts Wesleyan Prof. over denial of Jewish indigenous status in Israel

“RIP, The Professor” Week at College Insurrection

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 25, 2014 18 Comments

RIP, The Professor: TV’s Most Famous Professor Dies at Age 89 Because real life professors could not live up to The Professor: The Loss of Trust in Higher Education Nasty guy: Rural Schools Targeted by Obama Administration during Sequestration Don’t rub it in: Job Prospects...

Canadian PM Harper: Academic boycott part of “mutation of the old disease of anti-Semitism”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 20, 2014 15 Comments

"As once Jewish businesses were boycotted, some civil-society leaders today call for .... the shunning of Israeli academics"

U. Penn students stand up for Israel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 19, 2014 2 Comments

Not staying silent in the face of BDS hate.

Outlook for Ukraine is pretty bleak, no matter who prevails

Posted by edgeofthesandbox on January 18, 2014 26 Comments

You need to understand Ukrainian history to understand Euromaidan and the turmoil in Ukraine

Unsustainability Studies Week at College Insurrection

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 18, 2014 6 Comments

Unsustainable: Scary Chart of the Day Recent Grads Struggle to Find Jobs That Require a Bachelor’s Degree Prediction: How the College Bubble Will Burst Loyola University Trims Deficit by $2 Million Through Faculty Buyouts 2014 Law School Applications Plummet Why Law School Can’t be “Fixed”...