Comments on: No To Israeli Academic Boycott http://www.onejerusalem.com/2006/05/28/no-to-israeli-academic-boycott/ Israel news, politics, people, pictures, video and much much more .. really! Trust Us .... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:34:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Debbie http://www.onejerusalem.com/2006/05/28/no-to-israeli-academic-boycott/#comment-2489 Debbie Wed, 31 May 2006 07:59:37 +0000 http://www.onejerusalem.com/2006/05/28/no-to-israeli-academic-boycott/#comment-2489 *Sigh* Such a shame some things never change. It was like that when i was ensconced in British academia, and that was nearly twenty years ago. (Ulp!) Judy is absolutely right about the unrepresentative domination of Trots over the membership. Unfortunately it is the tiny yet loud minority who dominate and make their mark. *Sigh*. Again. *Sigh*

Such a shame some things never change. It was like that when i was ensconced in British academia, and that was nearly twenty years ago.

(Ulp!)

Judy is absolutely right about the unrepresentative domination of Trots over the membership. Unfortunately it is the tiny yet loud minority who dominate and make their mark.

*Sigh*. Again.

]]> By: Judy http://www.onejerusalem.com/2006/05/28/no-to-israeli-academic-boycott/#comment-2347 Judy Sun, 28 May 2006 10:48:55 +0000 http://www.onejerusalem.com/2006/05/28/no-to-israeli-academic-boycott/#comment-2347 The letter was not written by the four academics named in the Guardian with the letter <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,,1784175,00.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. It was written by two activists of the anti-occupation group Trotskyist-oriented UK group Engage, and they present it as by "603 anti-occupation academics" on <a>their web site</a>. The union of academics in the UK prestigious universities, AUT, has not ruled out a further boycott initiative. In fact they have passed a policy which allows a boycott to be agreed in response to a "call" from "representative groups" in "occupied territories". The two unions are due to be merged next week. I've covered the back stories <a>here</a> and <a>here</a>. NATFHE has a long standing track record of adopting hard line far left policies and is affiliated to the UK's Palestine Solidarity Campaign. It is dominated by Trotskyist groups who are totally unrepresentative of its membership. The letter was not written by the four academics named in the Guardian with the letter here. It was written by two activists of the anti-occupation group Trotskyist-oriented UK group Engage, and they present it as by “603 anti-occupation academics” on their web site.

The union of academics in the UK prestigious universities, AUT, has not ruled out a further boycott initiative. In fact they have passed a policy which allows a boycott to be agreed in response to a “call” from “representative groups” in “occupied territories”.

The two unions are due to be merged next week.

I’ve covered the back stories here and here.

NATFHE has a long standing track record of adopting hard line far left policies and is affiliated to the UK’s Palestine Solidarity Campaign. It is dominated by Trotskyist groups who are totally unrepresentative of its membership.

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