From J Kēhaulani Kauanui: #SupportSalaita URGENT ACTION ALERT: The University of Illinois has just severed their contract of employment with the brilliant, ethical, and prolific Dr. Steven Salaita (a member of NAISA as well) for his political views on Israel, effectively firing him the very month he was to take up a tenured position there. PLEASE BOTH CALL *AND* WRITE the office of Chancellor Wise (217) 333-8819 . WE NEED THESE CALLS AND LETTERS *TODAY* and...IMPORTANT: Please also copy Dr. Robert Warrior, chair of the Department of American Indian Studies (which has supported Salaitas hiring) and the Department itself on your letter: Robert Warrior, [email protected] - American Indian Studies, [email protected]. The department must know that Professor Salaita has support! coreyrobin/2014/08/06/another-professor-punished-for-anti-israel-views/ PLEASE REPOST THIS MSG! Context: Initial coverage of the case: insidehighered/news/2014/08/06/u-illinois-apparently-revokes-job-offer-controversial-scholar This is the first piece about Stevens twitter posts in July that set off a storm of pro-Israeli Zionist protests against him: dailycaller/2014/07/21/university-of-illinois-professor-blames-jews-for-anti-semitism/?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fgoogle%2F
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 16:43:18 +0000
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