Friday, March 28, 2008
If at first, and second, and third, you don't succeed...Union committee to reconsider Israeli academics boycott
The University and College Union (UCU)'s national executive committee (NEC) has agreed to reconsider a boycott of Israeli academics at its annual congress in May.
An internal motion to discuss the possibility of a boycott of Israeli academics was put to the NEC meeting on March 14.
It notes the "apparent complicity of the Israeli academy" in Israeli government policies towards the Palestinians, and states the UCU should "promote a wide discussion by colleagues of the appropriateness of continued education links with Israeli academic institutions".
According to the Stop the Boycott Coalition (STB) - academics and Jewish and non-Jewish groups who are against a boycott - Tom Hickey, Brighton University academic and Socialist Workers Party activist, put forward the motion, which was seconded by Linda Newman, UCU's president...
More at Engage, here, here, here, and here.
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