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| Palestine Action ban is an attack on fundamental freedoms | Palestine Action ban is an attack on fundamental freedoms |
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| A letter from 52 scholars including Tariq Ali, Judith Butler, Angela Davis, Naomi Klein and Avi Shlaim | |
| News report: Leading global scholars sign letter urging UK to end Palestine Action ban | News report: Leading global scholars sign letter urging UK to end Palestine Action ban |
| As scholars dedicated to questions of justice and ethics, we believe that Yvette Cooper’s recent proscription of Palestine Action represents an attack both on the entire pro-Palestine movement and on fundamental freedoms of expression, association, assembly and protest. We deplore the repressive consequences that this ban has already had, and are especially concerned about the likely impact of Cooper’s ban on universities across the UK and beyond. | |
| We therefore applaud the growing campaign of collective defiance that aims to overturn the ban. We commend the courageous stand taken by Defend Our Juries, and the exemplary recent motion adopted by Derry City and Strabane district council that “supports all those who have protested the ban on Palestine Action and calls for charges against them to be immediately dropped”. | |
| In alliance with thousands of trade unionists, teachers and students throughout the UK and abroad, we affirm our own solidarity with all those who are campaigning against the proscription. We fully share the aim of ending the flow of weapons from Britain to Israel and the belief that all participants in the pro-Palestine movement should be free to make our own decisions about how best to achieve that goal. We remind the UK government that its own most urgent priorities should already be determined by its binding obligation “to prevent and to punish” genocide. | In alliance with thousands of trade unionists, teachers and students throughout the UK and abroad, we affirm our own solidarity with all those who are campaigning against the proscription. We fully share the aim of ending the flow of weapons from Britain to Israel and the belief that all participants in the pro-Palestine movement should be free to make our own decisions about how best to achieve that goal. We remind the UK government that its own most urgent priorities should already be determined by its binding obligation “to prevent and to punish” genocide. |
| As the organisers of massive national demonstrations face prosecution, as hundreds of people again risk arrest by joining street protests on 9 August, and as students and teachers prepare for the start of another turbulent academic year, we express our full solidarity with those mobilising on their campuses or in their workplaces and communities to put an immediate stop to the escalating genocide and to end all UK complicity with Israel’s crimes.Gilbert Achcar Emeritus professor of development studies and international relations, Soas University of LondonAnne Alexander Senior research associate, Cambridge Digital Humanities, University of CambridgeTariq Ali Writer and historianSandra Babcock Clinical professor of law, Cornell Law SchoolÉtienne Balibar Professor emeritus of philosophy, University of Paris X, NanterreChetan Bhatt Anthony Giddens professor of social theory, London School of EconomicsWendy Brown UPS Foundation chair, school of social science, Institute for Advanced Study, PrincetonSusan Buck-Morss Distinguished professor, CUNY Graduate CentreJudith Butler Distinguished professor in the graduate school, department of comparative literature, University of California, BerkeleyAlex Callinicos Emeritus professor of European studies, King’s College LondonJohn Chalcraft Professor of Middle East history and politics, London School of EconomicsEmilios Christodoulidis Chair of jurisprudence, University of GlasgowRebecca Comay Professor of philosophy and comparative literature, University of TorontoAngela Davis Distinguished professor emerita, University of California, Santa CruzAlex de Waal Executive director, World Peace FoundationJodi Dean Professor of politics, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New YorkElsa Dorlin Professor of contemporary political philosophy, Université Toulouse Jean JaurèsJennifer Doyle Professor of English, University of California, RiversideHaidar Eid Associate professor of postcolonial literature, Al-Aqsa University, Gaza, PalestineRoberto Esposito Professor of philosophy, Scuola Normale Superiore, PisaJohn Bellamy Foster Professor emeritus, sociology, University of OregonVerónica Gago Professor of social sciences, University of Buenos AiresNeve Gordon Professor of international law, Queen Mary University of LondonGreg Grandin Peter V and C Vann Woodward professor of history, Yale UniversityPenny Green Professor of law and globalisation, Queen Mary University of LondonPeter Hallward Professor of modern European philosophy, Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy, Kingston UniversityMichael Hardt Professor of literature, Duke UniversityRobin DG Kelley Professor of history, University of California, Los AngelesRashid Khalidi Edward Said professor emeritus of modern Arab studies, Columbia UniversityNaomi Klein Associate professor of climate justice, University of British ColumbiaElena Loizidou Professor in law and political theory, Birkbeck, University of LondonFrédéric Lordon Research director, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, FranceTracy McNulty Professor of comparative literature and Romance studies, Cornell UniversityAngela McRobbie Professor emeritus, Goldsmiths, University of LondonSandro Mezzadra Professor of political theory, University of BolognaChina Miéville SalvageAbdaljawad Omar Assistant professor of philosophy and cultural studies, Birzeit University, PalestineIlan Pappé Professor of history and Middle Eastern studies, and director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies, University of ExeterPaul Patton Emeritus professor of philosophy, University of New South WalesBruce Robbins Old Dominion Foundation professor in the humanities, Columbia UniversityWilliam I Robinson Distinguished professor of sociology, University of California, Santa BarbaraJacqueline Rose Professor of humanities and co-director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, University of LondonLynne Segal Professor emerita of psychosocial studies, Birkbeck, University of LondonAvi Shlaim Emeritus professor of international relations, St Antony’s College, OxfordNikhil Pal Singh Chair, department of social and cultural analysis, New York UniversityElettra Stimilli Professor of philosophy, Sapienza Università di RomaRei Terada Professor emerita of comparative literature, University of California, IrvineEnzo Traverso Professor in the humanities, Cornell UniversityFrançoise Vergès Senior research fellow, Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism and Racialisation, University College LondonMara Viveros Vigoya Professor in the faculty of human sciences at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and Simón Bolívar professor, University of Cambridge, 2024-25Eyal Weizman Founding director of Forensic Architecture and professor of spatial and visual cultures, Goldsmiths, University of LondonJessica Whyte Scientia associate professor of philosophy, University of New South Wales | As the organisers of massive national demonstrations face prosecution, as hundreds of people again risk arrest by joining street protests on 9 August, and as students and teachers prepare for the start of another turbulent academic year, we express our full solidarity with those mobilising on their campuses or in their workplaces and communities to put an immediate stop to the escalating genocide and to end all UK complicity with Israel’s crimes.Gilbert Achcar Emeritus professor of development studies and international relations, Soas University of LondonAnne Alexander Senior research associate, Cambridge Digital Humanities, University of CambridgeTariq Ali Writer and historianSandra Babcock Clinical professor of law, Cornell Law SchoolÉtienne Balibar Professor emeritus of philosophy, University of Paris X, NanterreChetan Bhatt Anthony Giddens professor of social theory, London School of EconomicsWendy Brown UPS Foundation chair, school of social science, Institute for Advanced Study, PrincetonSusan Buck-Morss Distinguished professor, CUNY Graduate CentreJudith Butler Distinguished professor in the graduate school, department of comparative literature, University of California, BerkeleyAlex Callinicos Emeritus professor of European studies, King’s College LondonJohn Chalcraft Professor of Middle East history and politics, London School of EconomicsEmilios Christodoulidis Chair of jurisprudence, University of GlasgowRebecca Comay Professor of philosophy and comparative literature, University of TorontoAngela Davis Distinguished professor emerita, University of California, Santa CruzAlex de Waal Executive director, World Peace FoundationJodi Dean Professor of politics, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New YorkElsa Dorlin Professor of contemporary political philosophy, Université Toulouse Jean JaurèsJennifer Doyle Professor of English, University of California, RiversideHaidar Eid Associate professor of postcolonial literature, Al-Aqsa University, Gaza, PalestineRoberto Esposito Professor of philosophy, Scuola Normale Superiore, PisaJohn Bellamy Foster Professor emeritus, sociology, University of OregonVerónica Gago Professor of social sciences, University of Buenos AiresNeve Gordon Professor of international law, Queen Mary University of LondonGreg Grandin Peter V and C Vann Woodward professor of history, Yale UniversityPenny Green Professor of law and globalisation, Queen Mary University of LondonPeter Hallward Professor of modern European philosophy, Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy, Kingston UniversityMichael Hardt Professor of literature, Duke UniversityRobin DG Kelley Professor of history, University of California, Los AngelesRashid Khalidi Edward Said professor emeritus of modern Arab studies, Columbia UniversityNaomi Klein Associate professor of climate justice, University of British ColumbiaElena Loizidou Professor in law and political theory, Birkbeck, University of LondonFrédéric Lordon Research director, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, FranceTracy McNulty Professor of comparative literature and Romance studies, Cornell UniversityAngela McRobbie Professor emeritus, Goldsmiths, University of LondonSandro Mezzadra Professor of political theory, University of BolognaChina Miéville SalvageAbdaljawad Omar Assistant professor of philosophy and cultural studies, Birzeit University, PalestineIlan Pappé Professor of history and Middle Eastern studies, and director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies, University of ExeterPaul Patton Emeritus professor of philosophy, University of New South WalesBruce Robbins Old Dominion Foundation professor in the humanities, Columbia UniversityWilliam I Robinson Distinguished professor of sociology, University of California, Santa BarbaraJacqueline Rose Professor of humanities and co-director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, University of LondonLynne Segal Professor emerita of psychosocial studies, Birkbeck, University of LondonAvi Shlaim Emeritus professor of international relations, St Antony’s College, OxfordNikhil Pal Singh Chair, department of social and cultural analysis, New York UniversityElettra Stimilli Professor of philosophy, Sapienza Università di RomaRei Terada Professor emerita of comparative literature, University of California, IrvineEnzo Traverso Professor in the humanities, Cornell UniversityFrançoise Vergès Senior research fellow, Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism and Racialisation, University College LondonMara Viveros Vigoya Professor in the faculty of human sciences at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and Simón Bolívar professor, University of Cambridge, 2024-25Eyal Weizman Founding director of Forensic Architecture and professor of spatial and visual cultures, Goldsmiths, University of LondonJessica Whyte Scientia associate professor of philosophy, University of New South Wales |
| News report: Leading global scholars sign letter urging UK to end Palestine Action ban | News report: Leading global scholars sign letter urging UK to end Palestine Action ban |
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