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AMS Opposes Academic Boycotts Misc

By Vanes63
Posted Sat May 14, 2005 at 04:11:18 AM PDT
Just thought I'd relay the message:

"At a recent meeting of the British Association of University Teachers, delegates approved a resolution to boycott two universities in Israel. The AMS is opposed to academic boycotts, and at its January 2003 meeting, the Council endorsed a statement of opposition from the National Academy of Sciences. A more recent statement from the American Association of University Professors reflects this opposition as well. [Item posted May 12, 2005]" can be found here

Statement of Opposition from AMS here

Statement of Opposition from the American Association of University Professors here

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by overconvergent on Fri May 20, 2005 at 09:17:40 AM PDT

I am somewhat embarrassed to have my union doing stupid things like this. The local branches of the union have been debating whether to reverse the decision; this seems quite likely to happen.



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Academic Boycotts are...
pointless, no one listens
non-violence efforts are the best way to make people listen
one of many ways to lose your job...
let's boycott AMS's boycott!
a way of trying to settle a problem that can be dealt with in another way
not the best way to go, petitions so farther
everyone knows that chain-mail messages get more people involved...
other

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