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Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 16:12:44 -0800
From: Academic Freedom <academicfreedomnow@hotmail.com
To: academicfreedomnow@hotmail.com
Subject: Academic Freedom Statement

The following statement in defense of academic freedom is being
circulated by concerned faculty members. If you would like to endorse
the statement, please send your name, academic position and
affiliation, and contact information to
academicfreedomnow@hotmail.com.
Non-academic endorsers are also welcome.

We hope to publish the statement as a full page ad in the New York
Times and possibly other media outlets with the names of hundreds or
thousands of endorsers. The cost will be many thousands of dollars. If
you would like to make a contribution towards the cost of publishing
the statement, please send a check to:

Center for Economic Research and Social Change
P.O. Box 258082
Chicago, IL 60625

Mark your check "Academic Freedom Ad".

Please contact the email address above if you have any questions or
comments.
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To fellow teachers and staff members:

In the crisis precipitated by the terrible events of September 11,
members of academic communities across the U.S. have participated in
teach-ins, colloquia, demonstrations, and other events aimed at
developing an informed critical understanding of what happened and
why. Now that the U.S. is waging war in Afghanistan, such acitivites
are continuing.

Unfortunately, some participants in these events have been threatened
and attacked for speaking out. Trustees of the City University of New
York are planning formal denunciations of faculty members who
criticized U.S. foreign policy at a teach-in during the first week in
October. There have been similar efforts to silence criticism and
dissent at the University of Texas at Austin, MIT, the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Massachusetts at
Amherst, and elsewhere. AAUP director of public policy Ruth Flower
told the Boston Globe on October 6, "We're watching these developments
with a lot of concern."

Attacks on faculty who have questioned or dissented from the Bush
administration's current war policy have coincided with other ominous
developments. Colleges and universities are being pressured by
agencies of the federal government to hand over confidential
information from studentfiles. And there are moves in Congress to
limit visas for students from abroad.

We call on all members of the the academic community to speak out
strongly in defense of academic freedom and civil liberties, not just as
an abstract principle but as a practical necessity. At a moment such as
this we must make sure that all informed voices-especially those that
are critical and dissenting-are heard.

Anatole Anton
Professor of Philosophy, San Francisco State University

Dana Cloud
Associate Professor of Communication, University of Texas at Austin

Donna Flayhan
Assistant Professor of Communication & Media Studies, Goucher
College

Phil Gasper
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Notre Dame de Namur University

Richard Gibson
Associate Professor of Social Studies, San Diego State University

William Keach
Professor of English, Brown University

Tom Lewis
Professor of Spanish, University of Iowa

Edward Said
University Professor, Columbia University
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Patrick G. Coy, Ph.D.
Center for Applied Conflict Management (CACM)
Kent State University
Box 5190
Kent, OH 44242 CACM web site: http://www.kent.edu/cacm
Email:pcoy@kent.edu
Phone: (330) 672-2875 "Research in Social Movements,