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Resolution presented to US Social Forum (Atlanta)
Resolution Regarding Academic Freedom at DePaul University
06.15.2007 |
From: "Andrew Riplinger" ariplinger [a.t] mac.com
Date: Jul 2, 2007 12:35 AM
Subject: Resolution Regarding Academic Freedom at DePaul University
For any questions about the following resolution feel free to contact Andrew Riplinger or Annette Ruzicka.
Thank You.
We, the students of DePaul University attending the US Social Forum 2007, declare that DePaul University is in violation of its own mission to guarantee academic freedom and demonstrates disregard for the fundamental values of freedom of speech and social justice.
DePaul University denied tenure to Dr. Norman Finkelstein and Dr. Mehrene Larudee after both were approved with overwhelming support at the faculty and college levels. The administration also silenced the student protests that took place in response. The students conducted a three-day sit-in which the University ended by threatening to arrest and/or expel of those in attendance. This creates an unhealthy environment for the faculty, staff, and students of DePaul University. The University's response to the student protests are flagrant violations of freedom of speech on campus.
Further, Dr. Finkelstein's work is essential to a healthy debate regarding the Israel-Palestine conflict and is a cornerstone of social justice around the world. DePaul University's actions, especially those of President Fr. Dennis Holtschneider and Dean of LA&S Charles Suchar, demonstrate its lack of commitment to academic freedom, freedom of speech, and social justice.
We demand that the decisions to deny Dr. Norman Finkelstein and Dr. Mehrene Larudee be reversed and request an official apology to the students, the faculty, and those involved and affected by the decision.
We ask for the support of other organizations dedicated to academic freedom, freedom of speech, and social justice to join in the fight to protect these values. Please help by consulting www.finkelgate.com and www.normanfinkelstein.com for more information. If you feel strongly that DePaul has acted in violation of these values please contact the University's President at president@depaul.edu.



More articles on tenure denial:
- The Chronicle of Higher Ed: A reliable source (06.04.2007)
- Raul Hilberg:
"I have a sinking feeling about the damage this will do to academic freedom..." (Chicago Tribune, 06.26.2007)
- If the Stairs Do Fit, You Cannot Acquit (Finkelstein comments: "The DePaul administration now alleges that I am a Menace II Society. To prove this allegation, they have...", 07.03.2007)
- More photos from DePaul students (07.03.2007)
- Letter from a student at Harvard Law School (07.03.2007)
- Interesting revelations, interesting speculations (CounterPunch: "Anatomy of a Smear: The Commissar Two-Step at DePaul," 07.02.2007)
- Photos and more from DePaul students "Who is John Simon?..." (07.02.2007)
- Resolution presented to US Social Forum (Atlanta) (07.02.2007)
- "The 'F-Word'- How DePaul Is Terrified Of Anything Finkelstein" (Chicago Indymedia, 06.29.2007)
- A DePaul Faster Speaks (CounterPunch: "Academic Injustices: Fasting for Justice at DePaul," 06.29.2007)
- A Reasoned Statement on Tenure Denial (CounterPunch: ""The Poisoning of Academic Freedom: Strange Calculus at DePaul," 06.28.2007)
- [DePaul students'] FAST UPDATE (06.30.2007)
- Iran on Tenure Denial (06.26.2007)
- Chronicle on DePaul Fast (06.25.2007)
- Dersh again: "Finkelstein's Sexism" (06.25.2007)
- Letter to DePaul President Holtschneider about Student Fast (06.25.2007)
- Al-Hayat on Tenure (06.24.2007)
- The plot thickens (Chicago Sun-Times: "Outwit. Outplay. Outlast. Outtenure?" 06.22.2007)
- Vancouver Jewish Group on Tenure (06.21.2007)
- CounterPunch: "Student Anger at the Denial of Tenure for Two Progressive Professors. Boycotting DePaul" (06.22.2007)
- Video: Aljazeera on tenure (06.21.2007)
- A letter to Father Holtschneider (06.19.2007)
- NBC5 | WMAQ TV, Chicago: "DePaul Students Turn Graduation Into Protest w/ video segment (06.19.2007)
- Counter Punch: Fallout from a Smear: Finkelstein and The Progressive (06.16.2007)
- DePaul Student Statement to Faculty (06.14.2007)
- Harvard Crimson on Tenure Denial (06.17.2007)
- Chicago Sun-Times: "Students ordered to leave chief's area" (06.14.2007)
- Chicago Sun-Times: "DePaul chief may face vote of no confidence" (06.13.2007)
- Students Call for Rally to Defend Academic Freedom (06.13.2007)
- ChicagoPublicRadio.org, Eight Forty Eight: "Dr. Norman Finkelstein joins us to reflect on DePaul University's decision to deny him tenure." (06.12.2007)
- The Jerusalem Post: "US Jewish prof. refused tenure due to Shoah views" (06.11.2007)
- DePaul Students Take a Stand - by Sitting In! (06.12.2007)
- Inside Higher Education on Tenure Denial (06.11.2007)
- The (British) Guardian on Tenure Denial (06.11.2007)
- The New York Times on tenure denial (06.11.2007)
- Anti-Defamation League on tenure denial (06.11.2007)
- Jewish Telegraphic Agency on Tenure Denial (06.11.2007)
- Chicago Sun-Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education News Blog, the Associated Press on tenure denial (06.08.2007)
More articles leading up to the tenure decision:
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What we can do:
On Gaza, West Bank, East Jerusalem & the Occupation:
On the Lobby & "the New anti-Semitism"
On Hezbollah & Hamas:
- The Guardian: Hamas acted on a very real fear of a US-sponsored coup. (06.22.2007)
- Haaretz: Haniyeh: Hamas willing to accept Palestinian state with 1967 borders. (11.09.2008)
- Henry Siegman, International Herald Tribune: Bring in Hamas. (03.04.2008)
- The Washington Post: No Peace Without Hamas. (04.17.2008)
- Al Jazeera English: Talk to Jazeera - Khaled Meshaal. (03.05.2008)
- International Herald Tribune: Bring in Hamas. (03.04.2008)
- "the Hezbollah model"
and "There is this claim that the obstacle [to peace] is that Hamas won't recognize Israel..." (09.30.2006)
"Israel always depended on the fact that its adversaries were stupid, incompetent... and, in fact, they were right... That when they were dealing with a Nasser, he was a blowhard; a Saddam Hussein,
he was a windbag; when they were dealing with Yasser Arafat, he was a hot air ballon.
They were nothing of any substance... [inaudible]... That was Israel's ace in the hole. Now comes along an Arab leader who says we have to use "reason."
It's a very remarkable thing to read. We have to use "reason."
We have to think, plan, organize."
- Hamas: A reasonable statement. (Los Angeles Times, 07.10.2007)
- The Guardian: Hamas condemns the Holocaust. (05.12.2008)
- Salon.com: The "hiding among civilians" myth. (07.28.2006)
- AIPAC v. Norman Finkelstein: A Debate on Israel's Assault on Gaza. (06.29.2006)
- Foreign Policy: Habitat for Hezbollah. (08.2006)
- The Irish Times: Hizbullah rockets cannot be fired from buildings. (07.31.2006)
Finkelstein on Israel:
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Video: On the place of civility
in academic life (10.18.2007)
Finkelstein's talk at the academic freedom conference
Tenure Denial Letters
(June - November, 2007)
On How Actual Survivors Were Cheated by
Jewish Organizations:
- Haaretz: "The Claims Conference intentionally defrauded Holocaust survivors." (09.25.2008)
- Ynet: Where did the Shoah money go? (12.11.2006)
'First Class flights around the world, accommodation at deluxe hotels, dining at fancy restaurants and a series of credit cards, this is how the Claims Conference, which deals with restitution of stolen Jewish property from the Holocaust, operates.'
- Haaretz: Survivors' protest makes foreign journalists gasp, security vanish (08.06.2007)
"I want the Germans to know where the money they gave Israel went," he said angrily. "I want the Germans to know that Israel took the money we should have received. I want them to answer one question: Where did our money go?"
- AP: Holocaust survivors blast $20 stipend (07.31.2007)
'Survivors have long claimed that European countries treat them far better than Israel, where many elderly survivors live in poverty.'
- Jewish Week: Holocaust Cash Went To Shadowy Pal Of Ousted WJC Leader (05.04.2007)
'Israeli finance minister, now being probed for corruption, urged death camp tour group to hire little-known N.Y. consultant; Singer friend Curtis Hoxter can't explain what he did for $709,000.'
- Jewish Week: "Survivors Balking At Lawyer's Fee" (03.02.2006)
- Shocking revelation in the London Jewish Chronicle. ("The man on the left earns $437,811 a year handling Shoah claims. So why are so many survivors pleading poverty?"; 05.30.2006)
- Survivors Protest Holocaust Industry Shakedown (08.29.2000)
- Finkelstein: Will The Holocaust Industry Incite Anti-Semitism? (08.11.2000)
- Finkelstein: Lessons of Holocaust Compensation (2001)
Finkelstein on Jimmy Carter:
Israeli civil libertarian's introduction to German edition of Beyond Chutzpah. (03.27.2006)
Communication for Middle East Journal. (02.19.2006)
Alleged Errors in Beyond Chutzpah. (2005)
MEMRI NAZIS (again) (10.23.2006)

New evidence of old lies (2005)
Under the heading DIABOLICAL PLOTS, I stated in Beyond Chutzpah...



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