Columbia political science professor & scholar of post-soviet policy Tim Frye speaking out today as the rain fell at Columbia AAUP’s press conference in response to Columbia’s shocking surrender to the Trump administration’s threats to defund.

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Il prete, il filosofo, il linguista, il criminologo: le storie dei 12 accademici che non giurarono fedeltà al fascismo (e gli eventi per ricordarli) - Il Fatto Quotidiano Sono passati novant’anni da quando i docenti universitari italiani furono obbligati al giuramento di fedeltà al fascismo. Tra i 1.225 professori che all’inizio dell’anno accademico 1931-32 vennero inv...

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Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?

"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...

Columbia’s Real Radical Threat Is From the Government American universities have given the country prosperity and security. The Trump administration’s attack on academic freedom endangers all of that.

“The attack on Columbia is a radical threat to scholarly excellence and to America’s leadership in research,” writes Princeton president Christopher L. Eisgruber. “Universities and their leaders should speak up and litigate forcefully”:

US joins Russia to vote against UN resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine | CNN Politics The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy.

Tänään eri puolilla maailmaa on kunnioitettu eri tavoin jo kolme vuotta raakaa hyökkäyssotaa vastaan urheasti puolustautunutta Ukrainaa.

Ja samana päivänä Trumpin Yhdysvallat siirtyy YK:n äänestyksessä häpeällisesti Venäjän tukijaksi.

Vastenmielistä.

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