After I was scheduled to give keynote speech at an upcoming @GeorgiaSouthern conference, organizers said I must comply w/ Georgia’s anti-BDS law & sign a contractual pledge to not boycott Israel. I refused & my talk was canceled. The event fell apart after colleagues supported me
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@nolan_higdon &@Mythinfo of@ProjectCensored discuss how these selective, politicized narratives about free speech lead to bi-partisan attacks on First Amendment protections & support for censorship against critiques of empire.http://bit.ly/36JRFHQShow this thread -
This censorship of my talk based on forced compliance to anti-BDS laws in Georgia is just one level of a nationwide campaign to protect Israel from grassroots pressure. We must stand firmly opposed to these efforts and not cower in fear to these blatant violations of free speech.pic.twitter.com/Saj5IPY4sl
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Free speech movements and Academic freedom movements are reawakening. These movements against having our 1A rights trampled on by authoritarianism are as critical today as 50 years ago. BDS Israel, the apartheid, occupying state.pic.twitter.com/wNXr2q1r00
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