Noam Chomsky: Palestine/Israel Among Biggest Issues on US Campuses [Other Voices]

By gmschivone December 5, 2011

Here’s Noam Chomsky on the enormously changed landscape on US campuses over the past twenty years surrounding the US/Israel-Palestine conflict. Among the issues discussed is the growing influence of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) groups and the petty isolation of pro-Israel groups on campuses. The following is a raw excerpt from dialogues with prominent…

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‘Defamation of a genius’ and other defenses of our favorite Holocaust denier [Letters]

By David A.M. Wilensky December 5, 2011

I was surprised by the volume of emails I received in response to last week’s article by Gabi P. Remz about Arthur R. Butz. Butz is a professor of electrical engineering at Northwestern University in Chicago. Tenured decades ago, he’s now more well known for his work as a Holocaust denier than his academic areas of expertise, which,…

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