The Fascist War on Academic Freedom
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George Ciccariello-Maher Resigns: “We are all a single outrage campaign away from having no rights at all.”
Call for Solidarity Actions for Academics for Peace from Turkey
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The new Marriner S. Eccles Institute at University of Utah, and his legacy
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Verso Books Nakba Day Reading List
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Who’s behind the free speech crisis on campus?
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The Specter of Fascism: Hungary’s parliament votes to shut down Central European University
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MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR PURGED ACADEMICS IN TURKEY
{For those coming here looking for a reputable place to make a material contribution to supporting the victims of the re
Seven Ways You Can Support Academics in Turkey
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The Far Right’s New Offensive Against Academia
By Goldie Blumenstyk, George Ciccariello-Maher, an associate professor of politics and global studies at Drexel Un
Fascism in the Academy: Professors Being Watched
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Save the UMass Amherst Labor Center: Sign the Petition!
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UMass-Amherst preparing to abolish Labor Center
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Call for Papers: The Political Economy of University, INC.
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Voices, Not Numbers: Towards a Greater Democracy in Education
By Carl A. Grant In the United States, children’s voices are not sought out. They are most often the “objects of inquiry,
Graduate assistants sue University of Missouri for recognition of union
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Is Economics Responding to Critique?
The October 2015 issue of the Review of Political Economy contains an article by Jamie Morgan, of Leeds Beckett Univers
Jeff Noonan on Ten Theses In Support of Teaching and Against Learning Outcomes
By Jeff Noonan 1. Teaching at the university level is not a practice of communicating or transferring information but a
David Ruccio on business, governance, and the new corporate university
By David Ruccio The “drown the bunnies” scandal at Mount St. Mary’s University has opened a debate about the growing rol
The Criminalization of Dissent at JNU
India’s premier university Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi, is currently in the middle of one of the big