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Open Letter: the threat of academic authoritarianism – international solidarity with antiracist academics in France

In response to attacks on academic freedom against French educators working on race and decolonial issues, I drafted an open letter along with my friend and colleague Gavan Titley, and with the help of Professor Philippe Marliere, signed by over 500 people, and published in Open Democracy. A French version,…

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I Stand with Roz Ward & Houria Bouteldja

Roz Ward, academic and co-founder of the Safe Schools Programme has been suspended from her post by La Trobe University. She called the Australian flag racist in a private Facebook post. Welcome to academia 2016. Of course, for many Muslim people accused of ‘terrorism’ for their social media activity, or…

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The fight-back begins

As the Con Dem government in the UK bring in draconian cuts to public services including slashing the higher education budget by 80%, cutting funding to the arts and humanities by 100% and increasing student fees to £9,000 a year, students as young as 13 are fighting back. A third…

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Alana Lentin