> On Apr 5, 2024, at 10:53 AM, Dennis Brasky <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> We have both taught at N.Y.U. for over a decade and believe we are in a
> moment of unparalleled repression. Over the past six months, since the start
> of Israel’s war on Gaza, we have seen the university administration fail to
> adequately protect dissent on campus, actively squelching it instead. We
> believe what we are witnessing in response to student, staff and faculty
> opposition to the war violates the very foundations of academic freedom.
> https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/05/opinion/free-speech-academic-freedom.html
Once we challenge powerful interests, we eventually have to fight for our
rights to speech and assembly. I think that's a lesson of the US International
Labor Defense. Today, the fight also uses information warfare, according to
the article: "Outside funding has poured into horrifying doxxing and harassment
campaigns. Pro-Israel surveillance groups like Canary Mission and CAMERA
relentlessly target individuals and groups deemed antisemitic or critical to
Israel. Ominous threats follow faculty and students for just expressing their
opinions or living out their values."
Information warfare, both personal and organizational, is a new front in
political struggle, the Internet front, which is designed for massive
surveillance, both governmental and non-governmental. Activists need digital
strategies for the Internet:
https://cryptpad.fr/file/#/2/file/kkwQR+HZt-zAl1kCyT-bpzOA/
Mark
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