A happy result. Howver, in the long run, I expect that academic bodies here and now will live up to the standards of their Weimar predecessors.
On Mon, Jan 6, 2025, 1:55 PM Michael Meeropol via groups.io <mameerop= [email protected]> wrote: > I was at that meeting and was incredibly impressed with --- first the SIZE > of the turnout --- every inch of the room was occupied and there were > people out in the HALL who could not get it --- clearly the membership of > the organization was primed for this. > > SECOND, I feared we would lose ==-= (BOY WAS I WRONG!) --- I feared there > would be too many people who still equate criticizing Israel with > anti-semitism --- and remember this is an ESTABLISHMENT organization --- > > However -- the enormity of the atrocities being committed by Israel > obviously had moved significant numbers of people. The "arguments" > asgainst the resolution were so damn weak --- "You didn't mention Hamas. > You didn't mention the hostages. " Two speakers --- including (sadly) the > incoming President -elect of the AHA --- argued that this resolution would > HARM the AHA and accomplish nothing --- it would give the right wing > ammunitiion that we (the "establishment" among historians) were so "WOKE" > we are "pro-=Hamas" ---- in other words, it's best to "retreat" in advance > so we won't be attacked. > > This had no impact I'm happy to say --- > > Unfortunately, this now has to clear two more hurdles. The governing > council could just refuse to send it out to the membership for a national > vote (there are over 10,000 members) -- we hope they would not dare do that > --- INSTEAD, it is possible that the natioinal membership will be > "persuaded" by the fears expressed by two of the opposition speakers --- > > Hoping that's not the case. > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM Dennis Brasky via groups.io <dmozart1756= > [email protected]> wrote: > >> The American Historical Association, the oldest learned society in the >> United States, has adopted the “Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in >> Gaza,” condemning Israel’s “intentional effort to comprehensively destroy >> the Palestinian education system.” We speak to Sherene Seikaly and Barbara >> Weinstein, two scholars who supported the resolution and helped push for >> the groundbreaking vote. Seikaly, a professor at the University of >> California, Santa Barbara, says, “This moment was one I never thought I >> would experience,” hailing the resolution as an opportunity for historians >> to “narrate our past and imagine our future.” Weinstein, who teaches at New >> York University and previously served as the president of the American >> Historical Association, adds, “Over the years it has become increasingly >> clear that we can’t have a narrow definition of what our roles are as >> historians.” >> https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/6/aha_scholasticide_resolution_gaza >> >> >> >> > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#34425): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/34425 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/110463310/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
