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Sami Al-Arian at Berkeley Palestinian Solidarity Conference

by Labor Video Project + SF-IMC (lvpsf [at] labornet.org)

Tue, Feb 19, 2002 4:27AM

At a conference at UC Berkeley on 2/16, Prof. Sami Al-Arian called for solidarity with the Palestinian struggle against the occupation, and spoke out against the repressive, discriminatory tactics of the "J. Edgar Ashcroft" regime. 20 minute MP3.

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Dr. Sami Al-Arian, a Professor of Computer Science and longtime advocate of Palestinian rights, spoke at the National Student Conference of the Palestine Solidarity Movement in Berkeley on Saturday, 16 February 2002. A decades-long media smear campaign against Dr. Al-Arian culminated in his receiving notice "of intent to terminate" from the University of South Florida (USF) this past December, due to the disruption – death threats, declining alumni association rolls, etc. – which resulted from his appearance on FOX TV's "The O'Reilly Factor" on 26 September.

Related links:
• Greens warn that accusations of "terrorism" are eroding rights and freedoms (SF Indymedia, 12 Feb 02)
• 2/15-18: Palestine Solidarity Movement Nat'l Student Conf. (SF Indymedia, 10 Feb 02)
• "Sami Al-Arian: Victim of Intolerance or Threat to a University's Stability?" Chronicle of Higher Education Interview (06 Feb 02)
• By pandering to anti-Arab hysteria, NBC, Fox News, Media General and Clear Channel radio disgraced themselves -- and ruined an innocent professor's life (Salon, 19 Jan 02)
• Al-Arian's firing harkens back to segregation (St. Pete. Times, 22 Dec 01)
• USF Moves to Fire Al-Arian (St. Pete. Times, 20 Dec 01)
• USF News Releases (19 Dec 01)
• Opinion: "Behind Al-Arian's Facade" (St. Pete. Times, 01 Nov 01)
• College staff find chilling free speech climate (SF Indymedia, 14 Oct 01)
• UCLA e-mail poster loses one-week's pay (SF Indymedia, 09 Oct 01)
• Interview by FOX's Bill O'Reilly with Tampa reporter and American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (02 Oct 01)
• Press Release by Dr. Al-Arian (Tampa Bay Online, 29 Sep 01)
• Ongoing Al-Arian Smear-Campaign: "Linked to Enemies of America" (Smartertimes, 29 Jun 01)
• Sami's home page at USF

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§Additional links on the Al-Arian controversy

by Greg McColm (mccolm [at] math.usf.edu)

Mon, Feb 25, 2002 7:36AM

The United Faculty of Florida (UFF), which represents
faculty at the University of South Florida, is helping
defend Professor Al-Arian's academic freedom and due
process rights against the Board of Trustees and the
Administration.
The UFF is maintaining some web-pages at

http://w3.usf.edu/~uff/AlArian

with links and postings on this controversy. We invite
visitors. In addition, these pages are under development,
and we invite comments.

For more information: http://www.math.usf.edu/~mccolm/

§Did you know?

by left avenger

Mon, Feb 25, 2002 10:01AM

Did you know that there is a history professor, Joshua Cohen, on the Berkeley campus that espouses that Palestinians are "the bungled and the botched" of the Arab world?

This guy needs to be fired, and his pension taken away!

§hmmmm..........................

by mike

Mon, Feb 25, 2002 10:06AM

that would be a victory for freedom of speech!

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