Over 700 mathematicians worldwide call for boycott

20 May 2025 Mathematicians worldwide have called on the board of the International Mathematics Olympiad to suspend Israel from participation in their forthcoming event in Australia. In the past the IMO has frequently taken a stand against major instances of injustice including most recently the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But, as the collective letter below…

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US human rights professors confirm Israel’s apartheid and genocidal policies derive from racism

16 May 2025 Four prominent American human rights lawyers reconfirm the verdict of leading organisations including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and B’Tselem in their Guardian article. We are human rights lawyers. Our new report is clear: Israel perpetrates apartheid The Guardian, 15 May 2025 Sandra L Babcock, Susan M Akram, Thomas Becker and James Cavallaro…

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Telling the truth about antisemitism on campuses everywhere

2 May 2025 The following statement published in Academe Blog by three Jewish American academics (Professors Meyerhoff and Schneider pictured) sets out in clear, unambiguous language the unchallengeable truth that what public authorities and the mainstream media endlessly label antisemitism in their references to student and faculty campaigning for peace and justice in Israel/Palestine is…

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American book burning, 2025 version

Here is a list of the books removed earlier this month from the shelves of the Nimitz Library at the US Naval Academy in Maryland. The list is helpfully provided by the Department of Defense. Among the 381 dangerous books removed are the following: 316 Kate Normington, Gender and medieval drama (2004). Contents described as:…

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