Defend Free Speech at Yale

[Mark Pavlick]

>
>From: Brenda Carter
>
>Dear colleagues,
>
>I am writing to urge you to consider signing a petition
>to protect free speech at Yale.
>
>Recently, eight Yale University staff and graduate
>students were arrested for distributing pro-union
>literature on campus. They face up to one year in
>prison. Other union supporters have been subject to
>police surveillance and harassment.
>
>You can view and sign the petition to Yale President
>Richard Levin at:
>
>http://www.petitiononline.com/yale/petition.html
>
>As academics, it is our duty to protect the freedom of
>inquiry and expression on our nation's campuses.
>Therefore, we must insist that Yale take action to
>protect and preserve the freedom of its students and
>staff to express pro-union opinions, even when these
>opinions are strenuously opposed by the University
>Administration.
>
>We must speak out whenever a university administration
>uses its police powers to quell dissenting voices.
>
>The best article about these arrests can be viewed at:
>http://www.newmassmedia.com/nac.phtml?code=new&db=nac_fea&ref=22537