Joanna
Doug Henwood wrote:
> [for all you Butler-haters out there]
>
> December 3, 2005
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> As you know, the NYU administration continues to refuse to negotiate
> with the student union, has infiltrated the email system and, more
> recently, sent out a letter rescinding student funding for any
> students engaged in the strike. They have also recently hired a
> union-busting law firm to represent their interests. More the 400
> faculty members moved their seminar off campus in solidarity with the
> strike, and support for negotiating with the strikers in the U.S. and
> elsewhere is clearly is deepening. With Fred Jameson, Donna Haraway,
> Etienne Balibar, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Paul Gilroy, Joan Scott,
> Slavoj Zizek, and Talal Asad, I have sent a letter to the President
> and other university officials at NYU objecting to their treatment of
> the strikers and now ask that you consider signing this letter online
> at the following URL
> <http://new.petitiononline.com/tosexton/petition.html>.
>
> Please don't send your signature back to me, but go on line at the
> above site, read the statement and, if you agree, follow the
> directions for signing. The entire petition will be presented to the
> NYU president in about a week's time.
>
> If you would like to know more about the strike efforts and the
> administrative actions against the strikers, please see the official
> strike website at
> <http://www.2110uaw.org/gsoc/gsoc_strike_center.htm#community>.
>
> Judith Butler
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