[lbo-talk] Academic Freedom, was Re: Ward Churchill. . . .

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

On 5/29/06, Michael Hoover <hooverm at scc-fl.edu> wrote:
> On the other hand, some stuff from the past has/had specific importance
> for the left such as positions on 1980s Nicaragua. In some cases,
> manifest differences went beyond criticism of/
> appeals to the Sandinistas regarding their policies on indigenous
> peoples to active opposition to both the FSLN and solidarity groups in
> the U.S.

I'd have applauded if Ward Churchill had been ostracized (or given
worse punishments) by all
leftists on _this_ issue, i.e., his cooperation with Washington
against the Sandinistas.

But most  of those -- inside or outside academia -- who go on and on
about footnotes and plagiarism tend to either have  no problem with
the destruction of the Sandinista revolution whatsoever or think it of
secondary importance to "scholarship."  An inverted world!

-- 
Yoshie
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