[lbo-talk] write the CUNY board

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu May 5 14:18:19 PDT 2011


On May 5, 2011, at 5:07 PM, Chuck Grimes wrote:


> Could you or somebody else flesh this out a little. What is the story behind refusing to award this guy an award he wants to refuse anyway?

He's rather critical of Israel, and the CUNY trustees don't like this.

Some background:

http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/new_york/cuny_board_nixes_honorary_degree_playwright_tony_kushner

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/05/tony-kushner-university-snub-israel

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/05/05/cuny_kushner_honorary_degree_update/index.html



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