7sleepersmusicAnd here we have two dissenting points of view published on the same platform. The authors strongly disagree with each other, but neither one is calling for the "retraction" of the opposing author's essay. Quite unlike last month's debacle at #Guernica magazine, which is now being played out in #Academia. #Publishing #Literature #Politics #HWS #HWSColleges #Verso #VersoBooks #CeasefireNow https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/palestine-speaks-for-everyone & https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/there-can-be-no-critique
Palestine speaks for everyone
Since the initial publication of this essay, Jodi Dean has been publicly condemned by the president of her institution and “relieved of classroom duties.” This clear violation of basic academic freedoms is but one instance of the larger and sustained effort to repress expressions of solidarity with the Palestinian libe