hesgenJul 2, 2023

"The Lecturers’ Union and the Betrayal of the Intellectuals"

Infantile left faction of Britain's academic trade union demands that #Ukraine be abandoned to Russian imperialism. Sane members are aghast.

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https://bylinetimes.com/2023/06/26/the-lecturers-union-and-the-betrayal-of-the-intellectuals/

The Lecturers’ Union and the Betrayal of the Intellectuals – Byline Times

Many academics in both Ukraine and the UK are horrified by the Putin-enabling posturing of far-left factions within the UCU

Byline Times
Show threadJoshHewitson
@hesgen a union filled with Tankies tacitly supporting Russia, I for one am shocked… but seriously this was always going to happen if you paid any attention to what UK lecturers defending David Millers deranged theories about Syria.
Jul 2, 2023 at 11:40amWeb
Show threadhesgenJul 2, 2023
@JoshHewitson "Filled with" is a bit strong. Most members can't be arsed with such shenanigans. It only takes a small activist minority to fuck things up. That's politics in general.
Show threadJoshHewitsonJul 2, 2023
@hesgen the people sitting back and letting a “small activist minority” push this kind of thing through are essentially as bad. Either 1) they don’t care at all and are happy to be lead by the small minority 2) they actually agree with the activists but are too cowardly to actually stand with them 3) the small minority is actually representative of the whole union.
Show threadhesgenJul 2, 2023
@JoshHewitson Having been a member of the UCU when working in academia, I can tell you that statement 3 does not apply.