a university professor was literally stabbed on campus for giving a course on philosophy of gender & the UK media’s reaction seems to be… pretending it didn’t happen? so much for ‘academic freedom’ and ‘freedom of speech’ 🙃

Another memo of the arguments for free speech in universities:
1. It helps hear both sides to help good decisions.
2. It shines sunlight on bad ideas.
3. We know who agrees and disagrees with us
4. People will remind us of something not working in history
5. Discoveries emerge

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Just heard back from a project application… The whole call got cancelled bc the Swedish government discontinued its funding for development research! Another hit for academic freedom!

The atmosphere of fear and dictatorial attack on academic freedom on not just incorrect allegations, but layers of paranoia, stands against what South Asian University has been in the past.

Letter Signed by SAU Alumni in support of Suspended Professors

Opinion: How California's law against red states is hurting Black academic freedom (via L.A. Times Opinion ) latimes.com/opinion/story/…

National Review has an article out today about ASU and academic freedom. I’m quoted (along with my alternative blog Twitter doesn’t like and will hide this post if I mention it) talking about how many faculty claim to be in favor of academic freedom but use insults (bigot,…

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I stand with the victims of the University of Waterloo stabbing. Academic freedom is a cornerstone of democracy. Topics related to sex and gender should be no exception. We will not give into the terrorists.

Rifka Al-Amya, a student at Al-Aqsa University in Gaza, explains what the AAA boycott means to her and so many other Palestinian students whose academic freedom is violently suppressed under Israeli apartheid and settler-colonialism.

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India Academic Freedom Network in solidarity with the suspended professors of South Asian University

academic freedom yayy

On Friday, the AAUP filed an amicus brief in the US Court of Appeals in support of Florida faculty who are challenging the law known as the “Stop WOKE” Act as the law violates the 1st Amendment, threatens to destroy #academicfreedom , sabotages higher ed & undermines democracy.
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From 2006: The article by Phil Baty announcing the formation of Academics For Academic Freedom (AFAF).
Academics For Academic Freedom

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Jamie Sarkonak: Gender critical professor’s demotion is an attack on academic freedom nationalpost.com/opinion/jamie-…

A group that opposes academic freedom, wants to ban books it doesn't like, targets librarians, quotes Hitler & carries out a jihad against #transgender people has co-opted the word 'liberty.'

Perhaps we can get the FTC to investigate Moms for Liberty for deceptive trade practices?

Another great example of AAUP’s essential work fighting for academic freedom.

Victoria University University of Tartu Now, Rosario Figari Layus on violence against academic freedom in Latin America #ISAWCS23

if ur devotion to academic freedom leads u to be laser-focused on writing a long-ass thread speculating about and chastising students for writing a letter, rather than the campus stabbing by someone radicalized against gender studies, then i am not a big fan of your whole deal!!

It happened after backlash from scholars & students, who found the conditions set by the DCF restrictive to academic freedom.

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We stand in solidarity with our colleague at Waterloo & with any faculty member, within Canada or around the world, threatened with or experiencing violence for the exercise of their academic freedom—that is, for doing their job. An attack on one is an attack on us all… 1/2

Is it an attack on academic freedom when students are stabbed in their gender studies class? Or only when it’s pointed out that hate speech leads to students being stabbed in their gender studies class?