Noel Ignatiev, professor of History at Massachusetts College of Art, will be speaking tomorrow, November 12 at 5:00pm as part of the Howard Zinn Memorial Lectures and the Free School University. He is the author of “How the Irish Became White”. His talk is entitled “Race and Occupy”. For a complete schedule and videos of previous talks please visit the Zinn Lectures website.
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This guy sounds like a charmer from his Wiki entry. Let’s do a Mic Check:
In 2008, the American Jewish Committee objected to an encyclopedia article on Zionism that Ignatiev wrote for The Encyclopedia of Race and Racism.[7] In the article, Ignatiev described Israel as a “racial state, where rights are assigned on the basis of ascribed descent or the approval of the superior race” and likened it to Nazi Germany and the Southern United States before the civil rights movement.[8]
The American Jewish Committee cited numerous “factual and historical inaccuracies” in Ignatiev’s article. The American Jewish Committee also questioned why the encyclopedia included an entry about Zionism, stating that it was the only nationalist movement with an article in the encyclopedia.[7] Gideon Shimoni, Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, criticized the article as a “litany of errors and distortions of fact.”[9]
On Dec. 17, the publisher respond to “concerns from several organizations” over “the accuracy of, and support for, certain statements in the Zionism article” by announcing the appointment of an independent committee to investigate “the factual accuracy, scholarly basis, coverage, scope, and balance of every article.” In a further response to the Ignatiev article, Gale published a 10-part composite article, “Nationalism and Ethnicity,” which includes evaluations of cultural nationalism in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America and the Middle East, and Pan Arabism in addition to having a new article on Zionism available free of cost to all purchasers of the encyclopedia.[10]
on November 11th, 2011 at 4:54 pm #
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Dear Occupy Boston:
Here is some breaking news on Occupy Saint Louis. They have their packing orders from the mayor (bowing to the downtown redevelopment authority – answerable only to God). Please disseminate this, and encourage Occupy Boston activists to blog and email them with support and ideas. Thanks. This is important.
Stuart
OccupyStLouis
Hey Hey, Ho, Ho: The Occupiers Will Not Go!
Official Press Statement
Contact: media@occupystl.org
Hey Hey, Ho, Ho: The Occupiers Will Not Go!
On November 10, 2011 Occupy St Louis received notification from the city of St Louis that we have 24 hours to remove all structures and obey the city curfew laws before they would forcibly remove our non-violent occupation from Freedom Square (formerly known as Kiener Plaza). Since October 1st, we have maintained a peaceful occupation in this public space, founded on the principle that large corporations have too much influence in the actions of our government. Mayor Slay and his Senior Staff have once again validated this by bowing to pressure from the Downtown Partnership of St Louis to restrict our First Amendment Rights to peaceably assemble.
Since its inception, Occupy St Louis has been a model of cooperation and non violence, and has made Freedom Square a safer, cleaner place. The city claims that in addition to violation of curfew that the tents and supplies we have in Freedom Square are a direct violation of city ordinance and provide a safety concern. We strongly disagree and believe that our encampment is a valid form of political speech justified by the First Amendment. Additionally this precedent has been set in other occupied cities across the nation.
On November 10, 2011 Mayor Slay stated in his personal blog that the city would be creating a space for a 24/7 public demonstration. On November 9th, senior members of the Mayor’s staff attended our General Assembly to propose this space to us as a possible alternative to Freedom Square. This was not a proposal, but rather an ultimatum to Occupy St Louis. The City had already made up its mind on the course of action that it would be taking. This new space would not allow for tents or occupation, which we feel are a valid forms of political speech. This proposal was blocked by a consensus of our General Assembly. The General Assembly uses consensus as our decision making process. It allows for all participants to have an equal voice. Occupy St Louis maintains that just because one states they are using the consensus process, does not mean that they are actually using it.
Occupy St Louis hopes that Mayor Slay realizes that our freedom to assemble is not limited to one space, but guaranteed to all people, in any public space, at any time. We believe that we are engaged in a vital attempt to restore the cornerstone of American ideals: equality, unity, and social mobility. St Louis City must recognize that Occupy St Louis is not mutually exclusive with public safety and the common good, but an ally in promoting social justice and in preserving order downtown. The medium is the message and our medium is occupation.
http://www.occupystl.org/
Wow. So we’re stooping so low as to lend our soap box to academically justified, genocidal bigots now? Who’s next? The NBPP? Congratulations for sacrificing our legitimacy in the name of promoting this idiot’s flimsy and blatantly hypocritical social pseudo-science. A little FYI: nobody in academia takes this exhibitionist seriously, and now the same goes for us. Great job!