Video by the SERIOUSLY FREE SPEECH COMMITTEE
Video Clip References:
1. McMaster University bans the phrase “Israeli Apartheid” (2008)
- McMaster SPHR: Fact Sheet Related to “Israeli Apartheid Ban, March, 2008
- A Comedy of Errors, www.cautbulletin.ca, March, 25, 2008
- The Varsity: McMaster ban on phrase ‘Israeli Apartheid’ stirs protest, Feb 28, 2008
- McMaster bans “Israeli Apartheid”, www.trentarthur.ca, March 10, 2008
- McMaster University suppresses freedom of speech against Israeli Aparthied Week, canpalnet Ottawa, Feb 20, 2008
2. Birmingham University (UK) Debating Society refuses to take the question “Is Israel an Apartheid State” in a public debate about Palestine/Israel (2011)
- Electronic Intifada: Don’t mention the ‘A’ word: attack on freedom of speech turns into another own goal , November 27, 2011
- Electronic Intifada: the chilling effect of a discredited definition of antisemitism, December 1, 2011
- Israel-Palestine Debate at Birmingham Video – Part 3
3. Carleton and Ottawa Universities ban the Israeli Apartheid Week Poster (2009)
- Canada schools blasted for ban on anti-Israel ‘apartheid’ poster, Haaretz, Feb 26, 2009
- Poster Protest, ‘A’ News, Feb 26, 2009
- Protesters march over poster ban at Carleton, cbc.ca, Feb 26, 2009 Watch Video
- University of Ottawa Bans Israeli Apartheid Week Poster – Call to Action, SPHR U Ottawa, Feb 21, 2009
- IJV Protest of Carleton University’s harassment of student organizers of Israeli Apartheid Week, Canpalnet Ottawa, Feb 20, 2009
- Political stance has Carleton students fearing expulsion, Ottawa Sun, Feb 18, 2009
- Academic Freedom Threatened in Ontario Universities, The Bullet, Feb 18, 2008
- Carleton University Administration violates free expression- Bans and confiscates Israeli Apartheid Week posters, Students Against Israeli Apartheid, February 18, 2009
4. Ontario Legislature passes unanimous motion condemning Israeli Apartheid Week (2009)
- MPPs decry linking Israel to ‘Apartheid’, thestar.com, February 20, 2010
- Ontario Legislature Denounces Israel Apartheid Week, Shalom Life, Feb 26, 2010
- Israel is an apartheid state and that is why they are losing legitimacy , transformingpower.ca, March 10, 2010
5. Dr. Norman Finkelstein speaks at UBC but Shaw Cable censors his speech for broadcast on community cable (2009)
- Shaw Cable censorship of Dr. Norman Finkelstein, sfsc, May 10, 2009
- Resolving the Israel-Palestine Conflict with Dr. Norman Finkelstein, workingtv.com webcast of talk, Jan 21, 2009
- Related: rabble.ca: Conservative MP’s attempt to obstruct Norman Finkelstein lecture on campus December 13, 2011
6-7. Jeno Peto’s Master’s Thesis, “The Victimhood of the Powerful: White Jews, Zionism and the Racism of Hegemonic Holocaust Education” is attacked in Canada’s national media, including the Toronto Star and the National Post (2010) and is denounced on the floor of the Ontario Legislature (2011)
- SFSC Letter to Canadian Association of University Teachers and CUFA re Jenny Peto Thesis, December 20, 2010
- SPEAKING UP FOR PALESTINIAN RIGHTS: Understanding recent attempts to silence criticism of Israel in Canada with Jenny Peto (watch video)
- When neo-con politicians, media attack academics: Interview with Sheryl Nestel, rabble.ca, Jan 26, 2011
- Politicians Attack Toronto Grad Student, CAUT Bulletin, January 2011
- Who is Jenny Peto?, The Varsity, Jan 10, 2011
- National Post articles tagged Jenny Peto
- Letter by Michael Keefer to Premier Dalton McGuinty, re: Jenny Peto’s MA thesis, SFSC, December 11, 2010
- Ontario minister slams student thesis on Holocaust education, Toronto Star, December 8, 2010
- U of T slammed over ‘Jewish racism’ thesis, Toronto Star, December 7, 2010
8. Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s invitation to speak at St Thomas University (Minneapolis) is withdrawn over concerns that he “crossed the line” in a previous speech entitled “Occupation is Oppression” (2007)
- Banning Desmond Tutu, Minneapolis City Pages, Oct 3 2007
- University of St. Thomas says ‘no’ to Desmond Tutu, Minnesota Public Radio, October 4, 2007
- Desmond Tutu, Persona Non Grata, InsideHigherEd.com, April 10, 2007
9. Dr. Norman Finkelstein, denied tenure at DePaul University (Chicago) for criticising Israel
- The Chronicle of Higher Ed: A reliable source (06.04.2007)
- Raul Hilberg: “I have a sinking feeling about the damage this will do to academic freedom…” (Chicago Tribune, 06.10.2007)
- Patrick Callahan’s (DePaul) correspondence with Dershowitz 11.18.2007
- MESA on the tenure battle (Middle East Studies Association of North America, Inc.: “letter to DePaul University President”) 09.08.2007
- Chicago Tribune: “The high stakes of academic speech” 09.07.2007
