Using the BP Crisis for Political Gain

The Daily Show holds them accountable again.  Did you catch this segment last night? Say something one day, contradict yourself another and, in general, the media lets them get away with it. Not the Daily Show. Yay Jon!

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So politicians flip-flop according to the political breeze from one day to another. No big surprise. But Joe Barton’s assertion that the administration should apologize for “shaking down” BP was only the most shocking moment in a charade during this completely absurd hearing.
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Academic Freedom Media Review, June 12-18

scholarsatrisk.nyuAcademic Freedom Media Review
June 12 – 18, 2010
Compiled by Scholars at Risk
Students Gain After Strike in Puerto Rico
Damien Cave, The New York Times, 6/17
Irvine Responds to Heckling Incident
Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed, 6/15
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Respect My Authoritah on The Daily Show

Jon Stewart did a segment on tonight’s Daily Show that made me laugh but also incredibly sad at the same time.  It contrasted the rhetoric of candidate Obama with some recent policy decisions continuing to deny prisoners the right to challenge their detention in court (habeus corpus), continuing to send prisoners to foreign countries where they can be interrogated by harsher means than allowed here (extraordinary rendition), invoking “State Secrets” to protect sensitive information, rethinking when prisoners need to read Miranda rights and even prosecuting whistle blowers.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Respect My Authoritah
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Academic Freedom Media Review, May 29 – June 4

May 29 – June 4, 2010
Compiled by Scholars at Risk

Public conversation on universities is welcome
W. Salters Sterling, The Irish Times, 6/3
Catholic University of Ukraine and the Security Service of Ukraine
Philip J. Crowley, Press Release Bureau of Public Affairs, 6/2
Union challenges new visa system
The UK Press Association, 6/1
Jefferson v. Cuccinelli: Does the constitution really protect a right to “academic freedom”?
Dahlia Lithwick and Richard Schragger, Slate Magazine, 6/1
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Academic Freedom Media Review

Academic Freedom Media Review
May 22 – 28, 2010

Below is the weekly compilation of news articles addressing issues of academic freedom that is put together by Scholars at Risk.
MLA Pushes for End to Ideological Denials of Visas
Inside Higher Ed, 5/28
Groups protest Israel denying US student’s entry
Jeff Karoun, The Associated Press, 5/27
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A Tool for Global Activism and a Puzzling Question

I’ve recently learned of a new site, the Boycott Toolkit, which is a user based tool for organizing consumer based protests.  Organized according to issue, the site both provides links to companies to boycott and producers to support, providing direct links to information for both.  It is an impressive tool, maintained by a user community.
I must say, though, that in this age of global, corporate capitalism, I am often puzzled by how one orchestrates and effective boycott.  We live in an era in which big, multinational corporations own dozens of companies which in turn control dozens of brands.  And brands are now a commodity in themselves,  licensed to companies that have no relation to the product originally associate with it.  If Coca-Cola manufactured or controlled every product that is sold bearing its logo with legal license to do so, it would have to have to have business in virtually every industry available, from clothing to toys and sports equipment.
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Scholars at Risk Academic Freedom Media Review, April 24-30

Academic Freedom Media Review
April 24 – 30, 2010
Compiled by Scholars at Risk
Scholar wages FoI battle for bank collapse data
Melanie Newman, The Times Higher Education, 4/29
Studying global universities
Glenn C. Altschuler, The Boston Globe, 4/29
Pakistan university mourns murdered woman professor
BBC News, 4/28
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Academic Freedom Media Review

March 19-26, 2010
Compiled by Scholars at Risk
Wide-ranging’ inquiry urged on higher education future
BBC News, 3/26
China bans poet from traveling to US conference
Associated Press, 3/25
Principles of scientific advice
Hannah Devlin, The Times Online, 3/24
2 Formerly Excluded Scholars Coming to U.S.
Inside Higher Ed, 3/24
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Tom Goss on "The Politics of Love"

Tom Goss is set to release a new EP, The Politics of Love and a DVD Live at Terry’s the first week in April, and the first stop on the tour to promote the disk is in Cambridge, MA on April 6.  He’ll be joined by Jeremiah Clark and special guest Stewart Lewis.  It starts at 9 pm at All Asia Cuisine and Cocktail Bar and promises to be a great show!
Recently I had the opportunity to interview Tom about the new releases, and the results are below. Through a technical glitch (Ok, I admit, I forgot to set the software to detect my mic as well as Tom’s) I only have his audio, so I’ve edited it together with voice over and some really awkward edits.  But it will give you a sense of Tom’s music in advance of the show.  It’s pretty good stuff, so check it out.  Advance tickets only $5 at www.tomgossmusic/tickets


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Singer/Songwriter Tom Goss discusses his a new EP “The Politics of Love,” which deals with the issue of Marriage Equality in the United States.

Academic Freedom Media Review, February 19-26, 2010

Compiled by Scholars at Risk
(It was released by SAR on Friday. I apologize for posting it so late.)
Science-Rights Coalition Has Global Impact in First Year
Benjamin Somers and Becky Ham, Science Magazine Vol. 327. no. 5969, p. 1097, 2/26
Simon Singh and the silencing of the scientists
Sarah Boseley, The Guardian, 2/25
British Court Rules for Professor Whose Decision to Fail Students Was Overturned
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2/25
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