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...Tuesday, one of Britain's largest unions of university instructors passed a resolution urging its members to boycott speeches by Israeli academics who do not condemn "continuing Israeli apartheid policies, including construction of the exclusion wall and discriminatory educational practice...
...this week has drawn fire here at Harvard. One of Summers' fiercest critics, Professor of Anthropology and of African and African American Studies J. Lorand Matory '82, said that "the knee jerk accusation that targeted criticism of Israel singles out Israel is as absurd as stating that the anti-apartheid movement was singling out South Africa...
Another possible move is a disinvestment campaign similar to that used against apartheid-era South Africa. A study by the Conflict Securities Advisory Group, a Washington consultant hired by the State Department, found that 124 publicly traded European companies have ties to Iran and that European banks are financing significant energy and telecom projects there. A disinvestment campaign could be tough to pull off. But U.S. officials hope that while conscience may not get those firms to quit Iran, the threat of bad p.r. might...
...DIED. Ellen Kuzwayo, 91, prominent prize-winning South African author; in Soweto. Imprisoned in 1977 for political protests, she shot to national fame as a women's-rights and anti-apartheid champion with her autobiography Call Me Woman, which made her the first black woman to win South Africa's CNA literary prize. In the country's first all-race elections in 1994, the African National Congress member won a seat in Parliament, where she served five years...
...Sudan. New Haven’s divestment comes on the heels of a similar decision in Providence, RI. For New Haven, the move is not unprecedented, as city officials took a similar measure in the early nineties, divesting from businesses involved in South African commerce during the era of Apartheid. The measure, passed by New Haven’s two pension boards, prevents the city’s pension funds—the City Employees Retirement Fund (CERF) and the Policemen and Firemen’s Pension Fund—from backing seven companies that do business with the Sudanese...