Hi everyone,
I remember several years ago on xmca when I ran into a wall of raging fire
for suggesting that perhaps a noted feminist should not be able to teach all
female classes .
With that as a precedent for the list's opposition to the repression of
academic freedom I would like to offer up the following for your
consideration and possible supportive action:
Paul H. Dillon
> > Forwarded Message:
> > Subj: Georgetown fires teacher for opposing war
> >
> > Dear friends,
> >
> > Barbara Wein has been fired from USIP (United States Institute for
> > Peace) for speaking out against the war in Afghanistan. She was told
> > she would never lead another training program again because she
> > expressed her opposition to the bombings of Afghanistan. Barbara has
> > been there for 5 years as a program officer in the training division.
> > She trains people in negotiation, peace building, cross cultural
> > communication in war zones, including UN Peacekeepers, foreign service
> > officers, NGO's, US police officers going to E Timor, Bosnia, Kosovo,
> > etc. She was part of the civil society effort that helped create the
> > USIP which is congressionally funded.
> >
> > There is growing evidence that some of our civil liberties and civil
> > rights are being eroded in light of the tragic crisis. Several Members
> > of Congress, worried about democracy, have called Barbara in a show of
> > support.
> >
> > Barbara has an international reputation as a peace educator, a skill
> > we desperately need more than ever. She should be reinstated and the
> > USIP should protect the right to alternative voices as the bedrock of
> > democracy.
> >
> > You can send a real letter to the Chairman of the Board to share with
> > his Board members .
> >
> > Mail to Hon. Chester Crocker,
> > Chairman of the Board,
> > USIP,
> > Schlesinger Professor of Strategic Studies,
> > School of Foreign Service,
> > Georgetown Univ.
> > Intercultural Center,
> > Rm 813,
> > Washington DC 20057
> > e mail address: crockerc@gunet.georgetown.edu
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