Re: MESA on Academic Boycott of Israel (was Re: academic boycott of Iran)

On May 22, 2007, at 7:56 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:

Doug is happy about the fake news of an academic boycott of Iran

No I’m not. I think academic boycotts are largely stupid, unless a
virtuous and substantial force in the target country has made the
request. And U.S. sanctions against Iran are awful. In that WP
article, I was interested in the comments of Juan Cole and especially
Noam Chomsky, who are not known as saber-rattlers. If you’ve said
anything on the detention of Haleh Esfandiari, though, I’ve missed
it. Is the Iranian government justified?

Doug

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