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Friday 07. of September 2007
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Neil Smith: German GWOT Misfire
[from The Nation, September 24, 2007 ] [german version is here: http://einstellung.so36.net/en/ps/296] The signs from Europe on the antiterrorism front look increasingly ominous, less because of any discernible upswing in...
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Category: Repression
Friday 24. of August 2007
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RC21 demands to drop charges
The influential Research Committee on Urban and Regional Development (RC21) of the International Sociological Association (ISA) sends a letter of support. They strongly protest and petition against the abuse of academic freedom...
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Category: Repression
Thursday 23. of August 2007
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American Sociological Association: Letter to the Federal Prosecutor
We just received a letter of support from the governing council of the American Sociological Association, representing over 14.000 sociologists in the USA and internationally. Pay special attention to the resolution near the end
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Category: Repression
Thursday 16. of August 2007
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Open letter to the Generalbundesanwaltschaft against the criminalization of critical academic research and political engagement
On 31st July 2007 the flats and workplaces of Dr. Andrej H. and Dr. Matthias B., as well as of five other persons, were searched by the police. Dr. Andrej H. was arrested, flown by helicopter to the German Federal Court in...
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Category: Repression
Friday 10. of August 2007
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Don't use the G-Word: Criminalization of critical academic research in Germany
We learned last week that two of our friends and colleagues, Andrej H. and Mathias B., are charged with “membership in a terrorist association according to § 129a StGB” (German Penal Code, section 7 on ‘Crimes against Public...
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