Saturday, June 23, 2007

Fasting for Freedom - Monday, June 25th International Solidarity Fast - Thursday



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Anonymous said...

Dear friends:
I think you will find it interesting that your fast in support of Norman and Mehrene is definitely very effective since it made some people so rabidly mad that they wish that the protesting kids commit suicide!

Here is the exchange between me and a known Norman hater and apartheid apolgist Bill Pearlman on Mondoweiss blog:

ME: BTW, about "progressive Zionists" - what is their stand on Finkelstein - Larudee scandal at DePaul? This Monday the students will start the liquid fast in protest.
Take a look at this (and there are many other groups that are just formed in support of Normans' case):
http://finkelgate.blogspot.com/

Alex Chaihorsky
Reno, Nevada.

Bill Pearlman: Hey Alex, a liquid fast is a little half assed don't you think. Now, if they set themselves on fire, like the Budhist monks in Vietnam, that would be a protest. Or commited suicide, like the Japanese in WW2. That would be impressive. But a liquid fast, what the hell is that?


ME: to bill pearlman
Dear Bill,
If the thought of a political protest by a group of young students against a stupid decision by a university dean in your mind calls for an act of suicide, many things about you start to become clearer.
No, not everybody is that rabid, my poor disturbed friend, people do have something that we call a common sense (we know, we know, its so-o-oo "not" you!). And I feel very concerned for your kids (if you have any) if that is how their father teach them how to exercise their civil rights. Or you only recommend this methods of protest to other people's kids?

Here is the link
http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2007/06/a-night-with-pr.html#comment-73885640

I think you should show that to your parents. They need to know what kind of people lobby the tenure of DePaul professors for their kids.

June 25, 2007 at 4:04 AM

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