USPCN sponsoring Steven Salaita in Chicago next week: Bassem Tamimi joining him Tuesday

During the recent Israeli slaughter of over 2100 people in Gaza, Professor Steven Salaita bravely spoke out against this barbaric assault and in defense of Palestine.

For this, the University of Illinois Board of Trustees purged him from his tenured position, in direct violation of basic norms of academic freedom.

Now Professor Salaita is going on the offensive – against academic censorship, and against the continuing colonial domination of the Palestinian people that this censorship covers for. Join us as Steven Salaita speaks at four Chicago area campuses! (Please note, due to legal matters, Professor Salaita will not be speaking at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He will be keeping all of his other speaking engagements in Chicago – the list is below.):

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** Monday, October 6 – Northwestern University’s Evanston campus, 5 PM, Harris Hall, Room 107 (Harris Hall is the building nearest to the northeast corner of Sheridan Road and Chicago Avenue).

** Tuesday, October 7 – University of Chicago, 5:30 PM at the International House, Home Room, 1414 E. 59th Street. With remarks by grassroots West Bank activist Bassem Tamimi and the Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah.

** Wednesday, October 8 – Columbia College, 7 PM, 600 S. Michigan Ave, Room 101, Ferguson Lecture Hall. Joining Prof. Salaita will be Professors Iymen Chehade, and Dr. Peter Kirstein!

** Thursday, October 9 – DePaul University, 4 PM (location TBA).

** Friday, October 10 – Gay Liberation Network’s program on Chicago Access Network TV, 6:30 PM on Cable Channel 21 in Chicago.

Read Steven Salaita’s op ed piece in today’s Chicago Tribune.
Professor Salaita’s Chicago area tour is organized by the Students for Justice in Palestine chapters at Northwestern University,University of Chicago, Columbia College, DePaul University, and the University of Illinois/Chicago, and the multi-issue LGBT organization Gay Liberation Network.

Up to date information about the tour will be posted at the Facebook event for it.

The tour and/or individual events are co-sponsored by large number of organizations — including several University of Illinois at Chicago units:

8th Day Center for Justice
American Muslims for Palestine
Anti-War Committee
American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Arab Jewish Partnership for Peace and Justice
Asian American Studies Program at the University of Illinois – Chicago
Chicago Area CodePINK
Chicago Area Peace Action
Chicago Democratic Socialists of America
Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine
Department of African American Studies at the University of Illinois – Chicago
Department of English at the University of Illinois – Chicago
Evanston Neighbors for Peace
Fox Valley Citizens for Peace & Justice
Gender and Women’s Studies Program at the University of Illinois – Chicago
Haymarket Books
Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy at the University of Illinois – Chicago
International Socialist Organization
International Studies at the University of Illinois – Chicago
Jewish Voice for Peace – Chicago
La Voz de los de Abajo
Latin American and Latino Studies Program at the University of Illinois – Chicago
March 19th Anti-War Coalition
Moratorium on Deportations Campaign,
Near West Citizens for Peace and Justice
Northwest Indiana Veterans For Peace
Palestine Solidarity Group – Chicago
Palestine Solidarity Legal Support
School of Art and Art History at the University of Illinois – Chicago
U.S. Palestinian Community Network
UIC Social Justice Initiative
World Can’t Wait Chicago

Other organizations that would like to co-sponsor should email [email protected] please.