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1 of 2 Cornel West: Palestine is a ‘taboo issue among certain circles in high places’ | Middle East Eye “Cornel West: Palestine is a ‘taboo issue among certain circles in high places ” Middle East Eye, Feb. 24/21, by Azad Essa. EXCERPT: “Activist and scholar says he is being denied tenure at Harvard University because of his views on Israeli occupation” “US activist and philosopher Cornel West said he is confident that it is his criticism of Israel cost him… Read more » Misterioso (@misterioso) #975448
2 of 2 “‘I am not a backdoor-going-kind-of-brother. They got the wrong Black man. If I can’t be a free Black man, in the way in which I can preserve my self-respect, then I am not going to be in a place like that,’ West said. “Harvard University has faced criticism in the past for refusing to offer tenure to scholars deemed to be controversial, but many observers expressed surprise that a scholar of West’s experience
Kazakh Police Kettle Freezing Protesters For Nine Hours, Blasting Blizzard Song
January 21, 2021 17:47 GMT
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An aggressive crowd-control tactic known as “kettling” has been taken to such an extreme against a few dozen protesters in Kazakhstan that human rights groups are calling it torture.
Kettling has caused controversy in the West, where it is used to contain crowds of more than 1,000 people that are deemed by authorities to include violent participants.
Rather than trying to arrest violent individuals or disperse a crowd en masse, police temporarily trap everyone together within a small area only gradually allowing people to leave. Usually, crowds are blockaded for a few hours or less.
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