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EPISODE · Jul 3, 2017 · 48 MIN

Scholars warn MLA anti-boycott vote could encourage repression

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Dozens of US scholars are protesting a recent vote by the Modern Language Association (MLA) to "refrain from endorsing" the academic boycott of Israel; Canadian activists push the leftist New Democratic Party (NDP) to adopt a more progressive policy on Palestine. For more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-mla-anti-boycott-vote-could-encourage-repression Music: "Pain" by Palestine Street.(Photo: Students take part in a March 2014 rally against a decision by Boston’s Northeastern University to suspend Students for Justice in Palestine. Bryan MacCormack/LeftInFocus)

Dozens of US scholars are protesting a recent vote by the Modern Language Association (MLA) to "refrain from endorsing" the academic boycott of Israel; Canadian activists push the leftist New Democratic Party (NDP) to adopt a more progressive policy on Palestine. For more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-mla-anti-boycott-vote-could-encourage-repression Music: "Pain" by Palestine Street.(Photo: Students take part in a March 2014 rally against a decision by Boston’s Northeastern University to suspend Students for Justice in Palestine. Bryan MacCormack/LeftInFocus)

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