Who will survive the university?

Dossier: Unmaking the university

Aimée Lê and Jordan Osserman ~ RP 2.10 (Summer 2021), pp. 63–68 ~ Article

We write as organisers of #CoronaContract, a campaign we co-founded shortly after the UK’s first COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020, demanding a two-year contract extension for all casualised university staff (academic and non-academic). In the early days of COVID-19, when previously unthinkable forms of economic rescue took place, this demand functioned as a ‘transitional demand’ […]

Black and white photo of back of man walking past a ripped handwritten sign which reads, "CHIUSO. Sotto questi condizioni non apriamo..." A photograph of riot police holding battons hangs next to it.

Pre-emptive strike

David Chandler and Mark Neocleous ~ RP 179 (May/Jun 2013) ~ Extras

As the editor of the new journal Resilience: International Policies, Practices and Discourses, published by Taylor & Francis, I am pleased to have a chance to respond to the ‘pre-emptive strike’ launched against the journal as a neoliberal ‘corporate-cum-academic dream’ in Mark Neocleous’s piece ‘Resisting Resilience’ (RP 178). First, it seems to be self-defeating to […]

Academic boycott as international solidarity: The academic boycott of Israel

Lawrence Davidson, Islah Jad and Uri Hadar ~ RP 125 (May/Jun 2004), pp. 7–16 ~ Commentary

Boycotts are age-old undertakings. Unlike sanctions, which are enforced by governments and sometimes destroy the lives of millions of ordinary people (as in the case of the twelve-year sanctions against Iraq), boycotts are most often grassroots means of protest against the policies of governments. They can be undertaken by ordinary people to defend fellow human […]