Edward Said, 1935–2003

Benita Parry ~ RP 123 (Jan/Feb 2004) ~ Obituary

Obituary Edward Said, 1935–2003 The erudition, range and élan of Edward Saidʼs work as a literary scholar, cultural critic and politically engaged public intellectual have produced a mountain of commentary, within and beyond academic communities and across continents. With his death, friends, colleagues, collaborators, former students and acquaintances all over the world have been offering […]

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 […]