tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post4360706211216125442..comments2024-03-01T03:16:14.116+00:00Comments on Another Green World: UCU backs boycott of IsraelDerek Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462511891409913195noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-17122424464152659622007-09-24T13:37:00.000+00:002007-09-24T13:37:00.000+00:00DerekAs previous commentators have noticed, you go...Derek<BR/>As previous commentators have noticed, you got it wrong. And your post is rather insulting for those, like myself (and indeed most of the opposition to the boycott within UCU) who are neither right wing, nor trolls, but UCU and Green Party member.<BR/>At least, please do sign the petition in favor of a ballot so that the boycott issue is decided by all members.<BR/>http://Raphaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10605252659871359565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-30515037585868900572007-09-17T21:00:00.000+00:002007-09-17T21:00:00.000+00:00Hi,well I will take it off...but I am trusting you...Hi,<BR/><BR/>well I will take it off...but I am trusting you on this one, I got it in good faith from indy media....Derek Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462511891409913195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-37747904603197960072007-09-17T20:56:00.000+00:002007-09-17T20:56:00.000+00:00Hi,You might not be aware that the image you've in...Hi,<BR/><BR/>You might not be aware that the image you've included has a link to an anti-semitic website on it. <BR/>I guess it's an honest mistake because it looks like you found it on indymedia.<BR/>Might be worth deleting the image though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-34427723216135362892007-08-12T20:48:00.000+00:002007-08-12T20:48:00.000+00:00Perhaps the broader point worth making is that the...Perhaps the broader point worth making is that the UCU's leadership and activists have almost zilch in the way of a democratic mandate - they speak for almost no one. Turnout in the recent election for UCU President was 14%! If Greens are serious about participatory democracy rather just another tribe of the far left this should perhaps concern you - and you would be thinking about some form of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-64734210208923816522007-05-31T12:54:00.000+00:002007-05-31T12:54:00.000+00:00Dear Bob,Indeed I would be wrong to say opposition...Dear Bob,<BR/><BR/>Indeed I would be wrong to say opposition to UCU and the Green Party on the boycott would only come from the right.<BR/><BR/>Which is why I did not say so.<BR/><BR/>Although I strongly disagree with you on this, obviously you approach is different from say a blog comment yesterday which simply attacked Ralph Nadar without advancing any kind of argument.<BR/><BR/>I think there Derek Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462511891409913195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-23613669499686036452007-05-31T10:14:00.000+00:002007-05-31T10:14:00.000+00:00Derek, you are wrong to say that the opposition to...Derek, you are wrong to say that the opposition to the boycott will come from only from "right-wing trolls". There are strong left-wing cases against an academic boycott too. <BR/>First, it is damaging to the possibility of peace and justice in the Middle East, as universities have been one of the most important spaces for dialogue and dissent in Israel. <BR/>Second, it encourages global bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.com