AMMAN – A group of
philosophy professors from around the world have expressed their solidarity to
Gaza and have called for the halt of continued aggression on the strip.
اضافة اعلان
The letter which was
published on November first has been signed by over 200 professors from North
America, Latin America, and Europe.
They are calling all of
their colleagues to join in solidarity by signing the letter below.
https://www.philosophyforpalestine.com
Read the full letter
below:
We are a group of
philosophy professors in North America, Latin America, and Europe writing to
publicly and unequivocally express our solidarity with the Palestinian people
and to denounce the ongoing and rapidly escalating massacre being committed in
Gaza by Israel and with the full financial, material, and ideological support
of our own governments.
We do not claim any unique
authority—moral, intellectual, or otherwise—on the basis of our being
philosophers. However, our discipline has made admirable strides recently in
confronting philosophy’s historically exclusionary practices and in engaging
directly with pressing and urgent injustices. To this end, we call on our
colleagues in philosophy to join us in overcoming complicity and silence.
As we write, bombs have
killed over 8,500 people in Gaza. By the time you read this, that number will
have risen. Thousands more are trapped under rubble. For over three weeks, a
siege of the territory has cut off food, water, medicine, fuel, and electricity.
A million inhabitants of northern Gaza have been ordered to flee their homes
amid airstrikes and in advance of an ongoing ground invasion with nowhere safe
to go. Talk of a second Nakba is chilling, yet apt. People of conscience have
an obligation to speak out against these atrocities. This is not a difficult
step to take; what is far more difficult for us is to turn away in silence and
complicity from an
unfolding genocide.
To focus, as we do here,
on the actions of the Israeli state and the unflagging support it receives from
the US and its allies, is neither to celebrate violence, nor to equivocate on
the value of innocent lives. Civilian deaths, regardless of nationality, are
tragic and unacceptable. Yet to act as though the history of violence began
with Hamas’s attacks on October 7, 2023 is to display a reckless indifference
to history as well as to both Palestinian and Israeli lives. In order for
violence to stop,
the conditions that produce violence must stop.
The blockade of Gaza has
lasted 16 years; the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza has lasted 56 years;
the dispossession of Palestinians of their lands and homes across historic
Palestine has lasted three-quarters of a century, since the 1948 establishment
of Israel as an ethno-supremacist state. It is not without reason that
observers—including
both international and Israeli human rights groups—now
characterize Israel’s control over the land from the Jordan River to the
Mediterranean Sea as a system of apartheid.
Most importantly, we are
all too aware that the countries in which we live and work and to which we pay
taxes is funding and abetting one party and one party only in this deeply
asymmetric conflict. That party is not the oppressed, but the oppressor.
Right now, the people of
Gaza have urged allies worldwide to exert pressure on their governments to
demand an immediate ceasefire. But this should—this must—be the beginning and
not the end of collective action for liberation. If there is to be justice and
peace, the siege of Gaza must end, the blockade must end and the occupation
must end. Above all, the rights all people currently living between the Jordan
River and the Mediterranean, as well as those of Palestinian refugees in exile
must be respected.
We invite our fellow
philosophers to join us in solidarity with Palestine and the struggle against
apartheid and occupation In particular, join us in supporting the academic and
cultural boycott of Israeli institutions—distinct from individuals—as outlined
by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
(PACBI). We urge all individuals to speak out openly and fearlessly and
work to advance the cause of Palestinian liberation and justice for all.
Signed,
Diana María Acevedo-Zapata
(Universidad Pedagógica Nacional de Colombia)
María del Rosario Acosta
López (University of California, Riverside)
Sabeen Ahmed (Swarthmore
College)
Rachida Akil (Faculty of
Humanities, University of Tunis)
Alia Al-Saji (McGill
University)
Linda Martín Alcoff (City
University of New York)
Eric Aldieri (Bridgewater
State University)
Daniel Allen (Villanova
University)
Tasneem Alsayyed
(University of Waterloo)
Ilana Amaral (Universidade
Estadual do Ceará)
Luvell Anderson (Syracuse
University)
Solmu Anttila (VU
Amsterdam)
Louise Antony (University
of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Emiliano Aquino
(Universidade Estadual do Ceará)
Alfred Archer (Tilburg
University)
Sara Aronowitz (University
of Toronto)
Cinzia Arruzza (New School
for Social Research)
Richard T.W. Arthur
(McMaster University)
Aref Ashrafian (Mofid
University, Iran)
Estenio Azevedo
(Universidade Estadual do Ceará)
Farshid Baghai (Villanova
University)
Étienne Balibar (Kingston
University)
Anthony Ballas (Northern
New Mexico College)
Bana Bashour (American
University of Beirut)
Nora Berenstain
(University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
Ashley Bohrer (University
of Notre Dame)
Kelsey Borrowman
(Villanova University)
Dan Boscov-Ellen (Pratt
Institute)
Eric Bottorff (Oakton Community College)
Raymond Brassier (American
University of Beirut)
Bob Brecher (University of
Brighton)
Carmelita Brito de Freitas
Felício (Universidade Federal de Goiás)
Larry Alan Busk (Florida
Gulf Coast University)
Judith Butler (University
of California, Berkeley)
Kevin Cabardo (New School
for Social Research)
Fortunato Maria Cacciatore
(Università della Calabria)
Alex Callinicos (King’s
College London)
Taylor Carman (Barnard
College, Columbia University)
Amandine Catala
(Université du Québec à Montréal)
Marie Chabbert (Utrecht
University)
Robert Chapman (Durham
University)
Tim Christiaens (Tilburg
University)
Lillian Cicerchia
(University of Amsterdam)
Rebecca Comay (University
of Toronto)
Gustavo Costa
(Universidade Estadual do Ceará)
Elena Comay del Junco
(University of Connecticut)
Carla Damião (Universidade
Federal de Goiás)
Angela Y. Davis
(University of California, Santa Cruz)
Byron Davies (Tecnólogico
de Monterrey)
Camila de Gamboa
(Universidad del Rosario)
Dayana de la Rosa
(Universidad del Atlántico)
Stephanie Deig (University
of Lucerne)
Donatella Delle Porta
(Scuola Normale Superiore)
Esa Díaz-León (University
of Barcelona)
Rosalyn Diprose
(University of NSW
Tarek R. Dika (University
of Toronto)
Marie Draz (San Diego
State University)
Emily Dupree (Loyola
University Chicago)
Safae el Khannoussi el
Bouidrin (University of Amsterdam)
Zeyad El Nabolsy (York
University)
Jessica Elkayam (Sam
Houston State University)
Diane Enns (Toronto
Metropolitan University)
Augie Faller (Bryn Mawr
College)
Saba Fatima (Southern
Illinois University Edwardsville)
Brandon D.C. Fenton (York
University/Conestoga College)
Ann Ferguson (University
of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Owen Flanagan (Duke
University)
Anton Ford (University of
Chicago)
Carina Fourie (University
of Washington)
Nancy Fraser (New School
for Social Research)
Layal Ftouni (Utrecht
University)
Alessandra Fussi
(University of Pisa)
Mercer Gary (Drexel
University)
Jonathan Gingerich
(Rutgers University)
Gabriela González Ortuño
(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
Dana Grabelsky (CUNY)
Miguel Gualdron Ramirez
(University of Oregon)
Lisa Guenther (Queen’s
University)
Lauren Guilmette (Elon
University)
Reza Hadisi (University of
Toronto)
Joshua M. Hall (University
of Alabama, Birmingham)
Raja Halwani (School of
the Art Institute of Chicago)
Naïma Hamrouni (Université
du Québec à Trois-Rivières)
Siba Harb (Tilburg
University)
John Harfouch (University
of Alabama, Huntsville)
Rafeeq Hasan (Amherst
College)
Sally Haslanger (MIT)
Andrés Fabián Henao Castro
(University of Massachusetts, Boston)
Charles Hermes (University
of Texas at Arlington)
Tom Hickey (University of
Brighton)
Kathleen Higgins
(University of Texas at Austin)
Allan Hillani (New School
for Social Research)
Sukaina Hirji (University
of Pennsylvania)
Nancy Holmstrom (Rutgers
University, Newark)
Lynne Huffer (Emory
University)
Aaron Jaffe (The Juilliard
School)
Alison Jaggar (University
of Colorado, Boulder)
Joy James (Williams
College)
Yolande Jansen (University
of Amsterdam/ VU Amsterdam)
Marta Jiménez (Emory
University/Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Christopher Johns
(American University of Beirut)
Andrew Johnson (Loyola
Marymount University
Robert N. Johnson
(University of Missouri)
Philip Kain (Santa Clara
University)
Sophia Kanaan (New School
for Social Research)
Najwa Karassi
Serene Khader (City
University of New York)
Muhammad Ali Khalidi (City
University of New York)
Irfan Khawaja
Sarah Kizuk (Skidmore
College)
Jennifer
Komorowski(Toronto Metropolitan University)
Alexi Kukuljevic
(Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien/University of Applied Arts Vienna)
Mark Lance (Georgetown
University)
Emily Lange (Marquette
University)
Matthew LaVine (SUNY
Potsdam)
Aurora Laybourn (DePaul
University)
Mithra Lehn (New School
for Social Research)
Joop Leo (University of
Amsterdam)
Joseph Levine (University
of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Matthias Lievens (KU
Leuven)
Pilar Lopez-Cantero
(Tilburg University)
Jesús Luzardo (Loyola
University Chicago)
Nelson Maldonado-Torres
(University of Connecticut)
Patricia Marechal
(University of California, San Diego)
Ned Markosian (University
of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Al Martinich (University
of Texas at Austin)
Hassan Massoud (University
of Alberta)
Margaret McLaren (Rollins
College)
Saladin Meckled-Garcia
(University College London)
José Medina (Northwestern
University)
Maria Mejia (Elon
University)
Eduardo Mendieta (Penn
State University)
José Jorge Mendoza
(University of Washington)
Torsten Menge
(Northwestern University Qatar)
Elaine Miller (Miami
University Ohio)
Frederick Neuhouser
(Barnard College, Columbia University)
Christopher Norris
(University of Cardiff)
Kyle O'Dowd (New School
for Social Research
Johanna Oksala (Loyola
University Chicago
Ian Olasov (City
University of New York)
Adi M. Ophir (Brown
University)
Romy Opperman (New School
for Social Research)
Imge Oranli (Arizona State
University)
Mariana Ortega (Penn State
University)
Emily Parker (Towson
University)
Diana Milena Patiño
Niño (Deinstitutionalized scholar, Colombia)
Josué Piñeiro (Kennesaw
State University)
Andrea Pitts (University
of Buffalo)
Giovanni Poggi (Nelson
Mandela University, South Africa)
Eli Portella Perreras
(Florida Gulf Coast University)
Laura Quintana
(Universidad de Los Andes)
Najat Rahman (Université
de Montréal)
Amy Ramirez (National
University of Singapore)
Tully Rector (Radboud
University)
Joel Michael Reynolds
(Georgetown University)
Julian Rios (Grinnell
College)
María Lucía Rivera-Sanín
(Universidad Nacional de Colombia)
William Clare Roberts
(McGill University)
Luke Roelofs (University
of Texas at Arlington)
Monique Roelofs
(University of Amsterdam)
Taylor Rogers (Governors
State University)
Nuria Roldán (Seville
University)
Catherine Rowett
(University of East Anglia)
Kathryn Russell (SUNY
Cortland)
Muhammad Sadiq Kakar
(Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Abdelhamid Safa (IPU New
Zealand)
Gayle Salamon (Princeton
University)
Jorge Sanchez-Perez
(University of Alberta)
Sahotra Sarkar (University
of Texas at Austin)
Lara Scaglia (Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de México)
Naomi Scheman (University
of Minnesota)
Lisa Schwartzman (Michigan
State University)
Paula Schwebel (Toronto
Metropolitan University)
Laurie Shrage (Florida
International University)
Richard Seaford
(University of Exeter)
Kris F. Sealey (Penn State
University)
Emiliano Sfara (University
of Tours)
Hasana Sharp (McGill
University)
Falguni Sheth (Emory
University)
Haiyue Shan (VU Amsterdam)
Sonia Sikka (University of
Ottawa)
Laura Silva (Université
Laval)
Matthew Noah Smith
(Northeastern University)
Nicole Smith (University
of Texas at Austin)
Iarle Sousa Ferreira
(Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciéncia e Tecnologia de Goiás)
Michael Starling (San
Joaquin Delta College
Lucian Stone (University
of North Dakota)
J.T. (Thijl) Sunier (VU
Amsterdam)
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
(Georgetown University)
Chloë Taylor (University
of Alberta)
Francisco Luciano Teixeira
Filho (Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Brasil)
Sunera Thobani (University
of British Columbia)
Peter Thomas (Brunel
University London)
Anya Topolski (Radboud
University)
Adriel Trott (Wabash
College)
Marcela Uchôa (University
of Coimbra)
Anwar Uhuru (Wayne State
University)
Helga Varden (University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Elizabeth Victor (William
Paterson University)
Steven J. Wagner
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Catherine Walsh
(Deinstitutionalized scholar, Ecuador)
Cynthia Willett (Emory
University)
Vanessa Wills (George
Washington University)
Amelia Wirts (University
of Washington)
Sophie Withaeckx
(Maastricht University)
George Yancy (Emory
University)
Rocío Zambrana
(Universidad de Puerto Rico)
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