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March 28, 2016

BDS Has Already Succeeded in Curtailing American Anthropologists’ Academic Freedom

Whether or not a boycott resolution passes, the damage is done.

On April 15, members of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) will vote on a resolution to boycott Israeli universities, institutions, libraries, and scholarly journals. Richard Shweder describes the meeting last November where the resolution was approved by a preliminary vote and submitted to the AAA’s members. Even if the resolution is ultimately voted down, he writes, the BDS movement has already won this particular battle:

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