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Professors alarmed by blacklist of pro-colonialism author: ‘academic thuggery’

Andy Ngo - Portland State University — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 05:15:00 +0000

Our fall fundraising campaign runs through Sept. 30, so please consider a tax-deductible donation of any amount to help us continue to publish the best campus news in the nation. Thanks for your support! UPDATED Bruce Gilley may not want to stand behind his article in defense of colonialism, which sparked an international backlash and demands for his firing. But other scholars around…

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Noam Chomsky defends academic freedom of pro-colonialism professor under fire

Andy Ngo - Portland State University — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 05:38:52 +0000

EDITOR’S NOTE: Bruce Gilley has requested the withdrawal of his article from Third World Quarterly, saying he regrets “the pain and anger that it has caused for many people.” Learn more at our Thursday post. Opens ‘dangerous doors’ if besieged journal retracts article A political science professor who came under international fire and calls for censorship for writing a pro-colonialism article…

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Public university stands behind ‘white supremacist’ professor for defending colonialism

Andy Ngo - Portland State University — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 04:00:57 +0000

Colleague defends him: ‘His job, literally, is to publish in peer-reviewed journals’ A public university that evaluates job applicants with 44 questions about “cultural competencies” is standing behind a professor facing a professional blacklist for making “the case for colonialism.” Scholars and students around the world are calling for peer-reviewed Third World Quarterly…

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Men behind ‘Conceptual Penis’ hoax say academe trades respectability for ideological crusades

Andy Ngo - Portland State University — Mon, 22 May 2017 04:15:38 +0000

UPDATED ‘Working in a biased environment, we successfully sugarcoated utter nonsense with a combination of fashionable moral sentiments and impenetrable jargon’ Using pen names and fake citations, Portland State University philosophy professor Dr. Peter Boghossian and mathematician Dr. James Lindsay collaborated to write and submit their hoax paper, “The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct,”…

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Students protest gay conservative speaker as he defends free speech at Portland State

Andy Ngo - Portland State University — Tue, 09 May 2017 04:10:49 +0000

Gay journalist Chadwick Moore – who recently came out as a conservative – spoke at Portland State University in a speech that drew protests and prompted Moore to boldly engage demonstrators who heckled him. The speech, “The Joys of Being an Infidel: Challenging Orthodoxy and Standing Up for Free Speech in America,” drew roughly 60 students and community members, including about a dozen student…

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Free speech wins: In Portland of all places, Antifa halts plans to shut down ‘thought police’ talk

Andy Ngo - Portland State University — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 06:05:26 +0000

PORTLAND, Ore. — In arguably one of the most progressive cities in the nation, plans by the anti-fascist activism group Antifa to shut down a pro-free speech event at Portland State University were abruptly halted. With that, “The New Campus Thought Police” took place Friday evening with only a minor demonstration outside, a few hecklers inside, and possibly some changed hearts and minds.

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