Pro-BDS Profs Attempt to Oust Cary Nelson from MLA Session

At a BDS strategy session at the Modern Language Association annual convention, UC Berkeley’s Judith Butler and Stanford University’s David Palumbo-Liu attempted, and failed, to kick out Cary Nelson, a retired UIUC professor and leader of the anti-BDS MLA Members for Scholars’ Rights.

Cinnamon Stillwell analyzes Middle East studies academia in West Coast colleges and universities for Campus Watch. A San Francisco Bay Area native and graduate of San Francisco State University, she is a columnist, blogger, and social media analyst. Ms. Stillwell, a former contributing political columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, has written on a wide variety of topics, including the political atmosphere in American higher education, and has appeared as a guest on television and talk radio.
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