[Air-l] boycott AoIR

[Barry Wellman]

It strikes me that if the boycotters are going to boycott Israel, they
should go beyond that and boycott the AoIR conference and list.

AoIR has been founded by Americans, is based in the US, and takes full
advantage of American law and tax advantages. I know it has an Aussie as
the next head, but we all know that the Australian government is an
American ally. Whatever their personal politics, Americans (and Aussies)
are complicit in the affairs of their government.

So please boycott the AoIR list!

And if you insist on being Middle Eastern focused, perhaps organize
boycotts of Egypt (torture, sexism, lack of democracy), Saudi Arabia
(ibid, with hyper-sexism), the Emirates, Qatar, Bahrein (unbridled
capitalism), Jordan (didn't do nice to the Palestinians when they
controlled the area and have never apologized); Syria (treatment of
Lebanon, secret police, torture of Canadian); Iran (constraints on
religious freedom and democracy; killed a Canadian); Iraq (endless list);
Turkey (Kurds; Midnite Express); Kuwait (sexism; resisting the just
occupation of Saddam Husein); Yemen (??). Most of these countries treat
foreign workers very badly.

Guess that leaves only Lebanon ok now.

 Barry


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