June 27
GUESTS: Ethan Fraenkel and Noam
Chen-Zion, students in the Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences at Columbia University, talk about their open letter
criticizing the university for alleging antisemitism against
anyone opposing Zionism.
Open
letter to Columbia University
I was very happy to have Ethan and Noam on Activist Radio. Their open letter exposes Columbia University's empty rhetoric and complete subservience to the US Empire. Can college students gain anything from such a sterile academic environment? From a propaganda arm of the Military Industrial Complex?
Ethan and Noam have certainly learned a lot, although most of their enlightenment has come from exposing the hypocrisy of their university. But think of how many students have not spoken out, or risked their future careers. Those students have also learned something, that ideas and concepts don't matter as long as they are able to regurgitate conventional narratives. That lesson makes institutions like Columbia University into high priced indoctrination centers. In short, Columbia has sold its academic soul to the billionaires and the US war machine.
Real education can't be bought by Columbia's sixty six thousand in tuition and fees. It is a ripoff if you value intellectual curiosity and independent analysis.
