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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: tekboy who wrote (128319)4/5/2004 12:23:04 AM
From: stockman_scott  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Thought Control for Middle East Studies
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April 3, 2004

By Joel Beinin*

lewrockwell.com

<<...Neocons believe it is better for the government to control teaching and research rather than to allow established policy to be questioned. But we are more likely to understand “why they hate us,” and what we can do about it when old ideas can be challenged without fear. Freedom, including academic freedom, is the best way to make Americans safe...>>

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*Joel Beinin is Professor of Middle East History at Stanford University and a former president of the Middle East Studies Association.
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