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News on Graeber: Fired anarchist anthropologist appeals decision

by lorenz on Sep 8, 2005 in politics, persons and theories, University / Academia

Yale anthropologist David Graeber has been recently fired for his anarchist activism. For a long time, there were no news, and the Graeber solidarity blog hasn't been updated either. Now, Yale Daily News writes that Graeber has formally appealed the decision amid suspicion the denial was based on his political views.

According to Yale policy, Graeber is allowed to remain at Yale for one year to allow time for him to find another job. And this semester, the location of Graeber 's lecture course had to be moved to accommodate an unexpectedly high enrollment of about 80 students, Graeber said.

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SEE ALSO:

While the blog is dead, the Solidarity with David Graeber-Webpage has lots of information

Review of Graeber's book: Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology / download the whole book

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