More defamation at Harvard

Not surprising but still an affront to the degenerative bastion of American Academia. Solomonia writes;
“FYI, it’s a good idea to know what the subjects of your talk look like
before you start getting the facts wrong on their records.”

J. Lorand Matory talked about Hillel Stavis and his (now closed) WordsWorth bookstore, saying he had “led a boycott” of NPR. Little did Matory know that Mr. Stavis was in the audience. An emotional confrontation ensues… (includes audio)

Matory was apparently one of the movers behind the Larry Summers hunt
and is now campaigning against the “intimidation” on campus against
those “critical of Israel.”

Solomonia has the whole story here (audio too.)

Confrontation at Harvard: Defa-Matory and Out to Lunch

This is an important guest blog by Hillel Stavis concerning an event that occurred this past Tuesday (scroll down for audio):

Who is J. Lorand Matory and why is he saying those terrible things
about Israel and Jews? And why is he “trembling with fear” these days
at Harvard University?

Mr. Matory is Professor of Anthropology and of African American and African Studies at Harvard. According to his recent oped in the Harvard Crimson, he “trembles with fear” at the power of the Israel Lobby.

For over 30 years I considered myself an “unofficial” member of the
Harvard Community. I founded WordsWorth Books in 1976 and for nearly
three decades our bookshop prided itself on serving the Harvard
community and welcoming hundreds of authors to speak, regardless of the
controversial nature of their writings. In 1989 we were scheduled as
the only bookstore in America to host Salman Rushdie just before the
death edict was issued against him by the Mullahs of Iran. When the
publisher cancelled his appearance for security reasons, we presented a
distinguished panel to discuss the state of free speech in the
publishing world. We hosted Jimmy Carter twice and Tariq Ali, a voluble
critic of Israel. Hardly a week went by without a Harvard graduate
walking into WordsWorth thanking us for being a unique venue for ideas
or recounting how they had met their future spouse in our Psychology
aisle.

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