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Koch Brother Buys Professors At Public University to Spread Free Market Propaganda -- Is Public Education the Kochs' Next Front?

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. May 10, 2011.

The latest Koch brother affront is an "unheard of" breach of academic freedom--a donation to FSU only on the condition they can oversee the faculty appointees.

Virginia AG and Tea Party Favorite Sues Scientist for Studying Climate Change

Emily Badger, Miller-McCune.com. May 30, 2010.

Ken Cuccinelli's lawsuit against climate scientist Michael Mann will have a chilling effect and could deter scientists from work in politically controversial fields.

Note to Neocons: Universities Don't Create Extremists

Sunny Hundal, Comment Is Free. January 6, 2010.

In blaming universities for radicalized students, we risk serious damage to freedom of speech and civil liberties

Academic Freedom? Not for Israeli Arabs

Jonathan Cook, Middle East Online. March 5, 2008.

An Arab-Israeli professor is being hounded for opposing militarism.

America's Campaign to Smear Israel's Critics

Salim Muwakkil, In These Times. September 11, 2007.

In the U.S., scholars who contest the conventional wisdom about Israel all too often lose their reputations -- and their jobs.

Why is Canada Afraid to Let Bill Ayers Speak?

Staff, December 31, 1969.