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Alan Maynard Wald is an American professor emeritus of English Literature and American Culture at the University of Michigan, Ann… more

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Lions in Winter: Longtime Activist Lives on the Left againstthecurrent.org/atc238/lions... via
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Lions in Winter: Longtime Activist Lives on the Left
Tariq Ali at the #StopTrident rally at Trafalgar Square, 27th February 2016. Photo: Asia Society You Can’t Please All: Memoirs 1980-2024 By Tariq Ali London: Verso, 2024, 816 pages, $44.95, h…
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Joanna Misnik (1942-2025):
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Joanna Misnik (1942-2025) - Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
The death of Joanna Misnick, a long-time comrade who suffered a stroke at age 82 on September 3, stirs a complicated mix of emotions. Something (…)
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Indiana's Assault on Public Education by Purnima Bose in AGAINST THE CURRENT:

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Indiana’s Assault on Public Education
Godfather of Trump University, Trump is insisting on his rules for private and public U.S. universities. RIGHT-WING AUTHORITARIANS such as Donald Trump and his MAGA minions drive their ideological …
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Operation MInd: A Brief Documentary Account of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. And Why It Matters Now.

Natalie Zemon Davis and Elizabeth Douvan

Foreword by Silke-Maria Weineck
New Essay by Alan Wald, "The Instruction of History"
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Operation MInd: A Brief Documentary Account of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. And Why It Matters Now. 116 pages, paperback, 6.25 x 4.25″May 2025 ISBN (Print) 978-1-964098-05-0ISBN (Ebo...
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New interview with Alan on WBAI-FM

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Press first PODCAST button (for June 2)
Go to 31 Minutes where Alan's interview starts
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Law and Disorder June 2, 2025 | Law and Disorder Radio
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Jacobin Radio: Trump’s War on Free Speech & Higher Ed w/ Alan Wald
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Jacobin Radio: Trump’s War on Free Speech & Higher Ed w/ Alan Wald
Podcast Episode · Jacobin Radio · 2025-04-22 · 56m
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Over 30 Scholars of Antisemitism, Holocaust Studies, and Jewish History Challenge Trump’s Attack on Free Speech www.commondreams.org/newswire/ove...
Over 30 Scholars of Antisemitism, Holocaust Studies, and Jewish History Challenge Trump’s Attack on Free Speech
Jewish Scholars intentionally violate the controversial and discredited IHRA definition of antisemitism which has been a tool for the Trump administration to imprison activists and dismantle higher ed...
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ALAN SPEAKING ON "STATE OF EMERGENCY IN HIGHER EDUCATION," APRIL 12, 2025, via NYC ZOOM--
A video of Alan Wald's is now available here on the MARXIST EDUCATION PROJECT's YouTube channel.
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State of Emergency in US Higher Education with Alan Wald
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In NYC: Wald on The 'Antisemitism' Scare in US Higher Education - Marxist Education Project Zoom Discussion---Sat, April 12 @ 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM--Free

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Jewish Voice for Peace protest at Trump Tower, NYC:
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The 'Antisemitism' Scare in US Higher Education - Marxist Education Project
Alan Wald presents an overview of the state of emergency in higher education in the United States that recalls earlier eras of extreme political repression, such as McCarthyism in the 1950s. Students,...
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Communist Women Writers:
The Emergence of Memory Culture

— Alan Wald

Review Essay from Against the Current No. 235, March/April 2025
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Communist Women Writers: The Emergence of Memory Culture
In the Company of Radical Women Writers By Rosemary Hennessy Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2023, 304pages, $24.95, paper. Dorothy Parker in Hollywood By Gail Crowther New York: Galler…
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U-M Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine Supports RACHEL DAWSON:
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FSJP - University of Michigan
419 Members as of 10/23
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Now in print in the Jan.-Feb. issue of AGAINST THE CURRENT, Alan's "The Antisemitism Scare: Guide for the Perplexed": againstthecurrent.org/atc234/the-a...
The Antisemitism Scare: Guide for the Perplexed
October 28 Symposium at U-M in defense of Professor Maura Finkelstein. From left, Alan Wald, Rebekah Modrak and Maura Finkelstein. Photo: Charles H.F. Davis III INTRODUCTION: As we enter a new poli…
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Pro-Palestine Students, Alumni, and Students For Justice In Palestine Chapter, Sue the University of Michigan For Violating Free Speech, Due Process, and Equal Protection Rights: www.sugarlaw.org/news
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SUPPORT NYU COLLEAGUES PROTESTING GENOCIDE--Please share widely: act.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/a/tell-nyu-p...
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Open Letter to NYU Leadership: forms.gle/buPzimRLTUHJ...
Open Letter to NYU Leadership
On December 12, the NYU administration invited the NYPD to arrest two faculty members who were supporting students involved in a nonviolent protest at the main library. The university also designated...
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Defending Rachel Dawson at U-M:
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Defending Rachel Dawson | LaunchGood
Supporting Rachel Dawson as she defends herself against an unjust termination from the Univ of Michigan for false allegations of anti-semitism.
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Today's Law and Disorder interview with Alan Wald on Repression of Pro-Palestian Speech now available as podcast through link and also direct online access:

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Law and Disorder Radio | Four of the top progressive lawyers and activists in the growing fight for civil liberties, civil rights and human rights host a weekly/one hour talk radio show, Law & Disorde...
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Wald on Anti-Palestinian Political Repression-WBAI RADIO: www.wbai.org/upcoming-pro...
LAW AND DISORDER DECEMBER 9, 2024
Co-hosts Michael Smith and Jim Lafferty speak with Professor Alan Wald from the University of Michigan about the tremendous repression being carried o...
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by Alan M. Wald

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Wald on Anti-Palestinian Political Repression-WBAI RADIO: www.wbai.org/upcoming-pro...
LAW AND DISORDER DECEMBER 9, 2024
Co-hosts Michael Smith and Jim Lafferty speak with Professor Alan Wald from the University of Michigan about the tremendous repression being carried o...
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by Alan M. Wald

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THE ANTISEMITISM SCARE": portside.org/2024-11-17/a...
The Antisemitism Scare: Guide for the Perplexed
INTRODUCTION: As we enter a new political landscape following the election of Donald Trump, resistance to Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza and its bellicose military actions in the region takes on a...
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Fascinating piece! COLETTE AUDRY (1906-1990) by Ian Birchall
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Colette Audry (1906-1990) - Historical Materialism
In his 2017 book De la Vertu, Jean-Luc Mélenchon attacks the corruption and immorality of contemporary politics.1 In support of his arguments he cites Colette Audry’s book Les militants et leurs moral...
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The Antisemitism Scare: Guide for the Perplexed
October 28 Symposium at U-M in defense of Professor Maura Finkelstein. From left, Alan Wald, Rebekah Modrak and Maura Finkelstein. Photo: Charles H.F. Davis III INTRODUCTION: As we enter a new poli…
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