Reinstate Chris Knight
We, the undersigned, regret your action in seeking to cancel the Alternative G20 Summit which was due to be held on the Docklands campus on April 1st. We congratulate the main organizer of this event,... continue reading »
"people need to be free, don't kill the seeds of a better tomorrow"
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"Please reinstate Chris Knight immediately"
"Retired University Lecturer finds this shameful and embarassing."
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"Total injustice!!! Re-instate him now!!"
"Defend academic freedom!"
"Liu Xiaobo signed the Charter 2008. China sent him to prison. Chris Knight protests and loses the job - what' the difference?"
"As well as being based on a spurious allegation of incitement to violence, the decision to suspend Chris Knight represents an evident attack of academic freedom which is incredibly worrying. The role of academics in public life must be to engage in debate"
"Freedom of speech and action used to be an ideal defended by the ethos of our higher ed institutions - time to allow diversity"
"To Professor Susan Price and the Senior Management Teat at UEL - Academic freedom is a cornerstone of British democracy and so is the right to free speech. Chris Knight's statements to the press were inflated by the media as a means to whip up antagonism "
"I support this petition"
"Chris Knight should be reinstated immediately. Shame on those whose actions have lead to censorship of academic freedom, real shame."
"Its a disgrace that a university--a supposed bastion of academic freedom--has bahaved like a right wing dictator in dismissing this obviously intelliegent and visionary man from post. I will ensure to spread the word that UEL is not a place to study. Disg"
"The students (fee paying customers at UEL) were never consulted about the cancellation of the G20 alt. summit or Chris' suspension ... neither were we reimbursed for the lecture days we missed ... or officially informed about why the university took the a"
"Chris Knight is the reason I went to UEL, and I was not disappointed with his amazing and inspiring lectures. I am however extremely upset by the Universities recent actions against a man whose crime was uniting people to create positive and much needed c"
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"I support this petition"
"It is an absolute disgrace and goes against all that a university should stand for,"
"As a fellow public anthropologist, I am deeply concerned about the increasingly corporatist logic of the university. Actions like Chris Knight's suspension confirm the trend of profit and the security state mattering above all else, to the exclusion of fr"
"Solidarity comrade."
"Artist, Designer, Senior Lecturer and Course Leader Graphic Design and Illustration, University of Bedfordshire"
"I support this petition"
"I would comment, but am frankly left speechless by your university's actions."
