The Divest from Israel Campaign is getting some press recently. The idea that companies that invest in Israel benefit Israeli hardliners has lots of problems with it, which Rory can take care of as soon as he gets back from wherever.

I wonder why-- even as a pilot program-- no activists have tried an 'Invest in Palestine' strategy. What better smack in the face to the Zionist PigDogs to have that Microsystems Fabrication plant bring 2500 jobs to Gaza instead of Tel Aviv?

Of more interest, here's the current list of faculty who signed the Divestment petition. No one I really recognized, outside of making a Cal-FACTS form for them, but see if your favorite is on it.

1. Bil Banks African American Studies Professor UC Berkeley
2. Percy Hintzen African American Studies Professor UC Berkeley
3. Gerald Berreman Anthropology Professor UC Berkeley
4. Laura Nader Anthropology Professor UC Berkeley
5. Aihwa Ong Anthropology Professor UC Berkeley
6. Stefania Pandolfo Anthropology Professor UC Berkeley
7. Nancy Scheper-Hughes Anthropology Professor UC Berkeley
8. John J. Gumperz PhD Anthropology Professor Emeritus UC Berkeley
9. Dell Upton Architecture Professor UC Berkeley
10. Jean Ishibashi Asian American Studies Lecturer UC Berkeley
11. Karen Chapple City and Regional Planning Professor UC Berkeley
12. Ananya Roy City and Regional Planning Professor UC Berkeley
13. Raja Sengupta Civil and Environmental Eng. Professor UC Berkeley
14. Michael Cassidy Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor UC Berkeley
15. Carlos Daganzo Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor UC Berkeley
16. Samer Madanat Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor UC Berkeley
17. Fadia Damon College Writing Programs Professor UC Berkeley
18. John Hurst Education Professor UC Berkeley
19. Laurent El Ghaoui Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor UC Berkeley
20. Brian Harvey Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor UC Berkeley
21. James Landay Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor UC Berkeley
22. Ian Duncan English Professor UC Berkeley
23. Saidiya Hartman English Professor UC Berkeley
24. Abdul JanMohamed English Professor UC Berkeley
25. Celeste Langan English Professor UC Berkeley
26. Susan Schweik English Professor UC Berkeley
27. Anne-Lise Francois English and Comparative Literature Professor UC Berkeley
28. Norma Alarcon Ethnic Studies Professor UC Berkeley
29. L. Ling-chi Wang Ethnic Studies Professor UC Berkeley
30. Linda Williams Film Studies and Rhetoric Professor UC Berkeley
31. Michael Lucey French and Comparative Literature Professor UC Berkeley
32. Roger Byrne Geography Professor UC Berkeley
33. Gillian Hart Geography Professor UC Berkeley
34. Richard Walker Geography Professor UC Berkeley
35. Michael Watts Geography and Institute of International Studies Professor, Director UC Berkeley
36. Claire J. Kramsch German Professor UC Berkeley
37. Bluma Goldstein German Professor Emerita UC Berkeley
38. Emma H Fuentes Graduate School of Education Student UC Berkeley
39. Beshara Doumani History Associate Professor UC Berkeley
40. Angela P. Harris Law School Professor UC Berkeley
41. Donald E. Sarason Mathematics Professor UC Berkeley
42. Lior Pachter Mathematics Assistant Professor UC Berkeley
43. J. B. Neilands Molecular and Cell Biology Professor Emeritus UC Berkeley
44. Charles Dekker Molecular and Cell Biology Professor Emeritus UC Berkeley
45. Rutie Adler Near Eastern Studies Professor UC Berkeley
46. Wali Ahmadi Near Eastern Studies Professor UC Berkeley
47. Hamid Algar Near Eastern Studies Professor UC Berkeley
48. John Hayes Near Eastern Studies Professor UC Berkeley
49. Carol Redmount Near Eastern Studies Professor UC Berkeley
50. Sonia S'hiri Near Eastern Studies Professor UC Berkeley
51. Muhammad Siddiq Near Eastern Studies Professor UC Berkeley
52. Daniel Boyarin Near Eastern Studies and Rhetoric Professor UC Berkeley
53. Alaa E. Mansour Ocean Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Professor UC Berkeley
54. Robert Tripp Physics Professor UC Berkeley
55. Wendy Brown Political Science Professor UC Berkeley
56. Jack Block Psychology Professor UC Berkeley
57. Susan Ervin-Tripp Psychology Professor Emeritus UC Berkeley
58. Pheng Cheah Rhetoric Professor UC Berkeley
59. Judith Butler Rhetoric and Comparative Literature Professor UC Berkeley
60. Michael Burrawoy Sociology Professor UC Berkeley
61. Laura Enriquez Sociology Professor UC Berkeley
62. Arlie Hochschild Sociology Professor UC Berkeley
63. Barrie Thorne Sociology Professor UC Berkeley
64. Loic Wacquant Sociology Professor UC Berkeley
65. Raka Ray Sociology Associate Professor UC Berkeley
66. Vasudha Dalmia South and Southeast Asian Studies Professor UC Berkeley
67. Julio Ramos Spanish and Portuguese Professor UC Berkeley
68. David R. Brillinger D. Sc. Statistics Professor UC Berkeley
69. Caren Kaplan Women's Studies Associate Professor UC Berkeley
70. Jennifer Terry Women's Studies Visiting Associate Professor UC Berkeley

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