Continue reading Tagged Education, Feminism, Gender, Kathleen Stock, Transgender, University of Sussex 151 Comments Elon Musk must destroy Twitter “Masked men at my workplace are demanding I resign or be fired.” There was an embarrassed laugh. I told her I was undergoing some work-related stress: please could I be signed off for a while and also have some sleeping tablets? She asked me what the problem was. For the first time ever, I phoned the doctor for a sick note. Though at first I attempted to teach through the activity escalating against me - first on campus and then by Zoom - I soon realised my mental state was not up to it. The obvious solution was to intimidate me into leaving. Apparently I was making students unsafe with my words. In the second week of Autumn term last year, a campaign of harassment began on campus, with my name on it. I marked a strange anniversary this week: a year to the day since my resignation from the lectureship I used to hold at Sussex University. Continue reading Tagged De Tocqueville, Democracy, Liberalism, Marx, Nationalism, Tocqueville, Ukraine, Ukraine war 107 Comments How I survived my annus horribilis Very few observers who knew Ukraine’s history could have predicted the surge of resistance that followed the Russian invasion. Let me delicately point out that liberal values have never been deeply rooted in Ukraine, nor were its citizens known for their sense of fraternity and civic responsibility. Crises can inspire people to do uncharacteristic things. The question brings a blush to the cheeks. I don’t think I’m alone in asking myself whether, under similar circumstances, we would be as courageous and unselfish as the Ukrainians have proved themselves to be. We are used to living in peace and prosperity and are not in the habit of fighting for our way of life or making sacrifices for the common good. For those of us in the West, the Ukrainian response to the Soviet invasion has been somewhat embarrassing.
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