Marilyn Hacker
Marilyn Hacker
Open Letter to Obama on Iran
In 2008 Marilyn Hacker, Professor of English, City College of New York, New York signed an online petition “A Open Letter to Barack Obama on Iran”.[1]
"Support Bill Ayers"
In October 2008, several thousand college professors, students and academic staff signed a statement Support Bill Ayers in solidarity with former Weather Underground Organization terrorist Bill Ayers.
In the run up to the U.S. presidential elections, Ayers had come under considerable media scrutiny, sparked by his relationship to presidential candidate Barack Obama.
- We write to support our colleague Professor William Ayers, Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who is currently under determined and sustained political attack...
- We, the undersigned, stand on the side of education as an enterprise devoted to human inquiry, enlightenment, and liberation. We oppose the demonization of Professor William Ayers.
Marilyn Hacker of the City College of New York, CUNY Graduate Center signed the statement.[2]
Opposing Israeli Policy in Gaza
In January 2009 Marilyn Hacker, CCNY, signed a statement circulated by the Magnes Zionist Blog, opposing Israeli policy in Gaza:[3]
- As human beings, we are shocked and appalled at the mass destruction unleashed by the State of Israel against the people of Gaza in its military operation, following years of Israeli occupation, siege, and deprivation.
- As progressives, we reject the same justifications for the carnage that we heard ad nauseam from the supporters of the Second Iraq War: the so-called "war on terror," the "clash of civilizations," the "need to re-establish deterrence" – all of which served to justify a misguided and unnecessary war, with disastrous consequences for America and Iraq.