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It wasn’t Woke Capitalism that fired Lynne Gobbell for having a John Kerry bumpersticker on her car.

salon.com/2004/09/13/fir…
It wasn’t Woke Capitalism that fired Michael Italie because he ran for public office.

themilitant.com/2002/6601/6601…
Or that requires employees to get their employer’s permission before they file as a candidate.

inthesetimes.com/article/14017/…
It wasn’t Woke Capitalism that forced Murray Energy miners to attend a Romney rally.

latimes.com/politics/la-xp…
Or to donate to the Romney campaign.

newrepublic.com/article/108140…
It wasn’t Woke Capitalism that forced Saily Avelenda to resign over her participation in a legal protest.

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This isn’t even including the cases settled out of court.

chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/11/15/wai…

daytondailynews.com/news/local/wom…
Or the dozens and dozens of professors, on the Right and the Left, who’ve been fired for extramural political speech.
This isn’t a conservative or liberal issue. It isn’t a Woke or Anti-Woke issue. It’s a workers issue, and it’s not new.
But it is a crisis.
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Yet ANOTHER Title VI complaint has been lodged by a Jewish student alleging anti-Semitism due to anti-Israel/anti-Zionist speech. One more example of why adopting the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism is a problem for free speech on campus.

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It’s been hugely frustrating to see how this paper has distorted the conversation on race and police shootings. Despite its fatal flaws (and for the questions it sought to answer, they *were* fatal), this paper will now live on forever, zombie social science that will never die.
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Jennine Capó Crucet, an author and prof, was invited to Georgia Southern University to discuss her book “Make Your Home Among Strangers”. At the talk, some students accused her of being biased against white people.

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