The suppression of academic freedom and the freedom of speech has been going on for decades in American universities. Quote: Academic Freedom Conference: A surprisingly accurate article
Critics of pro-Israel lobby hold parley
Several of the pro-Israel lobby's strongest critics gathered in Chicago to fight what they described as Jewish efforts to stifle academic freedom.
10.16.2007 | Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)
By Ben Harris
CHICAGO (JTA) -- Collectively they have published more than a hundred books and countless articles. Four are tenured professors at elite American universities. Internet searches reveal them to be widely cited experts on international affairs and American foreign policy.
In short, it's difficult to imagine a collection of academics more secure in their posts or more prominent.
But there they were -- Noam Chomsky, John Mearsheimer, Tony Judt and fellow travelers -- at a conference last week hosted by the University of Chicago warning that pressure from American Jewish groups is having a chilling effect on unpopular scholarship and free-wheeling debate on university campuses.
| Link & Entire: Norman G. Finkelstein Those that are interested in this topic can read this book. I just started reading it. Dershowitz's own words are copied and printed with Finklestein's opposing arguments. 
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