Lecturers vote again for Israel boycott
The lecturers' union UCU voted on Wednesday 30 May in favour of boycotting Israel. An amendment moved by Workers' Liberty member Mark Osborn, to delete the boycott call from a motion on Israel/Palestine, was defeated, and the motion was passed. The motion was carried by 159 votes to 99 with 17 abstentions. The vote on the amendment was not counted, but was similar. The motion's wording is slippery, calling only for circulation of Palestinian calls for a boycott and "members to consider the moral implications of links with Israeli academic institutions", but the drift is clear. UCU was formed...