Maryam Namazie reports here on how Goldsmiths ISOC tried to get her disinvited from the university, and how they responded to the talk she gave to ASH (Atheist, Secular and Humanist Society) last night. There seems little to add to her analysis. The hypocrisy of the Goldsmiths ISOC (who have hosted Tzortzis and others) is breathtaking:
We feel having her present, will be a violation to our safe space, a policy which Goldsmiths SU adheres to strictly, and my society feels that all she will do is incite hatred and bigotry, at a very sensitive time for Muslims in the light of a huge rise in Islamophobic attacks.
and their conduct last night bullying:
After my talk began, ISOC “brothers” started coming into the room, repeatedly banging the door, falling on the floor, heckling me, playing on their phones, shouting out, and creating a climate of intimidation in order to try and prevent me from speaking.
I continued speaking as loudly as I could. They repeatedly walked back and forth in front of me. In the midst of my talk, one of the ISOC Islamists switched off my PowerPoint and left. The University security had to intervene and remain in the room as I continued my talk.
Here’s a good post on the same topic by Godless Spellchecker.
habibi adds: keep in mind that the people objecting to Maryam Namazie hosted terrorist cheerleader Moazzam Begg just a month ago.
And here is an entertaining image from the ISOC.
See if you can guess who the Goldsmith Feminist Society stands in solidarity with. A secular feminist shouted down by menacing male thugs, or the male thugs?
Go on, go on, GUESS!
http://goldfemsoc.tumblr.com/post/134396957048/goldsmiths-feminist-society-stands-in-solidarity
