Leaders of Sociology Group Resist Call for Ceasefire Resolution
Ryan Quinn | 4 April 2024 | Inside Higher Ed
About two years ago, the American Sociological Association issued a statement opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Nearly 20 years ago, its members passed a resolution opposing the U.S. war in Iraq. Back in the 1980s, the ASA supported U.S. divestment from South Africa’s Apartheid regime.
Now, the association is again being asked to take a position on a geopolitical matter—this time, in the form of a resolution by a large group of members calling “for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza." As with the Iraq War, the ASA Council voted it down—and again, it’s going to association members for a vote…