Pretty rich from a university that publishes this crap on their website. 5/
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If the ETH truly values its relationship with its students more than its relationship with NZZ and 20 Minuten, the decision should not be hard to take.'

On Monday, ETH Zurich cancelled the lecture in response to this message and Lambert's refusal to endorse their racism. 4/

In response to the request to endorse ETH's statement, Lambert wrote the rector: 'Banning [the lecture means] the dissolution of the contract with the students that they are given the agency of conceiving their own curriculum... 3/

This comes after Lambert has been attacked and slandered in multiple Swiss outlet in recent weeks, including the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 2/
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Lecture arranged *by students* on settler colonialism & the built environment in Palestine by Léopold Lambert cancelled by ETH Zurich executive board after he refused to publicly “subscribe” to a Oct 27 ETH statement that does not once mention Palestinians. 1
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Léopold Lambert's analysis of 'Weaponized Architecture: Settler Colonialism and the Built Environment in Palestine' didn't disappoint. The video of yesterday's talk is online. I still can't see why ETH Zurich felt the urge to censor it youtube.com/watch?v=k_Gi2m…

Another day, another cancellation.

The way these institutions are tripping over themselves to de-platform any of us who dare to call out the violence of Genocide against our Palestinian friends and comrades is quite something.

Solidarity with Leopold, and all The Funambulist

Read more about ETZ Zurich's decision to cancel a lecture by Léopold Lambert The Funambulist here and sign the letter in solidarity.

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Interrupted the holiday to attend The Funambulist's Léopold Lambert's brilliant banned lecture ' When the Walls Tighten on You: On Palestinian Impossibility to Distance from Architecture's Violence'.
There should be no place for censorship and genocide complicity in academia.'

Today Lambert gave a counter lecture as a result to the ETH Zurich’s censorship. It was on walls, roofs, turnstiles, corridors and proximity and how they embody the architecture of violence. The Funambulist ✊🍉🇵🇸🔥

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ETH Zurich has censored the talk stating that Léopold did not “distance himself credibly and explicitly enough from violence.”

Accordingly, he will hold a different lecture online at the exact time it was originally scheduled (April 10th, 7PM CET).

'When the Walls Tighten on You: On Palestinian Impossibility to Distance from Architecture's Violence' the lecture by Léopold Lambert has started.

And unapologetically proud of being the publisher of his first book ‘Weaponized Architecture. The Impossibility of Innocence’ (2012)

We cannot accept this kind of censorship if we understand the role of a university as it should be: a space for respectful and open discussion in which to learn from one another; especially in critical times as the ones we’re living in.

Follow link to watch the lecture online.

'When the Walls Tighten on You: On Palestinian Impossibility to Distance from Architecture's Violence'

After cancellation from ETH Zurich, Léopold's talk on Palestine supposed to give at the Department of Architecture will be held online instead:

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Not even the catholic church asks for total acquiescence to its members, a shame on ETH’s academic reputation:
“Léopold had exchanged a couple of emails with the university Rector, who demanded him to publicly “subscribe” to a statement made by ETH published on October 27, 2023.”

Imperialism is Multiple, So Should be Our Solidarities: On the Need for Post-Post-Colonialism - THE FUNAMBULIST MAGAZINE thefunambulist.net/magazine/quest…

Please sign this solidarity statement with Léopold Lambert, editor-in-chief of The Funambulist Lambert's talk 'Settler Colonialism & the Built Environment in Palestine' was cancelled after ETH’s executive board gave in to the pressure of local right-wing newspapers! #Palestine

Very few academics dare to have such a militant line, such as Léopold Lamberth, whom I had the pleasure to hear when I was a student at Goldsmiths. The academic censorship towards Palestine ignites lights on who’s on the right side. 🍉🇵🇸🍉🇵🇸