Dear Friends and Colleagues,
You are receiving this email because you have attended one of our MLA Radical Caucus Mini-Conferences in the past few years. WE NEED YOUR HELP in helping us obtain 100 signatures for our resolution by the OCTOBER 1 deadline. The TEXT of the resolution can be found below as well as the link to sign your support.
IF YOU ARE AN MLA MEMBER, PLEASE READ ON -- AND SIGN THE RESOLUTION FOLLOWING THE STEPS BELOW. You can see the text of the resolution below. In addition, the the MLA, colleagues in the American Historical Association are submitting the EXACT same resolution to their AHA body. if you are in an academic organization that might want to join us in submitting the same resolution to YOUR organization, we urge you to do so and let us know. We want to build momentum.
However, our priority right now is to collect the 100 signatures by MLA members needed for this resolution to go forward. PLEASE HELP.
If you are NOT an MLA member, please help us share this information to any of your colleagues who MAY be MLA members.
TEXT OF RESOLUTION AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ASAP:
The MLA Radical Caucus is submitting a resolution for consideration by the MLA Delegate Assembly at the annual MLA Convention in Toronto January 8-11.
Our resolution now has an official signature page on the MLA website:
The deadline for us to get 100 signatures is October 1st.
Anyone who already emailed their statement of support to
governance@mla.org doesn't need to endorse the resolution again (
unless you were emailed about your membership having expired or sent your endorsement from an email address that is not in your MLA profile).
For everyone else who is willing and eligible,
please indicate your endorsement on the resolution's page (only a click away).
There is also a link from the resolution page to a
comment page on
MLA Commons. The page will be available for comments through 5 p.m. EDT on 15 October, assuming that at least 100 members endorse the resolution by 1 October. Go to the page and scroll down to find the place (1) to sign your support, (2) to find you MLA member number if you need it, (3) to read the supporting documentation
Help spread the word.
in solidarity,
Geordie
Our MLA Radical Caucus Resolution:
Support for Proposed Resolution 2026-1
The following resolution has been proposed for consideration by the 2026 Delegate Assembly. For the resolution to proceed to the next step in the resolution process, one hundred members must signal their support by 1 October. Submit the form below to signal your support. You may share comments on the resolution until 5:00 p.m. EDT on 15 October (MLA Commons log-in required).
Proposed Resolution 2026-1
Submitted by Geordie Miller (Mount Allison Univ.)
WHEREAS escalating attacks on academic freedom, free speech, faculty governance, and equity are irreparably damaging education in the United States;
WHEREAS these attacks weaponize allegations of antisemitism and racism to undermine struggles against those real problems, justify massive cutbacks, and silence protest against the U.S.-sponsored Israeli genocide in Gaza;
WHEREAS untenured and adjunct faculty and international students are especially vulnerable to doxxing, firing, and deportation;
BE IT RESOLVED that the MLA condemns these attacks and their specious justifications, and urges all United States educational institutions to join in this opposition.
Supporting materials
Sign Proposed Resolution 2026-1
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