What Peter Woit thinks about America
Mathematician and Senior Lecturer in the Mathematics department at Columbia University. Author of the book Not Even Wrong and of the long-running physics blog of the same name.
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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Peter Woit has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsThe Fascist regime now ruling the US both enables this and has effectively used bogus accusations of "antisemitism" to damage and exert control over prominent institutions they consider to be enemies.
↗The Situation at Columbia XXXVIImath.columbia.edu 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsThe campaign to paint anti-genocide demonstrations as "antisemitic", violent and threatening to people's "safety" began not under Trump but under the Biden administration.
↗The Situation at Columbia XXXVIImath.columbia.edu 3rd of 3 in this piece