It's plausible to examine the impact of computing on this part of history.
And as a (sane) American Jew, I hate what my country and Israel are doing right now.
But I strongly agree with Len that our sig an an entity should STAY OUT of the whole deal.
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Evan Koblentz
- Senior Writer, Office of Communications and Marketing
- Adjunct Instructor, Ying Wu College of Computing
https://web.njit.edu/~evank
-------- Original message --------
From: Len Shustek via Members <members@lists.sigcis.org>
Date: 4/8/26 5:03 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: members@sigcis.org
Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Possible coordination re AHA Call for papers
If SIGCIS as an organization writes such a letter you will lose some
longtime members, including me.
Would you next release statements about the situation in Sudan? Congo?
Myanmar? Ukraine? Bangladesh? Uyghur China? There is no shortage of
terrible things happening all over the world.
Len Shustek
At 07:30 PM 3/30/2026, Alexander Monea via Members wrote:
Hi All,
I'd also like to support the statement that Theodora proposes and would
be happy to assist her and Cass and anyone else in drafting it.
Best,
Alex
From: Members
<members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> on behalf of Cassius Adair via
Members <members@lists.sigcis.org>
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2026 10:04 PM
To: Theodora J Dryer <theodora.dryer@nyu.edu>
Cc: members@sigcis.org <members@sigcis.org>
Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Possible coordination re AHA Call
for papers
I am in support of the statement that Theodora proposes here, and would
be happy to help draft such an anti-war statement through the lens of
computer history.
On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 7:01â¯PM Theodora J Dryer via Members
<members@lists.sigcis.org
> wrote:
- ...
- Speaking of our role in history. What do you all think about SIGCIS
finally drafting a statement against the ongoing genocide in Palestine
and now the US-Israeli imperial war on Iran?
- Given that we are witnesses to these atrocities, and scholars of how
the military machinery works, I believe together we can write a powerful
and lasting statement as computing historians.
- Thank you,
- Theodora