The New University in Exile

The New University in Exile

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Invited to participate in an art show about democracy at the New School, where Andy was teaching, we agreed to do so on one condition: no one would know our piece was part of the art show. The wonderful curator agreed. The Yes Men were listed as contributors, and our fake New York Times was on view, but the real thing was down the hall: an immense, full-wall "announcement" by the New School that it would be celebrating the anniversary of the University in Exile with a new University in Exile for displaced Iraqi scholars. (It might not be a coincidence that Andy's contract wasn't renewed.) The New University in Exile Consortium has subsequently become active on the same issues.