How can I make academics and activists understand that sounding an alarm is meaningless and silence on the sidelines fatal?
We need more forces.
The global academic community — faculty, staff, alumni, and far and away the most important, students — must come off the benches, must come out of the shadows, must end their silence and disengagement, their “neutrality.”
Today universities around the world are controlled by MBAs, not a PhD in sight. A few — notably Massachusetts Institute of Technology — have become out-and-out criminal organizations, a collection of pay-to-play operations hiding behind a once-great reputation, run by a global cartel (read mafia) of banks and Big Oi corporations.
But all the rest — Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia — are training grounds for the #oligarchs seizing control of our world.
This is what we saw on parade at Donald Trump’s inauguration.
- Tech bro billionaires
- Salute to Nazis and the radical right
- Pardons for violent criminals
- Donald Trump as a populist.
Mass Ave is the new Fifth Avenue
It isn’t only Donald Trump who can kill with impunity in broad daylight.
Threatened with exposure in 2019 (ibid, Page 1, Footnote 1, https://facultygovernance.mit.edu/sites/default/files/20200121GoodwinProcterReport.pdf#page=3), the cartel in control of MIT hired #Citigroup lawyer Scott Barshay (ibid, Page 3, https://facultygovernance.mit.edu/sites/default/files/20200121GoodwinProcterReport.pdf#page=5) to stage a criminal defense (aka, "Activist Defense") of their operations, represented as an outside investigation.
It was the first time that corporate strategies, deployed by global corporations against “activist” shareholders, was used against an academic community.
Barshay’s “problematic emails” (Barshay et al., 07:14, https://www.citigroup.com/global/insights/inside-m-a-citi-s-m-a-podcast-m-a-considerations-and-the-new-antitrust-paradigm) were then manipulated to hide the real horror: that MIT senior leaders knew, thanks to the courage of #VirginiaGiuffre and her December 30, 2014 lawsuit (https://media.licdn.com/dms/document/media/v2/D4E2DAQE-BLxjyhjVHQ/profile-treasury-document-pdf-analyzed/profile-treasury-document-pdf-analyzed/0/1734027217469?e=1738800000&v=beta&t=o9oaqP-Brj34Jh5CxtrRCwDYavuxZnt1_k3Er6tAMFw), knew that Jeffrey Epstein was a rapist, pedophile, sex trafficker, and blackmailer AND STILL THEY PROTECTED HIS REPUTATION AND ACCESS TO THE MIT COMMUNITY FOR THREE MORE YEARS, until MIT staff demanded that they stop (ibid, Page 52, https://facultygovernance.mit.edu/sites/default/files/20200121GoodwinProcterReport.pdf#page=54).
Investigate MIT
Not because MIT is important. It isn’t. But it is a model of silence. And just as “problematic emails” have been hidden, those emails are just a #subpoena away. No one is above the rule of law. To prosecute criminals we must prosecute their collaborators.
Prosecute MIT to understand how a global cartel captured a once-great institution, so that horror may wake up the world.
Appendix
1. Scott Barshay history of "Activist Defense"
Scott is a trusted advisor to many of the largest public companies and their boards of directors defending against hedge fund activism. His representations in this area have included:
- ADP in its successful proxy contest against Pershing Square Capital Management
- Air Methods in the activist campaign by Voce Capital Management
- Apple in the activist campaign by JANA Partners
- ARIAD Pharmaceuticals in the adoption of its shareholder rights plan and in the activist campaign by Sarissa Capital
- Avon?in the activist campaign by Barington Capital
- Barnes & Noble in the adoption of its shareholder rights plan (upheld by the Delaware Chancery Court and the Delaware Supreme Court), its successful proxy contest against Ron Burkle and The Yucaipa Companies, and in separate activist campaigns by Pershing Square Capital Management and Sandell Asset Management
- BHP Billiton in the activist campaign by Elliott Management
- Cameron International in activist defense against JANA Partners and Elliott Management
- CDK Global in the activist campaign by Elliott Management
- Cheniere Energy in the activist campaign by Carl Icahn
- Chico’s FAS in its successful proxy contest against Barington Capital and in connection with unsolicited takeover offers from Sycamore Partners
- Commvault Systems?in the activist campaigns by, and settlement agreements with, Elliott Management and Starboard Value
- Crown Castle in the activist campaign by Elliott Management and its successful proxy fight against Boots Capital
- Dana Incorporated in the share accumulation by, and settlement agreement with, Icahn Capital
- Emerson Electric?in the activist campaign by D.E. Shaw to split Emerson’s industrial automation business from its climate technology business
- Etsy in connection with share accumulations by, and engagement with, Elliott Management
- Exelixis in its proxy contest against Farallon Capital Partners
- Gannett?in its successful acquisition of Belo, which was challenged by various arbitrageurs and hedge funds
- Goodyear in the activist campaign by Elliott Management
- Harris Corporation in the activist campaign by JANA Partners
- Helix Energy Solutions in activist defense against Greenlight Capital
- Hertz Global Holdings?in the adoption of its shareholder rights plan, its settlement agreement with Carl Icahn, and in share accumulations by Corvex Management, Third Point and JANA Partners
- Hologic in the adoption of its shareholder rights plan and in activist campaigns by Carl Icahn and Relational Partners
- Honeywell International?in the activist campaign by Third Point
- Intel Corporation in the activist investment by Third Point
- The Jones Group?in the activist campaign by Barington Capital and in share accumulations by Greenlight Capital
- King Pharmaceuticals in share accumulations by Perry Capital
- Masimo in its proxy contest against Politan Capital Management
- McDonald’s in its successful proxy contest against Carl Icahn
- Merck & Co. in its successful acquisition of Acceleron Pharma, which was challenged by Avoro Capital
- NCR in the activist campaign by Marcato Capital Management and in share accumulations by JANA Partners and Corvex Management
- Par Pharmaceutical Co.?in the activist campaign by Relational Partners
- Perspecta in the activist investment by JANA Partners
- Qualcomm in the activist campaign by JANA Partners
- Randstad?in its successful acquisition of Monster Worldwide, which was challenged by an entity controlled by Alden Global Capital
- Red Robin Gourmet Burgers in?its settlement agreement with JCP Investment Management LLC and Jumana Capital Investments LLC, in connection with an unsolicited takeover offer from Vintage Capital Management, the adoption of its shareholder rights plan, its proxy contest against and settlement agreement with Vintage, and the activist campaign by VIEX Capital Advisors
- Sara Lee in the activist campaign by ValueAct Capital
- Starbucks Corporation in the activist campaign by Elliott Management and its successful proxy contest against the Strategic Organizing Center, a coalition of labor unions
- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide?in share accumulations by JANA Partners and Third Point
- Suncor Energy in the activist campaign by, and settlement agreement with, Elliott Management
- Web.com in the activist campaign by Okumus Fund Management
2. Claudia Hammerman client profile
Paul, Weiss lawyer Claudia Hammerman was also hired by the MIT Executive Committee for an unspecified role in the MIT Epstein investigation and role. A list of her previous clients may help shed light where there is now only darkness regarding an "outside" law firm.
Claudia has served as litigation counsel on significant securities and commercial disputes for Citigroup, JPMorgan, Wachovia, Bank of New?York Mellon and Bank of America.
Among her recent significant matters, Claudia:
- Represented Citigroup in connection with various CDO and other subprime-related litigations and regulatory matters.
- Represented Bank of America in connection with certain regulatory investigations.
- Represented Bank of New York Mellon in various litigations and regulatory matters relating to foreign exchange transactions.
- Represented Citigroup in all litigations and regulatory matters relating to Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy and SIPC proceeding.
- Represented Citigroup in all litigations and regulatory matters relating to Enron’s bankruptcy.
- Represented JPMorgan in litigations and regulatory matters relating to its dealings with Delphi Corporation.
- Represented Citigroup in litigations and regulatory matters relating to its dealings with Dynegy.
- Represented Wachovia in litigations relating to auction rate securities.
3. Former Citigroup CEO appointed Chair of the MIT Corporation
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