Cambridge University’s vile right-wing lecturer James Orr has been prevented from teaching in-person at the Faculty of Divinity.
In a huge campaign success, the former Reform UK head of policy has had his classes moved online after weeks of protests led by the Cambridge Communists in the Fire James Orr campaign.
As the front page of Cambridge Varsity reports: “Red scare reaps results”.
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James Orr forced into hiding
The Faculty of Divinity was forced to take action after Friday 6 November, where 70 student protestors mobilised outside Orr’s lecture.
Together we chanted “James Orr, listen here! You were bought by Palantir” and “They drop bombs on the poor, out with Palantir and Orr!”. This was met by students walking out from Orr’s ‘ethics’ lecture.
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We made it clear that the students of Cambridge University do not want these corrupt, right-wing racists on our campus. Speeches exposed Orr’s links to Palantir blood money at the University, and the racist network responsible for starting the smears against Jason Arday before his death.
Attendees from the Anglia Ruskin University Marxist Society and Cambridge Unite the Union spoke radically in favour of firing Orr – no one in the whole city wants him here! Even some University security (who did nothing to obstruct us) gave us thumbs up and smiles of support.
Determined to make our chants heard inside, we found the lecture’s location and mobilised directly outside. As the lecture ended we split into two groups to welcome Orr at both exits. Unfortunately, the coward chose to hide for over two hours after the protest rather than face the crowd.
With this mobilisation, and previous lecture disruptions, we have successfully stopped James Orr physically lecturing at the faculty.
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But Orr is still allowed to teach, even if it’s online. He is still employed by the University; he is still being allowed to house postgraduate students in his “right-wing Mecca” home; and groom students into Reform. This racist network is still at large in Cambridge University and has not been held accountable for their complicity in the social lynching of Arday.
Cambridge University is complicit
The University management’s hands are not clean either. Deborah Prentice, the vice-chancellor of the University, must also be held responsible. It is these people who allow these racist networks to fester on campus.
They hired Orr in the first place, found the ‘race realist’ Nathan Cofnas innocent after 58 complaints before he instigated plagiarism claims against Arday; and opened the investigation into Arday that contributed to the media hounding him to death.
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Smears against us from the right-wing establishment media and intimidation from the department will not deter us.
As one new comrade put it, “This is brilliant news, but we won’t rest until [Orr] is sent packing from Cambridge with his tail between his legs!”.
