The Chris Hedges Report: America’s Academic Gulag (w/MIT Student Activists)
“What this ultimately means is that MIT's research can enable a genocide and in fact is enabling the ongoing genocide against Palestinians."
MIT Student Banned From Campus, Facing Suspension After Pro-Palestine Activism
Prahlad Iyengar has faced the ire of university officials over actions such as questioning Lockheed Martin recruiters on campus.
It’s Becoming Harder to Protest Gaza War on Campus—and Also to Teach About It
Organizing for labor protections and academic freedom is crucial to combat higher education’s creeping authoritarianism.
How Private Israeli Security Firms Are Killing Free Speech on College Campuses
Amid unprecedented anti-war protests, universities like CUNY and Concordia are turning to private security firms with Israeli military backgrounds to monitor and suppress dissent.
Illinois Students Who Protested Gaza Genocide Are Facing Felony Mob Charges
The state's attorney is prosecuting University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students over last April's encampments.
For NYT’s ‘Free Speech’ Maven, Racism Needs Protection, Gaza Protests Don’t
The speech of white supremacists must be defended, but criticism of Israel and support for Palestinian human rights are going too far.
NYT Repeats US Gov’s Evidence-Free Claim That Gaza Protests Are Part of Iranian Plot
Where is the actual evidence that Iranian operatives “posing as students” are helping organize and fund campus protests over the war on Gaza?
‘The Genocide Gentry’: Weapon Execs Sit on Boards of Universities, Institutions
"This research provides a view into just how embedded the corporate, profit-fueled war machine is in our higher education and cultural institutions," said one campaigner.
Student Activists Vow to Continue Pro-Palestine Protests Despite University Crackdowns
Students say their moral compasses keep them committed to opposing genocide, but much about specific tactics remains uncertain.
US Universities Spent the Summer Strategizing To Suppress Student Activism. Here Is Their Plan
Schools across the U.S. have altered policies and even landscapes in an attempt to make a repeat of last spring’s Palestine protests impossible. The result is a far-reaching war on…
Columbia President Resigns After Violent Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Student Protests
"She finally got the memo," said Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine. "Any future president who does not pay heed to the Columbia student body's overwhelming demand for divestment will…
Extreme Inequality Is a Threat to Free Speech
If money is speech, then speech isn’t free.
How Democratizing Universities Would Supercharge the Pro-Palestine Divestment Movement
If university boards were controlled by the communities they impact, we could redirect billions of dollars away from war and corporations that harm people and the planet.
The Liberal State Police: How Democrats Are Playing Into GOP Hands
Applying the tactics of counterinsurgency warfare to peaceful domestic protest risks blurring the line between Trump and his opponents.
Michael Brenner: A Brutal Suppression of Speech
The increasingly common resort to diktats by U.S. authorities is a notable feature of contemporary American society — in all spheres, writes Michael Brenner.