US professors face discipline and investigations over Palestine support: Universities such as Columbia and Princeton punish educators for posts and comments criticizing war in Gaza

Signs calling for the MIT to cut ties with Israel are seen at a protest encampment in support of Palestine in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 28 April. Photograph: Amanda Sabga/Reuters

“Reports of professors being investigated and disciplined for speech about the war are disturbing. The purpose of universities is to stimulate debate, including on controversial topics,” said Ramya Krishnan, senior staff attorney at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University.

“It severely undermines that purpose when universities act as roving censors that can punish faculty’s private political speech. Professors should be able to speak as citizens without retaliation except in the rarest of circumstances – that is, unless their speech compromises their ability to do their jobs.”   ... READ MORE    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/24/university-professors-discipline-palestine-support 

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