Showing posts with label Columbia University. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Columbia University. Show all posts
Thursday, March 27, 2025

Don’t just blame Trump [and Republicans] – Democrats paved the way for this campus crackdow. Both parties are responsible for the mess facing Columbia and other institutions

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‘Virtually every aspect of the Trump administration’s posture rests on track laid by the Biden administration and the Democratic party.’ ...

Jewish Yale faculty sign letter denouncing attacks on pro-Palestine dissenters: The statement, which rejected “cynical” claims of antisemitism, urged universities across the U.S. to resist federal actions like the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil and to protect university members’ right to free speech.

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Tim Tai YALE Yolanda Wang 11:33 pm, Mar 24, 2025 ...
Thursday, March 20, 2025

"I have always believed that my duty is not only to liberate myself from the oppressor, but also to liberate my oppressors from their hatred and fear." ... My Name is Mahmoud Khalil and I Am a Political Prisoner A letter dictated by Mahmoud Khalil over the phone from ICE detention in Louisiana. Mahmoud Khalil March 18, 2025

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Protestors show support for pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil on March 15, 2025, at the University of Washington campus in Seattle. Kh...
Friday, March 14, 2025

Key context on the Palestinian activist arrested by ICE: I Was a Columbia Student Journalist. Here’s What to Know About Mahmoud Khalil. By Irie Sentner 3/13/2025

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There’s a website called Canary Mission that posts the names and images of anyone seen as anti-Israel — including student journalists whose...
Thursday, March 13, 2025

"The New York Times, which has warned its writers to not use “words like ‘slaughter,’ ‘massacre’ and ‘carnage’” when reporting on Gaza, the same NYT that has systemically obfuscated the genocide in Gaza, is reporting that Columbia is warning its students not write about Gaza" Mohammed El-Kurd

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Mohammed El-Kurd @m7mdkurd Writer from Jerusalem, occupied Palestine. Palestine Correspondent at the Nation, editor-at-large at Mondoweiss. ...
Sunday, October 27, 2024

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

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Signs calling for the MIT to cut ties with Israel are seen at a protest encampment in support of Palestine in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on...
Monday, June 10, 2024

Why are America’s elite universities so afraid of this scholar’s paper? ... The Palestinian human rights lawyer Rabea Eghbariah's article was censored- disappeared... The Columbia Law Review website was temporarily shut down after it published a Palestinian human rights lawyer’s article proposing a new way to understand Palestinian life under Israeli rule

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The Palestinian human rights lawyer Rabea Eghbariah. Photograph: Courtesy Rabea Eghbariah Jonathan Guyer Sun 9 Jun 2024 08.00 EDT W hen th...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024

"For the White House to allow pro-Israel “word police” to define what is & isn’t acceptable language is a dangerous abuse of power" James J Zogby ... & Annie's Notes about the real meanings of some very crucial words that are being badly misconstrued by Biden & the Zionist Word Police

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  James J. Zogby @jjz1600 So the president is now condemning the word “intifada” as hate speech. It literally means “shaking off,” as in rem...
Friday, April 26, 2024

CSM: Ken Makin Commentary on Columbia: History, protests, and humanity- After arrests at Columbia University and other schools, our commentator considers the legacy of civil disobedience. How and why does society’s lens on protests change over time?

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Students protest in support of Palestinians near a closed entrance of Columbia University, in New York City, April 23, 20...