Similar to attacks on LGBTQ books and works of “Critical Race Theory,” the pro-Israel crusade to suppress Palestinian voices is a systematic campaign of political targeting.
The president of Barnard College wrote she is “appalled and saddened” to see anti-Zionism spreading on campus. In doing so, she made clear who is considered a valued member of the Barnard community and who the institution is willing to sacrifice.
Rep. Josh Gottheimer is pressuring Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania to censor pro-Palestine sentiment on their campuses.
A new report details how a controversial definition of antisemitism is stifling free speech at United Kingdom universities.
The Palestinian call for BDS is a challenge to colonial infrastructures of knowledge and an invitation to help remake them. This challenge is central to our work as anthropologists in moving past colonial social science.
On May 15th, as people worldwide commemorated the 75th anniversary of the ongoing Nakba, the City University of New York ramped up its repression of student-led Palestine solidarity organizing.
Dr. Nader Hashemi says the University of Denver blindly accepted Israel lobby accusations against him without due process. The AAUP agrees and says the university violated his academic freedom.
Columbia University’s plans to open a learning center in Israel is being criticized by faculty members.
These days there are debates about the state of free speech in America everywhere, often with a specific focus on campus free speech, but the topic of Palestine is rarely considered.
The University of Jena distanced itself from Professor Brenna Bhandar solely for her support of BDS. This breach of academic freedom shows the silencing of Palestinian rights advocates in Germany.