New joint statement by members of #UCLA’s history department, compiled from testimony of faculty present at encampment during various periods and in response to last night’s police violence against students. We make 6 explicit calls of the university administration. Read at link below.

https://history.ucla.edu/2024/05/02/statement-of-members-of-the-department-of-history-in-response-to-clearing-the-encampment-2-may-2024/

#Palestine #StudentSpring #Encampments #Universities #Gaza #Education #PoliceViolence #AcademicFreedom

Statement of Members of the Department of History in Response to Clearing the Encampment, 2 May 2024 - UCLA History Department

Members of the Department of History at UCLA are horrified that the university administration has continued to disregard our students’ safety and their right to…

^{Edward Trujillo (UCLA History Department)}

‘Like a war zone’: Emory University grapples with fallout from police response to protest

https://www.inkl.com/a/GWbLWRCokGo

#israel #palestine #gaza #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #genocide #UnitedStates #studentProtests #freedomOfSpeech #academicFreedom #emory #emoryUniversity #BDS #boycottDivestmentAndSanctions

‘Like a war zone’: Emory University grapples with fallout from police response to protest

A peaceful action at the school near Atlanta, Georgia, was met with violent use of force and 28 arrests of students and faculty

^inkl

Well, it's now in the #LATimes :

"a swarm of on- and off-campus groups attacked Tabassum. They targeted her minor, resistance to genocide, as well as her pro-Palestinian views and “likes” expressed through her Instagram account."

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-15/usc-valedictorian-asna-tabassum

#USC #HigherEd #AcademicFreedom #gaza

USC bans pro-Palestinian valedictorian from speaking at graduation

The University of Southern California cited safety reasons Monday in keeping its pro-Palestinian valedictorian from speaking onstage at her graduation ceremony.

^{Jaweed Kaleem (Los Angeles Times)}

"The last poem read aloud was titled “If I Must Die.” It was written, hauntingly, by a Palestinian poet and academic named Refaat Alareer who was killed weeks earlier by an Israeli airstrike. The poem ends: “If I must die, let it bring hope — let it be a tale.”

Soon after those lines were recited, the university administration shut the reading down"

🎁: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/05/opinion/free-speech-academic-freedom.html?ugrp=m&unlocked_article_code=1.ik0.AzSX._SyL-SdrUZ5f&smid=url-share

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