Over the past year, Harvard University has systematically curtailed, suspended, or restructured every program with a serious focus on studying Palestinian rights. It’s abundantly clear that some views are not welcome on this campus.
The dismissal of a a renowned health leader who refused to ignore Palestine highlights false claims of universality in human rights, global health and academia. Mary Bassett’s removal is an act of cowardice amid fascist pressure.
Harvard became the first university to push back and sue Trump over his intrusions into academia. Before Harvard, Columbia folded. As with the law firms, the question is, who will bend the knee and who would tell the tyrant-in-the-making NO!
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The right’s long and all-too-unanswered war on liberal institutions claims a big one.
Claudine Gay’s enemies are not our friends. All we’ll remember is that that she angered some rich pro-Israel donors, as well as opportunistic activists and politicians, and they got her fired.
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