DrALJONES<p>Give a bully what he demands & he'll demand more.</p><p>Report: "White House tells Columbia to sack academic staff over Israel criticism"</p><p>Trump is threatening to pull government funding from Columbia & demanding it sack the leadership of the Middle Eastern, South Asian & African Studies Department & place it under “academic receivership for a minimum of five years”.</p><p><a href="https://aje.io/kb975q?update=3579730" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">aje.io/kb975q?update=3579730</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> .</p><p>...2</p>
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Roland Klose<p>Trump demands unprecedented control at Columbia University, alarming scholars and speech groups. “Even during the McCarthy period in the United States, this was not done.” <a href="https://www.stltoday.com/news/nation-world/article_4b52b4ee-012b-11f0-a6d2-cb561d6b0915.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">stltoday.com/news/nation-world</span><span class="invisible">/article_4b52b4ee-012b-11f0-a6d2-cb561d6b0915.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>columbia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
Aaron<p>On March 7, the fascist rulers of the US cancelled $400m in grants & contracts with <a href="https://social.coop/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a>.</p><p>On March 8, lawful permanent resident & green card holder Mahmoud Khalil was temporarily disappeared/ illegally detained by ICE for his lawful speech.</p><p>By March 14, <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> expelled students & revoked degrees for anti-genocide protesters & further ICE repression of speech occurred.</p><p>Columbia was a test case showing that supposedly-upstanding US institutions will bend the knee to <a href="https://social.coop/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a>.</p>
Scott Campbell<p>"Vandals targeted the home of Columbia University’s president, splashing the historic residence with red paint and scrawling the words 'Free Them All.'"</p><p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/vandals-splash-columbia-university-president-s-home-with-red-paint-as-protests-rage-over-ice-arrest-of-mahmoud-khalil/ar-AA1AWlGv" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/other/vanda</span><span class="invisible">ls-splash-columbia-university-president-s-home-with-red-paint-as-protests-rage-over-ice-arrest-of-mahmoud-khalil/ar-AA1AWlGv</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a></p>
Scott Campbell<p>"“If you were accepted to Columbia University, don’t come here. This school will ruin your life for a McChicken and a nice tweet from Donald Trump.”</p><p><a href="https://mondoweiss.net/2025/03/columbia-university-expels-student-protesters-fires-union-president-amid-ice-raids/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mondoweiss.net/2025/03/columbi</span><span class="invisible">a-university-expels-student-protesters-fires-union-president-amid-ice-raids/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a></p>
Diligence Jones<p>Columbia FUBAR'd the Gaza protests by treating protesters like criminals and making them vulnerable to absolutely illegal detention (as we see in the Khalil case); </p><p>They prematurely aligned with law enforcement, so now they can't/ won't intervene when ICE/DHS oversteps. </p><p>They cooperated with that sham of a Senate hearing, and now they're getting their funding yanked, and the government wants to make them a propaganda arm.</p><p>Good job, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a>. You're fucked.</p>
Joshua Holland<p>This piece quotes offensive statements made by other Gaza protestors but not a single word uttered by Khalil. And certainly no deeds. </p><p>A curious omission given her thesis that while his views are odious they’re nonetheless protected by the first amendment.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/khalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>khalil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>columbia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a><br><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/mahmoud-khalil-has-rights-dammit-immigration-israel-hamas-october-7-free-speech-antisemitism-columbia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebulwark.com/p/mahmoud-khali</span><span class="invisible">l-has-rights-dammit-immigration-israel-hamas-october-7-free-speech-antisemitism-columbia</span></a></p>
Weltschmerz à Gogo<p>Several years ago, there was a whole public debate in the US about whether or not the universities where Richard Spencer got his BA and MA should revoke those degrees. That discussion particularly focused on the University of Virginia, where he got his BA and where the Unite the Right tiki torch march took place, threatening and intimidating a number of then-current students on campus. This is also the same Richard Spencer who has repeatedly been recorded on video giving Nazi salutes, who was infamously caught on tape using all kinds of racist and antisemitic language while ranting about the failure of Unite the Right, and who told his supporters to “party like it’s 1933” after Trump was elected the first time.</p><p>An array of college administrators across the country shot down the idea citing a “slippery slope”, academic freedom and whatnot.</p><p>Any one of those administrators who now fails to speak out against the revocation of Columbia grads’ diplomas for protesting on campus should lose their jobs and become permanently unemployable. They clearly don’t actually care about antisemitism or academic freedom and they aren’t at all concerned about a slippery slope. They just care about their careers and sucking up to whoever’s got more power than they do. </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-protests-c148d1d01718a4482541a6df6cad8d74" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/columbia-un</span><span class="invisible">iversity-protests-c148d1d01718a4482541a6df6cad8d74</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RichardSpencer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RichardSpencer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a></p>
Sam Chavez<p>Breaking News: Khalil Mahmoud is suing Columbia University. </p><p>He is listed amongts Columbia and Barnard students in a lawsuit against Columbia University to stop the release of student records and private information to the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. </p><p>This is the canary in the coal mine. Every decent person should reject the GOPs suppression of free speech. <br><a href="https://federate.social/tags/khalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>khalil</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>columbia</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/PalestinianRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalestinianRights</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/1stAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1stAmendment</span></a></p><p><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.638553/gov.uscourts.nysd.638553.1.0.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storage.courtlistener.com/reca</span><span class="invisible">p/gov.uscourts.nysd.638553/gov.uscourts.nysd.638553.1.0.pdf</span></a></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p><a href="https://uaw.org/in-shocking-move-columbia-university-fires-union-president-one-day-before-contract-negotiations-begin-in-further-crackdown-on-free-speech/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">uaw.org/in-shocking-move-colum</span><span class="invisible">bia-university-fires-union-president-one-day-before-contract-negotiations-begin-in-further-crackdown-on-free-speech/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>student</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>columbia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repression</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/freepalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freepalestine</span></a></p>
Peter Riley<p>Student Workers of Columbia - UAW Local 2710 <br><a href="https://www.studentworkersofcolumbia.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">studentworkersofcolumbia.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>UAW <br><a href="https://uaw.org/in-shocking-move-columbia-university-fires-union-president-one-day-before-contract-negotiations-begin-in-further-crackdown-on-free-speech/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">uaw.org/in-shocking-move-colum</span><span class="invisible">bia-university-fires-union-president-one-day-before-contract-negotiations-begin-in-further-crackdown-on-free-speech/</span></a></p><p>Song for Mahmoud Khalil by David Rovics <a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-158926714" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">substack.com/home/post/p-15892</span><span class="invisible">6714</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/educationworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>educationworkers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/labormovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labormovement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/organize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>organize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a></p>
Peter Riley<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://todon.eu/@CrimethInc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CrimethInc</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-158926714" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">substack.com/home/post/p-15892</span><span class="invisible">6714</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/educationworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>educationworkers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/songs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>songs</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/davidRovics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>davidRovics</span></a></p>
Peter Riley<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DrALJONES</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-158926714" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">substack.com/home/post/p-15892</span><span class="invisible">6714</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/educationworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>educationworkers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/songs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>songs</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/davidRovics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>davidRovics</span></a></p>
Peter Riley<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://spore.social/@ayoub" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ayoub</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-158926714" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">substack.com/home/post/p-15892</span><span class="invisible">6714</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/educationworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>educationworkers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/songs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>songs</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/davidRovics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>davidRovics</span></a></p>
inquiline<p>Letter from Trump admin officials telling <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> to abandon any semblance of academic freedom, internal due process, etc.</p><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/12ogIcvdLniO9fYl2wyLVj4ON0Ke2rL0n/view" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">drive.google.com/file/d/12ogIc</span><span class="invisible">vdLniO9fYl2wyLVj4ON0Ke2rL0n/view</span></a> </p><p>(attribution: shared on Bsky by Jameel Jaffer, Knight 1A Inst director at Columbia)</p><p><a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/PolicingTheCampus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PolicingTheCampus</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/HIgherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HIgherEd</span></a></p>
DrALJONES<p>Interview: "Judge Blocks Mahmoud Khalil’s Deportation as Trump Vows More Arrests"</p><p>Khalil’s unprecedented arrest is to punish antiwar student activists & is part of Trump’s racist & fascist agenda.</p><p>~Murad Awawdeh</p><p>If the intent was to silence free speech, it's not working.</p><p>And, as the anti-genocide movement is mostly made up of Americans, the administration can't deport its way out of this situation.</p><p><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/11/mahmoud_khalil_ice_columbia_university_palestine" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/3/11/mah</span><span class="invisible">moud_khalil_ice_columbia_university_palestine</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> .</p>
MissConstrue<p>Columbia University, the epicenter of a number of issues, has conferenced their journalism students to tell them that if they are not US citizens, they should not publish anything likely to anger Trump, Russia, Israel, or the techbros, saying “Nobody can protect you.” They’ve been told to blank their social media of anything that might offend. </p><p>And yes, outrage is warranted, but Columbia has in its toolbox some of the brightest legal graduates and professors. If they don’t think they can lawyer up enough to stop this illegal curtailing of speech, the problem is a lot bigger than many people realize. Not the least of which is that other countries are dictating what people can say on American soil. </p><p>On one hand, the dean is trying to protect his students, on the other hand, never obey in advance. </p><p>(Archive link because NYT) <a href="https://archive.ph/zHMoo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/zHMoo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mefi.social/tags/columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>columbia</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/aipac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aipac</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/lebanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lebanon</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palestine</span></a></p>
DrALJONES<p>Interview: "Judge Blocks Mahmoud Khalil’s Deportation as Trump Vows More Arrests"</p><p>Khalil’s unprecedented arrest is to punish antiwar student activists & is part of Trump’s racist & fascist agenda.</p><p>~Murad Awawdeh</p><p>If the intent was to silence free speech, it's not working.</p><p>And, as the US anti-genocide movement is mostly made up of Americans, the administration can't deport its way out of this situation.</p><p><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/11/mahmoud_khalil_ice_columbia_university_palestine" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/3/11/mah</span><span class="invisible">moud_khalil_ice_columbia_university_palestine</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> .</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Chilling<br>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/regime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regime</span></a> will arrest some of you in the middle of the night because you spoke your mind</p><p>Robert Reich, Mar 11, 2025</p><p>"Friends,</p><p>"One of the purposes of 'flooding the zone,' as the Trump regime is trying to do — shocking and awing us with its blitzkrieg of bonkers orders — is to make it almost impossible to sort out what we should be incredibly freaked out about from what we should merely freak out about.</p><p>"I’m incredibly freaked out about the regime grabbing people from their homes who are legally in the United States, with permanent status — not just visas permitting them to work or study here but green cards — and then whisking them away to prison because they’ve engaged in constitutionally protected speech that the regime doesn’t like.</p><p>"You think I’m exaggerating? This is exactly what happened to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a> on Saturday night. Khalil, who graduated from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a>’s School of International and Public Affairs in December, has a green card. His wife, who is eight months pregnant, is an American citizen.</p><p>"Immigration agents appeared at his apartment building and told him he was being detained. He now appears to be in a detention facility in Louisiana.</p><p>"Khalil did nothing illegal. He has not been charged with a crime. He expressed his political point of view — peacefully, non-violently, non-threateningly. That’s supposed to be permitted — dare I say even encouraged? — in a democracy.</p><p>"So why is he in jail?</p><p>"Khalil was one of the leaders of last year’s peaceful pro-Palestinian protests at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a>.</p><p>"In a post on Truth Social, Trump conceded Khalil was snatched up and sent off because of his politics. 'This is the first arrest of many to come,' wrote Trump. 'We know there are more students at Columbia and other Universities across the Country who have engaged in pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity, and the Trump Administration will not tolerate it.'" </p><p><a href="https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-trump-regime-will-arrest-some?r=1v0eub&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">robertreich.substack.com/p/the</span><span class="invisible">-trump-regime-will-arrest-some?r=1v0eub&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FloodingTheZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FloodingTheZone</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShockAndAwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShockAndAwe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a></p>
Peter Riley<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://todon.eu/@CrimethInc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CrimethInc</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/11/mahmoud_khalil_ice_columbia_university_palestine" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/3/11/mah</span><span class="invisible">moud_khalil_ice_columbia_university_palestine</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mahmoudKhalil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/studentprotests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>studentprotests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/encampments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encampments</span></a></p>
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