USAJusticeWatch<p>“The Trump administration…ordered <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a> to oust the leadership of an academic department, a demand seen as a direct attack on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academicfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academicfreedom</span></a> & a warning of what’s to come for other colleges facing federal scrutiny. …The demand was among several described as conditions for receiving federal funding...” | AP <a href="https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-1921e26f6b5a8585ad5cbda790846324" 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-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-1921e26f6b5a8585ad5cbda790846324</span></a> | AP News</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-1921e26f6b5a8585ad5cbda790846324" 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-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-1921e26f6b5a8585ad5cbda790846324</span></a></p>
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Luke Drury<p>I commended the Royal Irish Academy yesterday at its annual stated meeting for having endorsed this statement and denounced the egregious attacks on science and scholarship in the United States by the Trump administration. An attack on science anywhere is an attack on science everywhere.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.dias.ie/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a></p><p><a href="https://allea.org/portfolio-item/allea-statement-on-threats-to-academic-freedom-and-international-research-collaboration-in-the-united-states/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">allea.org/portfolio-item/allea</span><span class="invisible">-statement-on-threats-to-academic-freedom-and-international-research-collaboration-in-the-united-states/</span></a></p>
Touaregtweet<p>Wesleyan University President: 'The law should not dictate what your opinion is’</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8-ZMza0fvA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=_8-ZMza0fvA</span><span class="invisible"></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/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a> 🛋️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</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/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</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/project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>project2025</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academicfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academicfreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freedomofspeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedomofspeech</span></a> <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/FreeMahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeMahmoudKhalil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a></p>
Chilly Squid<p>Trump intervention at Columbia alarms defenders of academic freedom | AP News <a href="https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-1921e26f6b5a8585ad5cbda790846324" 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-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-1921e26f6b5a8585ad5cbda790846324</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/academicfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academicfreedom</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> demands unprecedented control at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a>, alarming scholars and speech groups</p><p>By COLLIN BINKLEY and JAKE OFFENHARTZ<br>Updated 7:52 PM EDT, March 14, 2025</p><p>NEW YORK (AP) — "The Trump administration brushed aside decades of precedent when it ordered Columbia University to oust the leadership of an academic department, a demand seen as a direct attack on academic freedom and a warning of what’s to come for other colleges facing federal scrutiny.</p><p>"Federal officials told the university it must immediately place its <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiddleEasternStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEasternStudies</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthAsianStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAsianStudies</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AfricanStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanStudies</span></a> Department under 'academic receivership for a minimum of five years.' The demand was among several described as conditions for receiving federal funding, including $400 million already pulled over allegations of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a>.</p><p>"Across <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a>, it was seen as a stunning intrusion.</p><p>"'It’s an escalation of a kind that is unheard of,' said Joan Scott, a historian and member of the academic freedom committee of the American Association of University Professors [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a>]. 'Even during the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/McCarthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McCarthy</span></a> period in the United States, this was not done.'"</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-1921e26f6b5a8585ad5cbda790846324" 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-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-1921e26f6b5a8585ad5cbda790846324</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/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</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/DumbingUsDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DumbingUsDown</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/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p>
USAJusticeWatch<p>France offers to take in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> scientists. Aix-Marseille University in the south of France is launching the Safe Place For Science program…for American researchers wishing to pursue their work free from persecution… the university says it is launching a scheme dedicated to welcoming those wishing to pursue their work "in an environment conducive to innovation, excellence, & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academicfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academicfreedom</span></a>."’ | The Register <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/14/france_us_science_offer/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/03/14/fra</span><span class="invisible">nce_us_science_offer/</span></a></p>
Simon Brooke<p>"Everything I focus on is now a banned word"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.404media.co/nasa-yale-and-stanford-scientists-consider-scientific-exile-french-university-says/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/nasa-yale-and-stan</span><span class="invisible">ford-scientists-consider-scientific-exile-french-university-says/</span></a></p>
Kent Navalesi ☕️<p>This bill is being voted on tonight, I believe. If you live in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a>, please reach out to your representatives and tell them you support <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/academicfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academicfreedom</span></a> at our universities!</p><p>Bill would give <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KY</span></a> colleges new path to firing tenured professors</p><p><a href="https://www.lpm.org/news/2025-03-10/bill-to-give-kentucky-colleges-new-path-to-firing-tenured-professors-closer-to-becoming-law" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lpm.org/news/2025-03-10/bill-t</span><span class="invisible">o-give-kentucky-colleges-new-path-to-firing-tenured-professors-closer-to-becoming-law</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/acadmicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>acadmicchatter</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/phdlife" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>phdlife</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicsunite" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>academicsunite</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/uky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uky</span></a></p>
Sabina Auhunas<p>🌍 Global Collaboration and Academic Freedom</p><p>A commentary has been published on University World News following the discussion "Perspectives on Academic Freedom" at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OSICU2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSICU2024</span></a> The article explores how international collaboration can help strengthen academic freedom.</p><p>🔗 Available here: <a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20250311091253781" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universityworldnews.com/post.p</span><span class="invisible">hp?story=20250311091253781</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OSICU2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSICU2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UniversityWorldNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityWorldNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wissenschaftsfreiheit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wissenschaftsfreiheit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternationaleZusammenarbeit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationaleZusammenarbeit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Forschung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Forschung</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bildung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bildung</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TIB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIB</span></a></p>
Nicolas Barreyre<p>Histoire et enjeux de la liberté académique, menacée de toutes parts aujourd’hui : <a href="https://theconversation.com/liberte-academique-et-democratie-en-peril-comment-un-prix-nobel-de-la-paix-pourrait-les-defendre-251647" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/liberte-ac</span><span class="invisible">ademique-et-democratie-en-peril-comment-un-prix-nobel-de-la-paix-pourrait-les-defendre-251647</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/veilleesr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veilleesr</span></a> <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/libertesacademiques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libertesacademiques</span></a> <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/academicfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academicfreedom</span></a></p>
Moto<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E5%AD%A6%E5%95%8F%E3%81%AE%E8%87%AA%E7%94%B1%E3%82%92%E5%AE%88%E3%82%8D%E3%81%86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>学問の自由を守ろう</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E5%AD%A6%E8%A1%93%E4%BC%9A%E8%AD%B0%E3%82%92%E5%AE%88%E3%82%8D%E3%81%86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>日本学術会議を守ろう</span></a><br>Protect the Science Council of Japan.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a></p><p>In Japan, researchers resist ruling party’s push to rein in national science academy | Science | AAAS</p><p><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/japan-researchers-resist-ruling-party-s-push-rein-national-science-academy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/content/article/ja</span><span class="invisible">pan-researchers-resist-ruling-party-s-push-rein-national-science-academy</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a> Bent Over Backward to Appease <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightWing</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProIsrael</span></a> Attacks — And <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Still Cut <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FederalFunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalFunding</span></a> </p><p>Instead of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/outrage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outrage</span></a>, the school’s interim president responded to the cuts by vowing to continue its misguided crackdown. </p><p>by Natasha Lennard, March 8 2025</p><p>"Columbia University could hardly have been more draconian in the last year and a half since students began speaking out against Israel’s assault on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a>.<br>In early November 2023, four months before the Columbia <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GazaSolidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GazaSolidarity</span></a> encampment even began, the university banned its chapters of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StudentsForJusticeInPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentsForJusticeInPalestine</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JewishVoiceForPeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JewishVoiceForPeace</span></a>. A few hundred students from the groups had had the audacity to walk out from classes and hold a “die-in” protest on campus — some of the most widely celebrated nonviolent protest tactics available.</p><p>"The crackdown was just getting started. </p><p>Since then, the university has ordered police raids on campus three times, leading to the arrests of over 100 students. Last week, the school expelled four students, three from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BarnardCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BarnardCollege</span></a> one from Columbia. Many dozens of students have faced discipline and suspensions for participating in pro-Palestine protests and speech. </p><p>"Professors have been slandered before Congress, censured, removed from positions, and reportedly pushed into retirement over their support for Palestine and criticism of Israel. The campus has been essentially locked down for almost a year. </p><p>"Again and again, Columbia has shown a willingness to throw <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/faculty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faculty</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a>, and academic freedom under the bus in acquiescence to a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightWing</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProIsrael</span></a> narrative that treats support for Palestinians as an affront to Jewish safety. </p><p>"For all Columbia’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/appeasement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appeasement</span></a>, President Donald Trump’s Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism announced last week that it would cancel $400 million in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FederalGrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGrants</span></a> and contracts to the university.</p><p>"'Columbia has worked overtime to appease,' wrote Layla, a student at Columbia’s School of Social Work, who asked to withhold her last name having faced doxxing attacks and harassment from Zionist groups. 'Students are miserable. Campus is a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/panopticon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>panopticon</span></a>. And their funding was still cut.'</p><p>"The Trump administration can be expected to use its perverted conception of antisemitism to further its explicit plans to decimate, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/corporatize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporatize</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReWhiten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReWhiten</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a>. The shame here lies with university leaderships — at Columbia and schools nationwide — that have failed to stand up for their purported missions of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriticalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalThinking</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a>. Instead, they have put some of their most vulnerable community members, particularly international students and students of color, at risk.</p><p>"There is no appeasing a political force like the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpianRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpianRight</span></a>, intent on a program of destruction. And there is no appeasing a nationalist <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zionist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zionist</span></a> worldview that, defying reason, sees <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a> in every call for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> freedom. Columbia is proof of the failure of caving in; the administration has offered up a platter of repression for more than a year and is still slated to lose $400 million."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/03/08/columbia-trump-funding-gaza-israel/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/03/08/co</span><span class="invisible">lumbia-trump-funding-gaza-israel/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/jrNva" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/jrNva</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><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/Appeasement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Appeasement</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/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</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> <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/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</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/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a></p>
Early Modern Diplomacy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/earlymodern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>earlymodern</span></a></span> </p><p>As handbook editors and authors of this account it was and is always important to us to show <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/emdiplomacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emdiplomacy</span></a> in its diversity. This means different forms of <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/emdiplomacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emdiplomacy</span></a> in different European countries as well as different diplomatic actors. Therefore, we introduce you to black <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/emdiplomats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emdiplomats</span></a> last month. <br>Moreover, for us this also means giving researchers from different countries a voice: either by introducing you to their work or during the editing process by including them in the <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/handbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handbook</span></a>. For us this is fundamental and connected, because only by listening to different (academic and historical) voices we can understand the complexity of (historical and current) societies. But again, we can only do this, when we have academic freedom. (4/5)</p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/standUpForScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>standUpForScience</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/standup4science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>standup4science</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/LifeOfTheEditors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LifeOfTheEditors</span></a></p>
Early Modern Diplomacy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/earlymodern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>earlymodern</span></a></span> </p><p>Therefore, it is our duty as historians and academics to stand up for democracy, human rights and academic freedom. We cannot be silent and excuse ourselves by saying our research topics are purely historical, because we can only do our job properly in a democratic society that values academic freedom. (3/5)</p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/standUpForScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>standUpForScience</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/standup4science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>standup4science</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/NieWiederIstJetzt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NieWiederIstJetzt</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/DemokratieBewahren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemokratieBewahren</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a></p>
oatmeal<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pelatine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pelatine</span></a>-Israel / Ben-Gurion University condemns Government Censorship Laws while suspending Professor Ben Daniel for saying that IDF soldiers murder babies bot because of orders, but because they were educated to be baby killers</p><p>Ben-Gurion University has illegally suspended Dr. Sebastian Ben Daniel after 18 years of teaching computer science for criticizing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IDF</span></a> actions in the West Bank. His "crime"? Using the pseudonym "John Brown" on social media to condemn the killing of Palestinian civilians, including a pregnant woman and a 7-year-old child.</p><p>The right-wing organization "Im Tirtzu" orchestrated a pressure campaign, collecting 1,000+ student signatures demanding his firing. Shamefully, the university administration caved immediately, bypassing proper procedures and due process.</p><p>The Association for Civil Rights in Israel has condemned this as "a hasty and illegal suspension" that "represents another step in academia's abandonment of fundamental values of free expression." They note this is part of a broader attack on democratic institutions, with parliament simultaneously advancing legislation to restrict academic freedom.</p><p>Prof. Oded Goldreich (who faced similar persecution when ministers tried to block his Israel Prize) defended Ben Daniel: "A university lecturer who is also a journalist and citizen published his opinion on a public forum unrelated to the university. His opinion is based on humanistic moral principles and extensive knowledge, but it's very unacceptable to fascist silencing organizations."</p><p>This isn't about "protecting students' feelings" as the university claims. It's about silencing critical voices and establishing a dangerous precedent where right-wing pressure can dictate who can speak and teach.</p><p>[…] "Ben Daniel has been serving as a computer science lecturer in the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Ben-Gurion University for 18 years. Fourteen years ago, he began publishing criticism of Israel on social media (as well as in 'Haaretz' and other media outlets), alongside investigations on topics such as Military Police investigation files and arms trafficking. About three weeks ago, Ben Daniel referred to IDF activity in a refugee camp near Tulkarm where a Palestinian child was shot, writing, among other things: 'The IDF doesn't shoot at religious terrorists who attack civilians, but does murder a pregnant woman and a 7-year-old child because 'he looked at the ground,' not because of orders but because they were educated to murder Palestinian children.'"</p><p>Coverage in Hebrew: </p><p><a href="https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/education/2025-03-07/ty-article/.premium/00000195-6ced-d46d-a3f7-eded22220000" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">haaretz.co.il/news/education/2</span><span class="invisible">025-03-07/ty-article/.premium/00000195-6ced-d46d-a3f7-eded22220000</span></a> or <a href="https://archive.is/2ujuA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.is/2ujuA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://zoha.org.il/135865/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">zoha.org.il/135865/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://zoha.org.il/130141/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">zoha.org.il/130141/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span> <br><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> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a></p>
Royal Observatory of Belgium<p>🗽🧪 Assault on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> in the US – The <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ORB_KSB" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ORB_KSB</span></a></span> endorses the ALLEA statement to safeguard <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> and the autonomy of scientific institutes. <a href="https://www.astro.oma.be/en/assault-on-science-in-the-united-states%e2%80%89-the-royal-observatory-of-belgium-endorses-the-allea-statement/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">astro.oma.be/en/assault-on-sci</span><span class="invisible">ence-in-the-united-states%e2%80%89-the-royal-observatory-of-belgium-endorses-the-allea-statement/</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandUpForScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandUpForScience</span></a></p>
Cheshire<p>Academic freedom and democracy under siege: how a Nobel peace prize could help defend them<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/academic-freedom-and-democracy-under-siege-how-a-nobel-peace-prize-could-help-defend-them-251494" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/academic-f</span><span class="invisible">reedom-and-democracy-under-siege-how-a-nobel-peace-prize-could-help-defend-them-251494</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span></p>
Brad Rosenheim<p>Kafka comes to CUNY - Democratic governor Kathy Hochul blocks a job ad for a professorship in Palestinian studies because it was hateful and antisemitic. This blog was modified and featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education, and is written by a Jewish scholar worried about academic freedom. Well, more than worried. </p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/HunterCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HunterCollege</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CUNY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CUNY</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ProIsraelLobby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProIsraelLobby</span></a></p><p><a href="https://coreyrobin.com/2025/02/28/kafka-comes-to-cuny/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coreyrobin.com/2025/02/28/kafk</span><span class="invisible">a-comes-to-cuny/</span></a></p>
Stand Up For Science Paris<p>La tribune du relai Français du mouvement a été publiée dans le monde:</p><p><a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2025/03/04/defendons-les-sciences-face-aux-nouveaux-obscurantismes_6576330_1650684.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lemonde.fr/sciences/article/20</span><span class="invisible">25/03/04/defendons-les-sciences-face-aux-nouveaux-obscurantismes_6576330_1650684.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/standupforscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>standupforscience</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>france</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/academicfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academicfreedom</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Libert%C3%A9Acad%C3%A9mique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibertéAcadémique</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
Jeannette Ho<p>"Texas Legislature proposes $400 million cut to higher ed as Dan Patrick threatens university budgets over DEI"</p><p>"“If they don’t kick DEI out of their schools, they’re going to get a lot less,” [Lt. Governor] Patrick said...</p><p>The threat to public university funding comes as the state is enjoying a $24 billion surplus."</p><p><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/27/dan-patrick-texas-legislature-higher-education-cut-dei/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texastribune.org/2025/02/27/da</span><span class="invisible">n-patrick-texas-legislature-higher-education-cut-dei/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Dei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dei</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a></p>
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