Notable—unlike other schools, Wesleyan Uni says it will not clear an encampment so long as it remains non-violent:
'This morning you can find pro-Palestinian protestors camped out…as long as we all reject violence, we have opportunities to listen and to learn from one another.'

On October 7th and the days that followed, I was shocked by how many people justified the killing of Israelis by Hamas. I remember looking at some of the statements coming out of organizations that I respected and feeling horrified that they could glorify this kind of brutality.…

The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia condemned the “Widespread Deployment of Police Forces on University Campuses Nationwide” in a Thursday statement.
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Inside the campus radio station reporting live on the protests @columbia. Good account by Columbia Journalism Columbia UniversityJournMA students Victoria Borlando & Hannah Davies. theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

Very good statement here from the ACLU. Hope university administrators read it.

We launched this podcast to explore the free speech fallout of the war in a principled, rigorous, reflective way. Listeners will have to decide whether we’re succeeding—but thanks to Genevieve Lakier Volokh Conspiracy radhika sainath Will Creeley for talking w me. knightcolumbia.org/content/views-…

Amidst U.S. campus crackdowns on peaceful protests, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression Irene Khan warns: “The Gaza crisis is truly becoming a global crisis of the freedom of expression [destined], to have huge repercussions for a long time to come.” [Full article:…

Yale faculty to Yale administration: hands off our students.

I went up to Columbia last Wednesday morning, and I’ve been reporting on it since. Here’s what I saw and heard

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This reflection on USC’s decision to cancel Asna Tabassum’s valedictorian speech is very good and worth reading. By my friend Jonathan Cohen, one of Asna’s advisors. forward.com/opinion/606655…

Lots of things being said about speech and rights on campuses these days, but two of the wisest on this are Mike Ananny (see letter below) and Jameel Jaffer (see season two of his podcast, Views on First podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/vie…).

“While the future of ‘our community’ is uncertain, right now, one thing is clear: ‘Our community’ is not defined by our administration,” writes the Columbia Daily Spectator’s editorial board.

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Really going to incredible lengths to avoid having alums and donors hear the law school valedictorian say 'Free Palestine' or whatever

Thanks to Margaret Sullivan for this clear-eyed piece about free speech at Columbia.

Glad to see FIRE’s strong statement about the violent suppression of peaceful protest at UT Austin. Here’s my conversation with Will Creeley, FIRE’s legal director, about the free speech fallout of the war in Israel and Gaza. buzzsprout.com/2087831/149455…

You forgot about the dramatic expansion of the US intelligence community’s domestic surveillance powers.