I truly and strongly believe that universities are the temple of knowledge, but, as well, of plurality of ideas. And if we do not allow that, we are basically killing the essence of what university is about. It’s about having people to be able to express a different point of view in a safety environment, where, as well, students can be exposed to it and make up their mind. That is what is necessary, and that is what makes a university, even a country, stronger, by plurality of ideas. #joanneliu

Union win in Chicago, Myanmar has $1B frozen by US it could use right now, and NYU shamefully cancels talk of former president, and NYU alumnus, to Doctors Without Borders.

Watch/Listen: https://www.democracynow.org/shows/2025/04/01

Screenshot is of the slide that NYU decided they couldn't show.

#Myanmar #Burma #joanneliu #NYU #Chicago #DemocracyNow

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A daily independent global news hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González. Workers vs. Musk: Federal Unions Resist Attacks on Bargaining Rights & Cuts to Essential Services; A Blueprint for Resisting Trump Education Cuts? Chicago Teachers Reach “Powerful” Tentative Contract; “The Darkest Hour of Need”: Burmese Junta Continues Bombing in Aftermath of Devastating Earthquake; “We Are Killing the Essence of What the University Is”: Dr. Joanne Liu on NYU Canceling Her Talk

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"We Are Killing the Essence of What the University Is": Dr. Joanne Liu on NYU Canceling Her Talk

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'The former international head of Doctors Without Borders is speaking out after #NewYorkUniversity canceled her presentation, saying some of her slides could be viewed as “anti-governmental” and “antisemitic” because they mentioned the #Trump administration’s cuts to foreign aid and deaths of humanitarian workers in #Israel’s war on #Gaza.'

“We Are Killing the Essence of What the University Is”: Dr. #JoanneLiu on #NYU Canceling Her Talk

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/1/joanne_liu_msf_nyu

#Palestine #USpol @palestine

“We Are Killing the Essence of What the University Is”: Dr. Joanne Liu on <span class="caps">NYU</span> Canceling Her Talk

The former international head of Doctors Without Borders is speaking out after New York University canceled her presentation, saying some of her slides could be viewed as “anti-governmental” and “antisemitic” because they mentioned the Trump administration’s cuts to foreign aid and deaths of humanitarian workers in Israel’s war on Gaza. Dr. Joanne Liu, a Canadian pediatric emergency medicine physician, was scheduled to speak at NYU, her alma mater, on March 19 and had been invited almost a year ago to discuss the challenges of humanitarian crises. Censoring speech is “killing the essence of what the university is about,” says Liu. “I truly and strongly believe that universities are the temple of knowledge.”

Democracy Now!

« Elle me dit que le président du département craint que ma présentation ne soit perçue comme antisémite, car on y trouve un tableau tiré de l’Aid Worker Security Database qui démontre qu’un des lieux où il y a eu le plus de victimes humanitaires en 2024 était la bande de #Gaza. »

Dre #JoanneLiu : « Ma présentation a été annulée par l’#UniversitéDeNewYork »

https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idees/860185/presentation-ete-annulee-universite-new-york

#NYU #USpol #politiqueAméricaine #censure #Palestine @palestine

Ma présentation a été annulée par l’Université de New York

Mon «alma mater» a préféré jouer de surobéissance préventive pour ne pas froisser le gouvernement Trump.

Le Devoir

« On retourne au temps des noirceurs où on ne partage plus l’information de façon transparente »

La Dre #JoanneLiu dénonce le retrait du financement des États-Unis à l’#OMS

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/dessine-moi-un-matin/segments/rattrapage/1988129/un-dimanche-avec-dr-joanne-liu
#USpol #USpolitics #santé #Trump #OrganisationMondialeDeLaSanté #aideInternationale

La Dre Joanne Liu dénonce le retrait du financement des États-Unis à l’OMS

Dessine-moi un matin | On retourne au temps des noirceurs où on ne partage plus l’information de façon transparente , s’inquiète la Dre Joanne Liu. Au micro de Franco Nuovo, la pédiatre urgentiste et ancienne présidente internationale de Médecins sans frontières réagit aux récentes décisions de l'administration Trump. Elle dénonce notamment le retrait du financement des États-Unis à l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS), qu’elle voit comme une véritable tragédie sanitaire , et la mise en tutelle de l’agence USAID.