https://overland.org.au/2026/05/behind-cravens-audit/
#educationworkers #Gaza #Genocide #Palestine #Solidarity #studentprotests
In November 2025, when antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal announced that Emeritus Professor Greg Craven would head what she called the “University Report Card Project”, the media referred to her plan as an “audit” of higher education’s response to antisemitism. It was never anything of the kind.
College students drown out AI-praising commencement speeches with boos
#HackerNews #collegegraduation #AIcontroversy #studentprotests #commencementspeech #technews
"Since the beginning of world-wide #campusProtests in the wake of October 7, 2023, there has been a tremendous upswell of organizing and support for #PalestinianLiberation and #activism against #USmilitarism. In response, a wave of #repression against students, staff and faculty on campus began in 2023 and accelerated after Donald Trump took office."
MERIP welcomes Aslı Bâli & Darryl Li to discuss
https://www.merip.org/2026/05/the-merip-podcast-episode-22-asli-bali-and-darryl-li/
#Palestine #Gaza #USpol #studentProtests #censorship #academicFreedom
Today's episode of the MERIP Podcast features an interview with two contributors to the spring issue of Middle East Report, “Campus Politics—Palestine and the New University Order.” Since the beginning of world-wide campus protests in the wake of October 7, 2023, there has been a tremendous upswell of organizing
i hope they win bigtime.
Two years after police removed a pro-Palestine encampment on the University of Calgary campus, nine people who were removed are suing the university, the Calgary Police Service and the City of Calgary for violating their constitutional rights.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/university-encampment-lawsuit-cps-9.7195178
Two years after police removed a protest encampment from the University of Calgary campus, nine plaintiffs have filed a lawsuit alleging the way the removal played out violated their Charter rights.
"#MERIP’s Spring issue, #CampusPolitics — #Palestine and the New University Order, comes two years after mass #studentMobilizations against #Israel’s genocide in Palestine reached their peak with #studentEncampments across the United States and Europe.
"The issue takes stock of #higherEducation following this inflection point..."
https://www.merip.org/issue-318/
#Gaza #PalestineSolidarity #studentProtests #activism #campusActivism #higherEd #academicFreedom #USpol #EuPol #censorship #stateRepression
Serbian students cycled, and Jesus was their copilot
A bunch of young folks from Serbia, Europe's most polluted country, sporting rather pricey cycling gear, came to Strasbourg, France, to complain about Serbian-made problems, and like all true fighters for human rights and democracy they made a stop at the Serbian Orthodox Christian Church in Munich, because apparently they couldn't find enough churches in Serbia. So did the student cyclist happen to mention in Strasbourg that Serbia is an intolerant dumpster fire of a society, and that foreign IT professionals, namely the digital nomads, decided to split?https://serbianism.com/2025/04/19/serbian-students-cycled-and-jesus-was-their-copilot/
Report: "Twelve elite British universities are accused of hiring a private security firm with military intelligence ties to track pro-Palestine student protests."
"Students were reportedly flagged through social media monitoring without their awareness."
https://aje.news/70fs10?update=4512448
https://www.campusprotest.org.uk/
#UKPol #USPol #EUPol #Palestine #StudentProtests #UKSurveillance #Racism .
As more universities agree to immigration enforcement on campus, students are fighting back.
Of the colleges that have entered into partnerships with ICE and CBP since last year, only St. John’s University in New York has backed out
https://prismreports.org/2026/04/14/universities-ice-cbp-st-johns-florida/
Freedom of speech and expression is absolutely vital in academic institutions. Students who engage in activism should not be punished for doing so, and discipline procedures are not there to be abused as a tool of intimidation. We call for the disciplinary process against Gemma to cease immediately.
Peter Riley
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General Strike Now
Paria sans portefeuille
A-Dub 🥝
Serbianism
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