After Donald Trump’s threat to free speech on U.S. campuses, everyone who claims to stand for freedom has an obligation to stand against it, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
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Category: Protests
Trump Threatens Campus Protesters
In addition to threatening students with imprisonment, the U.S. president said he would end federal funding for any college, school, or university that allows “illegal protests.”
The Chris Hedges Report: ‘Virtue Hoarders’
“The culture war was always a proxy economic war” — Catherine Liu discusses her new book, Virtue Hoarders: The Case Against the Professional Managerial Class.
Trump Vows to Press King of Jordan on Gaza Cleansing
The U.S. president said he would consider using aid to Jordan and Egypt as leverage to make them take part in the war crime of ethnically cleansing Gaza, reports Joe Lauria.
Pro-Palestine Students Sue Columbia University
Three students who were suspended in connection with their pro-Palestine activism are bringing the lawsuit, Drop Site News reports.
US Schools Hammering Palestine Cause
These political attacks have a chilling effect upon the entirety of public thought and discourse, writes Andrea Brower.
LISTEN: The Imperial Presidency
Scott Harris of WPKN 89.5 FM Radio in Bridgeport, Connecticut, interviewed Consortium News’ Editor Joe Lauria about the U.S. Imperial Presidency and Donald Trump.
Why Jimmy Carter Pardoned Draft Resisters
Gerry Condon recalls the years of determined resistance and organizing that led the late president to pardon draft resisters.
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UnitedHealthcare & Corporate Rule
Derek Seidman says the violence of for-profit health care’s megastructure can only be overcome through collective resistance campaigns.