Mahmoud Khalil and Michael T. Workman discuss the new film documenting the student encampments at Columbia University and the brutal crackdown that eradicated them.
Hedges Report: The Encampments
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Judge Slams Trump Admin for Targeting Pro-Palestine Protesters
Judge William Young found Trump acted illegally against Pro-Palestine students, calling the decision his most important in 30 years on the bench. “In all our history, we have never tolerated an armed, masked secret police,” the judge ruled.
Khalil Sues Trump Admin for $20 Million
In lieu of payment, the pro-Palestine student organizer would accept the administration’s apology and abandonment of its policy of political retaliation and abuse of power.
Student Jailed for Writing Op-Ed Released From US Detention
Rümeysa Öztürk returned to Boston at the weekend after being released less than 24 hours after courts ruled that Badar Khan Suri’s case must be heard in Virginia and Mahmoud Khalil’s case must remain in New Jersey.
Chris Hedges: American Concentration Camps
El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center, known as CECOT, to which U.S. deportees are being sent, is the harbinger of more to come.
American Rendition: Journey to a Louisiana Cell
The arrest and detention of Rümeysa Öztürk, a child development researcher who has not been charged with a crime, reveals what President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign looks like on the ground. Hanna Allam reports.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: American Freefall
The extent to which the U.S. has embarked on a departure from reality is only a question for empires in their waning decades.
Israeli Lawsuits Target Americans
The wave of litigation against pro-Palestine Americans could help the “non-profit killer bill” passed by Congress target opposition to Israeli policies, writes Robert Inlakesh.
The Hate Group Helping Trump Deport Israel’s Critics
Far-right Betar U.S. does not shy away from the fascism label, writes Alan MacLeod, and it proudly notes that it frequently carried out terror operations against Arab civilians in Palestine.
Chris Hedges: Surrendering to Authoritarianism
Elite universities cowering before Trump’s crackdown on free speech continue their history of supporting plutocracy, delivering us into the arms of fascism.