Summary

US universities are bracing for funding cuts and investigations as President-elect Trump and his allies target them in their anti-“woke” campaign, using the IHRA definition of antisemitism, which conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism, to justify crackdowns on pro-Palestine activism.

Measures include threatening federal funding, revoking accreditation, and pressuring institutions to suppress protests.

Critics warn these efforts will chill free speech, stifle academic inquiry, and escalate censorship.

Civil liberties groups and educators vow to resist these attacks on higher education and political expression.

  • Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    To paraphrease Three Arrows on YouTube. The world does not work on Voltaire quotes and toga wearing wise guys who think everything can be solved with a fallacy free response to a troll. If your opposition wants to bulldoze you into a mass grave before covering the whole place with hydrated lime, no amount of ‘freeze peach’ is going to save you.