MIT, the famed Ivy League university in Massachusetts, said last week that it barred the 2025 class president from a graduation ceremony after she delivered an unapproved speech about the school’s ties to Israel and the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Tag: freedom of speech
GWU STUDENT FACES THE WRATH THAT COMES WITH SPEAKING OUT AGAINST GENOCIDE
The decision by George Washington University to ban a student from campus after she spoke out about the Gaza genocide during a graduation ceremony was criticized by the school’s International Youth and Students for Social Equality group that said it is in “full solidarity with all students facing repression.”
FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP’S ATTEMPT TO STOP HARVARD’S ENROLLMENT OF FOREIGN STUDENTS
The standoff between U.S. President Donald Trump and Harvard over his administration’s pressure campaign on universities to squash freedom of speech on campus when it is in opposition to the Gaza genocide escalated last week when a federal judge blocked the White House’s attempt to ban the Ivy League school from enrolling foreign students.
TRUMP MAKES GOOD ON PROMISE TO ‘CRUSH’ ANTI-GENOCIDE PROTESTS WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week ordering federal agencies to move quickly to find ways to deport resident aliens who took part in anti-genocide protests on college campuses…
GERMANY BANS FREEDOM OF SPEECH. PROTESTER FINED FOR CHANTING ‘FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, PALESTINE WILL BE FREE’
A German court ruled last week that an anti-genocide protester should be fined $650 for yelling “From the river to the sea Palestine will be free” during a rally last October in Berlin.
ONLY PRO-ISRAEL SPEECH PERMITTED: BARNARD COLLEGE FALLS IN LINE
New York City’s Barnard College is the latest example of how institutions of higher learning are bastions of thought and a place to support causes—as long as you’re message is pro-Israel.
SPEAK YOUR TRUTH: DON’T LET THE GOVERNMENT CRIMINALIZE FREE SPEECH
“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”—George Washington