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.

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    20 hours ago

    This appears to be a global push. Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, all of them are suddenly want to ban criticism of Israel from their universities.

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    2 days ago

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

    I thought someone literally recorded a clip of UofM’s Santa Ono claiming all the above for as far back as the protests started, which is why most universities already cracked down in their student body.

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    2 days ago

    They come after your neighbors then the come after you. Yesterday and today it is “anti genocide” tomorrow “anti Republican”

    Democrat standing by while universities beat up students normalized Republican similar behavior and laws.

    Both parties are working for a class you are not a part of it.

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    3 days ago

    Good thing we have those critics telling us that. Imagine if they didn’t! Holy cow what a world that would be, you might end up with a fascist government!