As protests erupt across the US, it's clear that the fight for free speech and immigrant rights is more crucial than ever. When will we realize that silencing dissent only fuels the fire? #StandUp #FreeSpeech
As protests erupt across the US, it's clear that the fight for free speech and immigrant rights is more crucial than ever. When will we realize that silencing dissent only fuels the fire? #StandUp #FreeSpeech
# Columbiauniversity #freespeech, #firstammendment #trumpuniversity ##protest #palestine #gaza
Source Newsweek : COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY NYC IS EXPELLING GAZA PROTESTERS AND TAKING AWAY THEIR DIPLOMAS DESPITE HAVING EARNED THEM. THIS IS A VIOLATION OF FREE SPEECH. DID TRUMP STRONG ARM WITH THE WITHDRAWL OF GRANTS MAKING MONEY MORE IMPORTANT THAN FREE SPEECH? CALL AND POLITELY EXPRESS YOUR OPINION AT 212-854-5573 x4
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'LAPD knew protests were coming: 2 days earlier, the dept receivedadvanced warning
on #Dataminr, a socialmedia #surveillance firm ...and
“official partner” of X
.
....LosAngeles #ACAB Department emails obtained via public records show city police used Dataminr to track Gaza-related demonstrations and other constitutionally protected #freespeech.'
"#LAPD Surveilled #Gaza #Protests Using #SocialMedia Tool"
https://theintercept.com/2025/03/17/lapd-surveillance-gaza-palestine-protests-dataminr/ #CyberSecurity #DomesticSpying #CyberStalking @palestine
"They’re using the term Jew as synonymous with Zionist or pro-Israel, which allows them to justify these actions in the name of Jewish rights and safety, even though an astonishingly large number of the students who are getting suspended, expelled, convicted, having their careers and lives ruined in the name of Jewish rights and safety are Jews, are Jews."
"But, to really understand what’s going on here, you have to understand that the way the Trump administration is using the term Jew, and the way that groups like the Anti-Defamation League are using the term Jew is actually a radical redefinition of the word."
"Now, that may sound strange because the Trump administration’s attack on American universities, which is being applauded by some establishment American Jewish organizations, is being justified in the name of protecting the safety and rights of Jewish students.
While you certainly don't "have to hand it to the nazis," I must admit that it's way easier to show people that the Trump regime's attempts to target anti-genocide protestors using "War on Terror" logic will lead to them targeting all protestors using that same logic, when they just blurt that part out loud:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/deportation-protest
DHS Official Explicitly Equates Protest to Terrorism in 'Stunning' Interview
"The Trump administration has accused Khalil, who is of Palestinian descent, of leading "activities aligned to Hamas" and protests where pro-Hamas propaganda was distributed, but officials have provided no evidence that he's provided support to Hamas or other groups designated as terrorist organizations by the U.S. government.
A White House official this week told The Free Press that Khalil is not being accused of breaking any laws, but is rather "a threat to the foreign policy and national security interests of the United States," and Edgar's comments to Martin offered further evidence evidence that DHS is working to deport Khalil without accusing him of a crime.
"He is coming in to basically be a student that is not going to be supporting terrorism," said Edgar. "So, the issue is he was let into the country on this visa. He has been promoting this antisemitism activity at the university. And at this point, the State Department has revoked his visa for supporting a terrorist type organization."
This story comes out of an interview with Troy Edgar (Trump's deputy homeland security secretary) by NPR's Michel Martin; thus it's important to note that while Edgar isn't making a legal argument here, he is absolutely working the court of public opinion to sway your perception about the legality of Trump's unlawful arrest, detainment, and ongoing attempts to deport a former Columbia University student green card holder, legally residing in the country with his wife (who is an American citizen), for protesting a genocide (by Israel) in Gaza, facilitated by both the current, and prior US administrations.
With that in mind, the first thing I'd like to point out is the bizarre, manipulative, and legally irrelevant language Edgar uses here. From a technical standpoint, the phrase "activities aligned with Hamas" is wholly unrelated to any law on the books in America, even our nightmare War on Terror era anti-terrorism laws, while simultaneously covering such a broad spectrum of activities that untold millions of Americans could potentially be "engaging in activities aligned with Hamas" - if for example, as in Khalil's case, you've advocated for ending Israel's genocide in Gaza, or the US government's arm shipments to Israel that make it possible, you've technically engaged in "activities aligned with Hamas," who also want the genocide and arms shipments to end. Does anyone, including Troy Edgar know what "a terrorist type organization" means? You won't find a single paragraph in US law that discusses prohibitions against supporting "a terrorist *type* organization" and this is really just a way for Edgar to say Khalil is working for "terrorists" without exposing himself to liability for false accusations; it's a poison phrase to turn public opinion against the accused, and in favor of the Trump administration's unlawful and quite frankly fascist actions. This is of course setting aside that Edgar, much like the rest of the Trump regime, continues to use the War on Terror legal language of "supporting a terrorist organization" (typically financially, materially, or logistically) to describe protesting a genocide; a stretch that also has no basis in American law that I'm aware of.
Additionally of course, there's the bombshell this article is mostly based around to consider; a US deputy homeland security secretary just went on public radio and argued that (legally nebulous) "pro-Palestine activity" and even just protesting in general, is terrorism. While many disingenuous bootlickers will try to parse Edgar's words here, he was given plenty of opportunities to answer questions about what "terrorist" activities the government was alleging Khalil engaged in, and Troy continually repeated the phrases "pro-Palestinian activity" and "protesting." Furthermore given that the entire Trump administration keeps making this "mistake" over and over again, it seems pretty reasonable to assume that at least from a propaganda perspective this is the regime's official position on supporting Palestinians and protesting in general.
Folks, can you think of any reason why an increasingly unpopular fascist administration presiding over the rapid impoverishment of the US labor class, and working with Israel to ethnically cleanse Gaza, would want to declare "pro-Palestinian activity" and "protesting" to be terrorist activity? Might it be because they expect a lot of Americans to start getting interested in Palestinians and protesting?
@EugeneMcParland
Raphael Glucksmann is a pro-war macron-like hypocrite, the billionaires must dream of him president and Macron prime minister. His past is not very nice and in present his party, place publique, is not democratic even though they say the opposite.
He doesn't understand really what liberty's statue mean.
In France we can make tutos for liberty statues building ,o)
https://www.musee-bartholdi.fr/statue-liberte-colmar
#usa #libertystatue #trump #france #freespeech #doge #musk #liberty #woke #uspol #freedom
To french speaking americans, and others, this video sums up the situation in US, I found it interesting.
She says they have no time to follow all the bills and crazy things made, it's their strategy, ...
https://video.blast-info.fr/videos/watch/eeb9e3a0-a8af-4716-91dc-b599688cf5ee
(hosted in France, they are on YouTube but they have allways censorship problems)
Remember when the extreme right people would talk about their "Free Speech" rights, and we all knew what they wanted- which was to use "Free Speech" as a pretense to cause harm to Queer folks, and Black folks, and anyone they didn't like.
We called it out. We made fun of them, called it "Freeze Peach", etc.
When someone, under the pretense of "Free Speech", physically assaults someone else, sprays hate messages on their home, shoots at their school, physically blocks them from entering their school or work, gives away maps of where a "certain type of person" lives, etc. that's also not "Free Speech". It doesn't matter what the cause is, and if it's someone from the Left doing it. It's still not okay.
Call it out. Call it Freeze Peach. Call it whatever the hell we need to call it to make it stop.
And if you defend this stuff, then as far as I'm concerned, you can go to the same place as the Proud Boys go.
Toxic #Zuckerberg qui ressemble en tous points à #Musk dans la façon dont il envisage la gouvernance du monde raconte ce livre d'une ancienne collaboratrice proche à #Facebook que ce défenseur du #freespeech a tenté de faire interdire
#SarahWynnWilliams #CarelessPeople
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/16/careless-people-a-story-of-where-i-used-to-work-by-sarah-wynn-williams-review-a-former-disciple-unfriends-facebook
US senator Jeff Merkley silences Senator Jim Risch for lies on Mahmoud Khalil
#MahmoudKhalil
#ColumbiaUniversity
#freespeech
#usa
#immigration
#democracy
#cdnpoli
#tiktok
@politics
@BLKNewsNow
@blackmastodon
@palestine
@yemen
Reminder that the Saudis, backed by US and UK, bombed the Yemenis non-stop and savagely from 2015-22. The alliance also imposed a blockade which caused a famine and pushed millions of kids to brink of starvation.
The Yemenis remained undefeated. Trump and Starmer have no chance.
https://x.com/kennardmatt/status/1901010755614622084
#ColumbiaUniversity #freespeech
#tiktok #cdnpoli
#democracy #humanrights
#usa #canada
#Gaza #Palestine #Genocide
#geopolitics
@palestine@a.gup.pe
@palestine@lemmygrad.ml
@lebanon @yemen
@irannachrichten
The Houthis targeted the USS Harry S. Truman, in the Red Sea after the bombardment of Yemen
https://x.com/Megatron_ron/status/1901052755466482082
#ColumbiaUniversity #freespeech
#tiktok #cdnpoli
#democracy #humanrights
#usa #canada
#Gaza #Palestine #Genocide
#geopolitics
@palestine@a.gup.pe
@palestine@lemmygrad.ml
@lebanon @yemen
@irannachrichten #AntiImperialism
#blackmastodon
@blackmastodon
@politics #politics #anarchism
@BLKNewsNow
"Our ultimate goal is to establish a global order based on justice for all peoples of the world"
https://x.com/TheGrayzoneNews/status/1901106909949595892
#ColumbiaUniversity #freespeech
#tiktok #cdnpoli
#democracy #humanrights
#usa #canada
#Gaza #Palestine #Genocide
#geopolitics
@palestine@a.gup.pe
@palestine@lemmygrad.ml
@lebanon @yemen
@irannachrichten #AntiImperialism
#blackmastodon
@blackmastodon
@politics #politics #anarchism
@BLKNewsNow
#military
In Yemen they have billboards of Aaron Bushnell to honor his sacrifice.
https://x.com/AdameMedia/status/1901002142485283249
#AaronBushnell
#yemen
#ColumbiaUniversity #freespeech
#tiktok #cdnpoli
#democracy #humanrights
#usa #canada
#Gaza #Palestine #Genocide
#geopolitics
@palestine@a.gup.pe
@palestine@lemmygrad.ml
@lebanon @yemen
@irannachrichten #AntiImperialism
#blackmastodon
@blackmastodon
@politics #politics #anarchism
@BLKNewsNow
#military
#eu
#germany
#france
#china
#russia
#africa
#cuba
#mexico
#ireland
#uk
Donald Trump ordered the US military to bomb Yemen, killing at least 19 people.
The US empire is punishing Yemen because it's one of the very few countries that is actually trying to stop Israel's US-sponsored genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
https://x.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1901067750166196529
#ColumbiaUniversity #freespeech
#tiktok #cdnpoli
#democracy #humanrights
#usa #canada
#Gaza #Palestine #Genocide
#geopolitics
@palestine@a.gup.pe
@palestine@lemmygrad.ml
@lebanon @yemen
@irannachrichten
the Western media class is now laundering Trump's massacre of Yemenis with the same propaganda laundering phrases they perfected for Gaza: "Iran-backed Houthis", "according to the Houthi-run health ministry", "according to the Houthi-run media". They're all genocidal Zionist scum
https://x.com/zei_squirrel/status/1901092826596675773
#ColumbiaUniversity #freespeech
#tiktok #cdnpoli
#democracy #humanrights
#usa #canada
#Gaza #Palestine #Genocide
#geopolitics
@palestine@a.gup.pe
@palestine@lemmygrad.ml
@lebanon @yemen
@irannachrichten
"Neither BIDEN, nor TRUMP, nor ANY CRIMINAL in this world will deter us from our firm, principled, and religious stance in support of the Palestinian people."
https://x.com/upholdreality/status/1901114567637283163
#ColumbiaUniversity #freespeech
#tiktok #cdnpoli
#democracy #humanrights
#usa #canada
#Gaza #Palestine #Genocide
#geopolitics
@palestine@a.gup.pe
@palestine@lemmygrad.ml
@lebanon @yemen
@irannachrichten #AntiImperialism
#blackmastodon
@blackmastodon
@politics #politics #anarchism