I faced censorship and attacks at MIT for trying to teach about Palestine. This reflects the rising fascism in higher education.

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I faced censorship and attacks at MIT for trying to teach about Palestine. This reflects the rising fascism in higher education.

mondoweiss.net

AltMediaGuyMA to AltMedia · 1 day ago

cross-posted to:
palestine@lemmy.ml

A linguistics course I proposed to teach at MIT on decolonization in Haiti and Palestine was censored and attacked by the university. My story is just one small window into the broader crisis and repression unfolding in higher education.

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