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How western wars turned liberal democracies into police states

From post-9/11 surveillance laws to the repression of Gaza solidarity, state powers once justified as tools of foreign war are now directed inward at citizens
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Unions and students seek Columbia University board reforms after Trump deal
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I teach linguistics at MIT. Here's how a pro-Israel lawsuit uses language to silence critics
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US judge rules targeting noncitizens for pro-Palestine views is unconstitutional
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Mahmoud Khalil challenges judge's order that he be deported to Syria or Algeria
Campus protests
New York-based Israelis file legal brief supporting Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi
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Berkeley and Wayne State University labelled 'hostile' to pro-Palestinian activism
Campus protests
Medical student suing Emory University for discrimination says her suspension is 'professional death sentence'
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Soas expels Palestine Society president Haya Adam after months of suspension
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Academics fear Columbia University's deal with Trump has wider ramifications
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Columbia University to pay $220m, undertake major reforms in bid to restore federal funding
Israel's genocide in Gaza
How Princeton University tried to 'scapegoat' a PhD student over pro-Palestine protests
Campus protests
Trump lays out blueprint to deport pro-Palestinian foreign nationals
Antisemitism
How is Israel antisemitic and why does it attack Jews?
Joseph Massad
Campus protests
'Under house arrest': Cornell University 'modifies' suspension of international Phd student
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US: New York University adopts measures declaring 'Zionists' a protected class
Israel's genocide in Gaza
US professor suspended for describing 7 October as 'exhilarating' reinstated by university
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Republicans introduce bill attacking Gaza solidarity encampments at US universities
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'Erasure': Harvard's reports on Islamophobia, antisemitism criticised by Palestinian, Jewish students
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Canadian university sues its own students over encampment for Palestine
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US: Columbia Law Review website shut down over article critical of Israel
Campus protests
Student protests upend hegemony on Israel and Palestine forever
Joseph Massad
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With every university in Gaza destroyed, Oxford students say their protest is justified