Butler University canceled an April 1 talk with Dr. Angela Davis without warning or discussion just three days before the event. Students, faculty and community members are demanding that Butler apologize to Davis and reinstate the event, titled "Joint Struggle and Collective Liberation."
Read MorePalestine Legal has released a new report analyzing trends in the censorship of the U.S. movement for Palestinian rights in 2020, in the context of the Trump administration’s crackdown on Palestine advocacy and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Palestine Legal responded to 213 incidents of suppression of U.S.-based Palestine advocacy over the course of 2020, totaling 1,707 suppression incidents between 2014 and 2020.
Read MoreStudents at Butler University in Indiana mounted a successful campaign against two resolutions cracking down on the right to advocate for Palestine on campus. The resolutions had been proposed as retaliation against an event featuring protest art from around the world.
Palestine Legal wrote to Butler earlier this week after an administrator boosted the censorship campaign in a campus-wide email. The letter explained that Butler had failed its students by giving a stamp of approval to a widespread harassment campaign targeting advocacy for Palestine on college campuses.
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