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If institutions won’t stand up to the Trump administration, then it’s up to academic workers, students, communities, and citizens to stand up for them. Because we have the strongest levers of power over our local institutions. While international students have become the first target on campuses, it’s important to remember that a portion of faculty
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About 150 protesters rallied at Columbia, which had been the scene of huge pro-Palestinian protests last year. They gathered on a plaza outside a building that houses federal offices, holding signs emblazoned with slogans including “stop the war on universities” and “censorship is the weapon of fascists.” The protests were organized by the Coalition for
Sean O’Brien, a Wayne State University academic services advisor and member of the Higher Education Labor United steering committee, said he believed the problems facing higher education were so large that only a nationwide union of workers in all sectors would be able to exert sufficient force against the federal government. One strategy he promoted was for
This fundraiser is organized by Rümeysa Öztürk’s Immigration Court legal team: We are raising urgent funds for the legal support of Rümeysa Öztürk, a Fulbright scholar and Tufts University graduate student residing in Massachusetts on a valid student visa who is detained by ICE for advocating for human rights and dignity for all. On Tuesday, March 25th, Rümeysa was heading out to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast when she was abducted by masked, plainclothes agents who didn’t identify themselves until after she asked who
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With universities across the U.S. facing attacks from the Trump administration that “have been compared to the worst of McCarthyism,” as one professor said, students, staff, and faculty on more than 150 college campuses are planning to participate in a National Day of Action for Higher Education on Thursday. “What is at stake is the
On April 8, 2025, the Labor for Higher Education Union hosted the Kill the Cuts. This protest was to bring attention to the federal funding cuts that are being made and their impact on scientific research. During an interview with Shun Kobayashi, an associate instructor in the Comparative Literature and Languages Department, he explained that
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Demonstrators took to Raleigh’s Moore Square Tuesday to protest the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to research, health care and education funding. The event, which took place from 3 to 6 p.m., was one of several nationwide “Kill the Cuts” rallies on the Higher Ed Labor United national day of action. Demonstrations occurred in over 30 cities across
“The Philadelphia demonstration was part of the second “Nationwide Day of Action” — organized by Labor for Higher Education and Higher Education Labor United. The event served as the continuation of an initial day of protests in February. “ Read more at The Daily Pennsylvanian.
Organizers are calling on everyone to join the movement. For instance, Higher Education Labor United has organized actions across the U.S. for April 8, demanding no cuts to education and life-saving research. The Coalition for Action in Higher Ed (CAHE), the organizing collective behind the April 17 Day of Action, has arranged an entire day of virtual events for people
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