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DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a>! Four Maine college presidents sign national letter decrying Trump education 'overreach'</p><p>Riley Board, Portland Press Herald, Maine<br>Tue, April 22, 2025</p><p>"Four Maine higher education leaders have signed on to a letter accusing the Trump administration of 'unprecedented government overreach and political interference.'</p><p>"Safa Zaki of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BowdoinCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BowdoinCollege</span></a>, Garry Jenkins of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BatesCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BatesCollege</span></a>, David Greene of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColbyCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColbyCollege</span></a> and James Herbert of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UniversityOfNewEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfNewEngland</span></a> all added their names to the letter, published Tuesday by the American Association of Colleges and Universities. More than 230 presidents of colleges, universities and scholarly societies throughout the country have signed so far.</p><p>" 'We are open to constructive reform and do not oppose legitimate government oversight,' the letter reads. 'However, we must oppose undue government intrusion in the lives of those who learn, live and work on our campuses. We will always seek effective and fair financial practices, but we must reject the coercive use of public research funding.'</p><p>"Though the letter primarily represents private institutions, leaders from a handful of state colleges and universities signed on, including University of Massachusetts Amherst Chancellor Javier Reyes and Eastern Connecticut State University President Karim Ismaili. A spokesperson for the University of Maine system declined to comment.</p><p>"In recent months, the Trump administration has pulled or threatened to pull federal funding from higher education institutions that don't comply with his agenda on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StudentProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentProtesters</span></a>, admissions practices and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransgenderAthlete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderAthlete</span></a> policies.</p><p>"The administration has also revoked the visas of hundreds of international students. On Friday, the American Civil Liberties Union [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACLU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACLU</span></a>] of Maine filed a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a>] and other agencies behind the visa revocations, asking that a judge restore the visas of any New England students who have had them wrongfully removed, and protecting future students from the same actions."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/four-maine-college-presidents-sign-224700038.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">yahoo.com/news/four-maine-coll</span><span class="invisible">ege-presidents-sign-224700038.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistAuthoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistAuthoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> seeks to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deport</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a> </p><p>Submitted by webadmin on 9 April, 2025</p><p> "The German state has issued deportation orders for three <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EUCitizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUCitizens</span></a> and one <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> who have attended <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProPalestinian</span></a> protests.</p><p>"Berlin immigration authorities issued the orders on 31 March, demanding that the four individuals leave Germany within one month or else face deportation. Their orders cite a protest in October 2024 in which masked individuals caused 'significant property damage, including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/graffiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graffiti</span></a>', as well as resisting arrest and calling a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> officer a '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a>'.</p><p>"Unusually, three of the four orders also invoke the German principle of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Staatsr%C3%A4son" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Staatsräson</span></a>, (“<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StateReason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateReason</span></a>”). This term originates from a speech <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AngelaMerkel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AngelaMerkel</span></a> gave to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraeliKnesset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliKnesset</span></a> in 2008, asserting that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israeli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israeli</span></a> security was fundamental to the purpose of the German state.</p><p>"Staatsräson is not an officially defined term or codified anywhere in the German constitution or by German courts. At least two of the protestors are appealing the decision, with their lawyer telling Al-Monitor that it is a 'political concept, not a legal concept, and therefore unlawful'.</p><p>"In any case, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activists</span></a> for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protesting</span></a> should be opposed.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Khalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Khalil</span></a></p><p>"The activists’ lawyer has drawn parallels to the case of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a> in the US. 'I see similarities… It is weaponization of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImmigrationLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrationLaw</span></a> as a tool to silence <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliticalDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalDissent</span></a>'. Khalil’s case may also lead to a debate on interpretations of the US constitution’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a>.</p><p>"Back in February, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Berlin</span></a> police broke up a protest, citing a ban on '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArabicChanting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArabicChanting</span></a>', the playing of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArabicMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArabicMusic</span></a>, or giving a speech in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arabic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arabic</span></a>. In October 2024, police raided the homes of five men, four of whom were being investigated over 'authorship of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antisemitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitic</span></a> social media posts'.</p><p>Clapping</p><p>"And after the joint Israeli-Palestinian documentary <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoOtherLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoOtherLand</span></a> won an Academy Award, German culture minister Claudia Roth insisted that she was only clapping for Israeli director Yuval Abraham, not Palestinian director <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BaselAdra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BaselAdra</span></a>. Several politicians, including the mayor of Berlin, called for her resignation. A torrent of public criticism was aimed at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YuvalAbraham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YuvalAbraham</span></a> for his acceptance speech, to which he responded: 'To stand on German soil as the son of Holocaust survivors and call for a ceasefire — and to then be labelled as antisemitic is not only outrageous, it is also literally putting Jewish lives in danger.'</p><p>"Israeli politicians cited German politicians when attacking the filmmakers themselves, and only weeks later, co-director <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HamdanBallal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamdanBallal</span></a> was attacked by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraeliSettlers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliSettlers</span></a> in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestBank</span></a>, and removed from an ambulance by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IDF</span></a> soldiers.</p><p>"German Staatsräson is less about assuring Israel’s right to exist, and more about giving a free hand to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/repressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repressive</span></a> policies of the Israeli right." </p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2025-04-09/germany-seeks-deport-protesters" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">workersliberty.org/story/2025-</span><span class="invisible">04-09/germany-seeks-deport-protesters</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestineActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProPalestineActivists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProPalestine</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GermanyPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GermanyPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GermanAntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GermanAntiProtestLaws</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightWing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StudentProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentProtesters</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zionism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BibiIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BibiIsAWarCriminal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Enablers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enablers</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateActivist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateActivist</span></a> faces expulsion from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Austria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Austria</span></a> after ban</p><p>AFP Apr 7, 2025, Updated Apr 8, 2025 </p><p>"Austria has banned a German climate activist for two years, she said on Monday, adding she would fight the decision, which could see her expelled from the Alpine EU member.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AnjaWindl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnjaWindl</span></a>, who has been living in Austria for seven years, became known for her <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>, including glueing herself on streets to stop <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/traffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traffic</span></a> with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LastGeneration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LastGeneration</span></a> group.</p><p>"In a decision Windl received last week, the Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum issued the two-year ban, giving her one month to leave the country.<br>"The ban was issued after the German activist was found to pose a 'danger for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicOrder</span></a> and security', according to the decision seen by AFP.</p><p>" 'This is highly problematic from a democratic perspective,' Windl, a 28-year-old psychology <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>student</span></a>, told AFP, adding she would appeal the ban.</p><p>" 'We are moving toward civilisational <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/collapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collapse</span></a>, and instead of holding those responsible accountable, it is those who have peacefully advocated for the preservation of our livelihoods" who are targeted, she said.</p><p>"Her lawyer, Ralf Niederhammer, said he did not know of any other political activist being banned from Austria. Windl faces no criminal charges, he added."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://homenewshere.com/national/news/article_5a9945d1-17ed-57c3-9d7a-9152ee80d9b5.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">homenewshere.com/national/news</span><span class="invisible">/article_5a9945d1-17ed-57c3-9d7a-9152ee80d9b5.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrafficInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficInterference</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateActivism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GermanyPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GermanyPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GermanAntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GermanAntiProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StudentProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentProtesters</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/S937" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>S937</span></a>: Barring <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StudentProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentProtesters</span></a> from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FederalLoans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalLoans</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LoanForgiveness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoanForgiveness</span></a></p><p>"Would exclude student protesters from federal financial aid and loan forgiveness if they commit any crime at a campus protest. The bill would cover someone convicted of 'any offense' under 'any Federal or State law” that is “related to the individual’s conduct at and during the course of a protest' at a college or university. As such, a student convicted of even a nonviolent, state law misdemeanor at a campus protest, such as failing to disperse, would be deemed ineligible for federal student loans; they would also be ineligible for having existing federal loans forgiven, cancelled, waived or modified. The sponsor of the bill said it was a response to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProPalestine</span></a> protests at colleges and universities.<br>(See full text of bill here)</p><p>Status: pending</p><p>Introduced 11 Mar 2025.</p><p>Issue(s): <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CampusProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampusProtests</span></a>, Limit on Public Benefits<br> <br>Bill sponsor Sen. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TomCotton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TomCotton</span></a> (R-Ark.):<br><a href="https://www.jns.org/cotton-introduces-two-bills-targeting-rotten-culture-on-university-campuses/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jns.org/cotton-introduces-two-</span><span class="invisible">bills-targeting-rotten-culture-on-university-campuses/</span></a></p><p>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/937" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">congress.gov/bill/119th-congre</span><span class="invisible">ss/senate-bill/937</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Clampdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StudentProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentProtests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CampusProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampusProtests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestineProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestineProtests</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Private groups work to identify and report <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StudentProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentProtesters</span></a> for possible <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a></p><p>“Now they’re using tools of the state to actually go after people,” said a Columbia graduate student from South Asia who has been active in protests and spoke on condition of anonymity because of concerns about losing her visa. “We suddenly feel like we’re being forced to think about our survival.”</p><p>By ADAM GELLER, March 29, 2025</p><p>NEW YORK (AP) — "When a protester was caught on video in January at a New York rally against Israel, only her eyes were visible between a mask and headscarf. But days later, photos of her entire face, along with her name and employer, were circulated online.</p><p>"'Months of them hiding their faces went down the drain!' a fledgling technology company boasted in a social media post, claiming its <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FacialRecognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FacialRecognition</span></a> tool had identified the woman despite the coverings.</p><p>"She was anything but a lone target. The same software was also used to review images taken during months of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProPalestinian</span></a> marches at U.S. colleges. A <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightWingJewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightWingJewish</span></a> group said some people identified with the tool were on a list of names it submitted to President Donald <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s administration, urging that they be deported in accordance with his call for the expulsion of foreign students who participated in 'pro-jihadist' protests. </p><p>"Other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProIsrael</span></a> groups have enlisted help from supporters on campuses, urging them to report foreign students who participated in protests against the war in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-foreign-students-campus-gaza-protests-deportation-9e2d4abc1c158454da1f68c01062c9ef" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-forei</span><span class="invisible">gn-students-campus-gaza-protests-deportation-9e2d4abc1c158454da1f68c01062c9ef</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICERaids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICERaids</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICEDetentions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICEDetentions</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICEArrests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICEArrests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RumeysaOzturk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RumeysaOzturk</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YunseoChung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YunseoChung</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadarKhunSuri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadarKhunSuri</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MomodouTaal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MomodouTaal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistICE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProjectEsther" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectEsther</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TurdReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TurdReich</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>The War on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Masks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Masks</span></a> Has Taken on a New Meaning</p><p>This time, the masks have nothing to do with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a>.</p><p>By Henry Grabar<br>Feb 05, 20254:57 PM </p><p>"Last month, state legislators in New York introduced a bill that would create a new crime: 'masked harassment.'</p><p>"That, the law explains, is when you wear a mask 'for the primary purpose of menacing or threatening violence against another person' or 'placing another person or group of persons in reasonable fear for their physical safety.'</p><p>"If that seems like a bit of a niche offense—threatening violence is already a crime, after all—it’s because the language has been watered down to attract political support. It’s a sign of New York Democrats’ cautious new approach over masks in public life, and a retreat from last spring, when anti-Israel protests, on top of a widespread urban crime panic, pushed leaders from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to consider mask bans.</p><p>"In its original form, the New York bill would have banned masks at public assemblies entirely. But the outcry from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DisabilityRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityRights</span></a> advocates, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalJustice</span></a> reformers, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HealthCareWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCareWorkers</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilLiberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilLiberties</span></a> groups was swift, and so New York wound up with this bill on 'masked harassment' instead.</p><p>"Elsewhere, the pandemic-era leniency on masking in public is over. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthCarolina</span></a> Republicans overrode a gubernatorial veto last summer to once again <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BanPublicFaceCoverings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BanPublicFaceCoverings</span></a>, except to stop the spread of contagious diseases. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost dusted off an old law to threaten <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StudentProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentProtesters</span></a> with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/felonies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felonies</span></a>. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has asked the state’s Senate to consider a bill to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/unmask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unmask</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a> this year.</p><p>"For Republicans, it’s a chance to kill two birds with one stone. They can strike back against the perceived overreach of pandemic-era <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HealthDirectives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthDirectives</span></a> and make it easier to arrest <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/demonstrators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demonstrators</span></a> at the same time.</p><p>"In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ohio</span></a> and North Carolina, the original statutes were written in the 1950s to stop demonstrations by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KuKluxKlan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KuKluxKlan</span></a>, but had been ignored or suspended during the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pandemic</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeorgeFloydProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeFloydProtests</span></a>. Many lawmakers have cited the recent demonstrations in defense of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> as a reason to crack down again. Defending the proposed mask ban in New York, Anti-Defamation League [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ADL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADL</span></a>] president Jonathan Greenblatt said the demonstrators were using '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KKK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KKK</span></a> tactics' to intimidate Jewish New Yorkers.</p><p>"That instinct was bolstered by the sense among many city residents and elected leaders that widespread masking was a factor behind the pandemic-era crime spike. That led to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Philadelphia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philadelphia</span></a> banning <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SkiMasks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SkiMasks</span></a> in parks, on trains, and in public buildings. A more recent, high-profile example came in December with the Midtown Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrianThompson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrianThompson</span></a> by a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaskedAssassin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaskedAssassin</span></a>, which prompted New York Mayor Eric Adams to call for cab drivers and business owners to ask customers to remove their masks. The new New York bill has won over the liberal Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who endorsed the 'tailored' approach. As the police say: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoFaceNoCase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoFaceNoCase</span></a>.</p><p>"For what it’s worth, there are too many confounding variables and too little data to be sure if mask-wearing is associated with crime, said Ernesto Lopez at the Council for Criminal Justice, which collects crime reporting statistics from various cities. 'From a theoretical statement it makes sense that could occur, but it has not been demonstrated that’s the case,' he told me.</p><p>"But if all that weighed in favor of more mask bans, there was also widespread resistance. Disability advocates mobilized to defend the right to mask; North Carolina had to write a medical exemption into their bill at the insistence of a GOP House member. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliceReformers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceReformers</span></a> observed that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaskBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaskBans</span></a> have often been used for pretextual <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a> and racial profiling against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackAmericans</span></a>. (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtlantaGeorgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtlantaGeorgia</span></a> tabled a mask ban for that reason.)</p><p>"What looms largest, as the second Trump administration begins, is the role of protest. As Semafor’s Dave Weigel has noted, masks have become a badge of left-wing protest culture. That’s in part an extension of politicized COVID-era concerns about health and civility, but at this point it is mostly a tactic to preserve anonymity in an era of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FacialRecognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FacialRecognition</span></a>, streaming video, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/doxing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doxing</span></a>. Last year, the anonymous <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProIsrael</span></a> website the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CanaryMission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanaryMission</span></a> posted photographs of hundreds of students and faculty at campus protests and posted their names and photos online, labeling some as supporters of terrorism.</p><p>"'The concern takes on new urgency as Donald Trump pledges to revoke the visas of pro-Palestine protesters, and the Trump-Musk GOP embraces the naming and shaming of otherwise private citizens. A conservative group called the American Accountability Foundation has begun circulating lists of federal workers, many of them Black, who should be <br>'targets' for their alleged involvement in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> initiatives at work.</p><p>"Clearly, the masked protest does not always sit well with an older generation, many of whom cut their teeth in the protests of the pre-internet age. As Georgetown professor Michael Kazin told the New York Times last year: 'I do think if you are going to demonstrate, and it’s something you feel deeply about, you should be willing to stand up and be counted.'"</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://slate.com/business/2025/02/mask-bans-new-york-los-angeles-crime-protests-criminalize-face-coverings.html?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">slate.com/business/2025/02/mas</span><span class="invisible">k-bans-new-york-los-angeles-crime-protests-criminalize-face-coverings.html?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AuthoritarianRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthoritarianRule</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigBrother" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigBrother</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigBrotherIsWatchingYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigBrotherIsWatchingYou</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@nichni" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nichni</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://spore.social/@bethsawin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bethsawin</span></a></span> </p><p>I was responding to another post when yours showed up and we crossed paths. Not sure if you saw that, but it is now gone because the other poster committed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seppuku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seppuku</span></a> and took my post down with him.</p><p>However, I was able to grab a screenshot from his timeline where I provided him information on the other usual suspects behind the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StudentProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentProtests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StudentProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentProtesters</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-PQHSLxnnE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=0-PQHSLxnn</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a> </p><p>'Shameful and dystopian': Squad's Rep. <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SummerLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SummerLee</span></a> Blasts police attacks on <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/StudentProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentProtesters</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a>🇵🇸 <br><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SupportStudentsAndFacultyforPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupportStudentsAndFacultyforPalestine</span></a> <br><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ReElectandprotectTheSquad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReElectandprotectTheSquad</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ReElectSummerLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReElectSummerLee</span></a> <br><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DumpAIPAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DumpAIPAC</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Pennsylvannia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvannia</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PA</span></a></p>
Heretical_i<p><a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/HINDSHALL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HINDSHALL</span></a>.”<br>'The track is inspired by the work of <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/studentprotesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>studentprotesters</span></a> at <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> University, who occupied <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/HamiltonHall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamiltonHall</span></a> last week and renamed it “Hind’s Hall.” as a tribute to a six-year-old <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a> girl, Hind Rajab, recently killed by the <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/IDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IDF</span></a> in <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a>.</p><p>In fact, the whole song is a tribute to student protesters and their cause: An immediate <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/ceasefire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ceasefire</span></a> and free <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>.'</p><p><a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/Macklemore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macklemore</span></a> just dropped a song about college protests, will donate all proceeds to Gaza<br><a href="https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/macklemore-hinds-hall-palestine" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">goodgoodgood.co/articles/mackl</span><span class="invisible">emore-hinds-hall-palestine</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>There's a direct line from Trump telling his followers to beat up journalists and protesters, to folks cheering at the police bashing heads of student protesters and throwing them to the ground.</p><p>If you've in that cheering squad and using the cover of fighting antisemitism to justify repression and violence, then you should think about those you're choosing to ally yourself with.</p><p>Antisemitism is filthy.</p><p>So is violent repression of valid protest.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/StudentProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentProtesters</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a></p>