"The New McCarthyism": Pro-Palestine Educators Face Censorship, Harassment & Firings Across U.S.

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The Intercept columnist Natasha Lennard details how the combination of anti-Palestinian, Islamophobic repression and very few worker protections across the U.S. has created a “very dangerous constellation” for academic laborers that is “overwhelmingly only facing pro-Palestinian speakers, not speakers who are supporting Israel’s genocide.” She calls it “the New McCarthyism” on college campuses. “A lot of media attention has focused on the spectacle of encampments and the very, very brutal police response,” says Lennard. “What you also have going on behind the scenes is the targeting of individuals who work at universities."
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[@amjoker9837]

Thank you for exposing them

[@sweechen9762]

This is the Land of the Free? More like the land of the frogs taking a warming bath.

[@kerryshultz9766]

It's very scary what is happening in the USA now. Thanks for the well presented informative news.

[@Captain_Aardvark]

For years it's been the case that if you speak out against Israel in the UK your career is pretty much over - the Anti-Defamation League and the League of Deputies (the Israeli Thought Police) see to that. Comments calling this out on KZbin also disappear very quickly.

[@robertbridge9612]

Playing "Pin the tail on the Scapegoat" has always been an integral part of the US life.

[@justinfleming5119]

Who is whose scapegoat? I see White people scapegoated by people too cowardly to identify zionism as jewish. But you're suggesting that these cowardly "anti-zionists' are being "scapegoated". By whom for whom?

[@douglasinglesepertutti4230]

Thank you Natasha Lennard for your clear exposition of the persecution of supporters of Palestine in America. Be strong and keep up the good work!

[@user-vc6jy4qc1u]

🗣🗣🗣Freedom of Speech: “Netanyahu, Stop the Genocide in Gaza “

[@DelsinM]

or: Satanyahu, go to hell

[@crimsonwolf9099]

140 of the 193 UN member states have recognized Palestinian statehood since 1988. Media discussions never reveal this fact. Why the omission? Most recently Ireland, Spain & Norway are on board.

[@janetprice85]

Nazis

[@robbob1866]

I have heard that reported in Canada

[@robertrichard6107]

It makes no difference if the U.S. (aka Fourth Reich) isn't on board. Look how Taiwan became a member of the UN without even being a country! 'Two state solution' is just a fashionable UN slogan from the UN in 1948, it has no legal standing, just like the Zionist state of Israel.

[@crimsonwolf9099]

@@robbob1866 It is looking like Canada might soon be joining the list too.

[@robbob1866]

@@crimsonwolf9099 I hope so but I won't hold my breath

[@thairk]

Great analysis, Natasha Lennard!

[@user-ys4ff8cr2w]

The night is afraid of the light

[@richardgillette5759]

Shariah law is the light. The west is the darkness

[@user-mx5uf7dr6f]

Bravo

[@menudobucket9837]

Glad to know that I’m supporting people like Natasha Lennard with my donation to the Intercept.

[@michaelgnit8476]

I saw the violence against the protesters during Kent State and other Vietnam protest actions by the authorities. It's amazing how things were back then and how much they resemble what is going on now.

[@reubenhandel210]

Yet you stayed silent on Jan 6th

[@michaelgnit8476]

@@reubenhandel210 Has there really been an outing of the facts on Jan. 6th or has it been a dog's breakfast of accusations and recriminations? When the entire really story about Jan. 6th comes out I will comment on it but the entire affair appears to be a game of whack a mole between two different factions and I don't know which one is correct. Yes the violence was indeed troubling but who started it and who participated and why were they allowed to storm the Capital?

[@reubenhandel210]

@michaelgnit8476 The entire story is out. The Chief of Capitol police says it was an intentional setup designed to create a riot. And 2 unarmed female protesters were killed by police. A Thousand innocent peaceful protesters have been thrown in federal prison. Some people were sent to prison who weren't even at the protest. They are attempting to ban their political opponent from running and throw them in jail based on ridiculous arguments. They've gone after all the lawyers and staffers who worked for their political opponent. Yet you stayed silent

[@mehdimirza8777]

Natasha excellent professional service very good fair report ing and good plesent looking

[@hakkah8564]

❤Natasha Lennard❤

[@simonbilling2796]

Free Palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@user-fv9kt2jn5e]

“Free Palestine” is an evil slogan of genocide by “River To The Sea”.

[@foofkanon]

Wow it's rare to hear a voice as genuinely posh as Natasha's. She must have come from an extremely well heeled background, so the fact that she writes for the intercept makes her a hero in my book. The best People to fight facism are those that have witnessed it first hand. Tony Benn is a good example.

[@OMSHANTITEESbyKBDH]

Well said.

[@FrostRare]

Look up the case of Professor Tony Martin of Wellesley College. He dared to teach about the involvement of Jews in the transatlantic slave trade and was systematically destroyed. He also details in his book the infiltration of the academic field “African Studies” and how it is controlled, not by Africans or African Americans, but by the exact groups discussed in this video.

[@emil.jansson]

❤

[@buthainaf]

The land of the free!!!!!!!

[@sh8nn0n92]

McCarthyism from the T pushers. 💔

[@cristinaordeig7]

The MCCARTHYISM WAS A TERRIFYING TIME AND NO DOUBTS THAT WE ARE SEEING TO RESURFACE…..THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE GUEST WHICH IS NOT PUBLIC AND TO ANN !!!!

[@richardgillette5759]

Turn your caps off lock. IT MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE A CRAZY PERSON

[@huntersdealer]

Except McCarthy was right.

[@ThewOrldIssqUare]

@@huntersdealer there's a weird take.

[@perryroberts4353]

Terrifying like what Jewish students are going through on campuses.

[@shovanbijoy7136]

​@@perryroberts4353are they snowflakes? Aren't they adults? What is this about safety this,safe that

[@DavidTaylor_A_Working_Website]

how is the silencing of pro-Palestinian speech bipartisan?

[@jessicaT12345]

Both the Biden admin and the Republicans have basically criminalized pro-Palestine support.

[@shovanbijoy7136]

Both party wants that

[@sandal_thong8631]

@@shovanbijoy7136 Right. You'd think that the Left would realize that the Right lies, and is part of the world-wide far-right authoritarian movement. But they've been listening to them for decades like when they told lies like "super-predators," in the 1990s, or that undocumented/illegal aliens from Latin America and Haiti are rapists and murderers.. But some of these people on the Left came up with their pro-Israel sentiments in the 1970s or during Carter's Camp David peace talks, and are slow to change, and have knee-jerk reactions to defend Israel from any criticism. They should realize shutting down speech is the Right-wing's Cancel Culture and oppose it on principle.

[@christinawarden544]

If politicians of both parties take significant donations from AIPAC etc, then that allegiance can supersede their allegiance to a party, their constituents, or their professed values and priorities.

[@zoo-xibbitjayne2081]

These days schools don't teach empirical information so people can create individually within their discipline and earn their degree by excellence. They are taught the party line and buy their degrees with compliance.

[@williamsackelariou1860]

The Real question by US Senators should be ; are you or have you ever been a zionist ? 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@hakkah8564]

❤Teachers❤

[@fungiblenonsense]

This one is mistitled, I think. It should be "A New McCarthyism". It's not the second and it won't be the last. 😞

[@lexhubbard2355]

What if it is the last?

[@robbob1866]

The title is "The New McCarthyism". I don't see how A or The matters, it's still is a war on thoughts and opinions

[@Sarah33Kaufman]

Thanks Amy!

[@Vorname_Nachnahme]

Blame it on the grease lists of the lobbyistic shadow governments.

[@chuletaization]

How is discrimination against Palestinians not antisemitism?

[@LinuxUser00]

It's called cutzpah, the manipulation of language by Small Hat Mafia...

[@srpuwganchong4725]

Free palestine, free Assange, free the World of corporate power

[@DjoniMartino]

Free Palestine 🇩🇿❤️🇵🇸🍉

[@mithrasrevisited4873]

From Hamas and Iran

[@bsure4]

Now we know by name that Danny Shaw was forced out of job by a right wing group. . WE NEED NAMES - not the empty right wing group

[@clumsydad7158]

land of the free, as long as you agree with 'the us'; those of the true faith and the one way

[@bridboland8839]

Very articulate - excellent points --a worrying trend indeed.

[@user-re1yw3lm5n]

ITS CRAZY OUT THERE. GOD HELP US ALL 🇺🇸 🙏🏽

[@SidewaysBurnouts]

these comment threads are pretty clear that google could use some pro constitution reprisals against the censors.

[@ingehanson]

I have no trouble with my comments showing up on other videos dealing with different subjects. But any comments on Israel, Gaza, the West Bank adn so on simply disappear and it does not matter if it is on "Democracy Now" talking about it or some other outlets doing the same. I think they se my name and pull it.

[@SidewaysBurnouts]

@@ingehanson its google, they hired actual shinbet stazi to run down the constitution for netanyahu. these censors are foriegn agents and should be returned to israel after being broken in american prisons.

[@SidewaysBurnouts]

@@ingehanson facebook, twitter, google they all work with the worst elements of war profiteering to protect their crimes.

[@cheryllines4106]

​​@@ingehansonMe2 Beyond Insane - Think we must be on Watch list 😡

[@Helios--]

@@ingehanson With millions/billions of posts site wide it has to be automated. A channel owner can fiIter certain words but I'm sure specific key words are auto-fiItered on the s!te. I've had totally innocuous (no "controversial" subject matter) comments fiItered . The censorship began with G@@GI placing arbitrary restrictions on what kind of content creators could upload, then this trickled down to the comments section. Sometimes you just have to reword it. Just keep telling the truth ✌

[@scaxxce9022]

Well, something bad, dark and evil is coming, if being afraid of them, the world would be covered by the devil

[@Tomsaulk]

This is terrible, and terrible for the nation.

[@josuter3808]

we should focus on one or two schools for a week and do some research on where the pressure is coming from. That could be useful for addressing the larger problem.

[@shovanbijoy7136]

First from American Congress run by AIPAC

[@beonfly1111]

🌟"Be on the side of Injustice rather than Justice" ... ? ... "It’ s like being on the Side of the One who commits a Crime rather than the One who suffers a Crime" ... ! ➕❤

[@muddin4950]

Lost their humanity.

[@alin81-82]

✊️

[@Syayid]

Natasha has spoken many key important points of the issue. I hope that Americans in general could see from within the Gaza and through the eyes of Palestinians, not from somewhere else.

[@shovanbijoy7136]

It's just open right now

[@juanrodriguez5404]

From the river to the sea Palestine would be free 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@richardgillette5759]

Free like Sudan or Syria or Yemen?

[@HERES_JAWNiE]

​@@richardgillette5759 what are you even trying to say here? Troll better

[@chrisperez3614]

@@richardgillette5759you’re a troglodyte

[@tmnt10000]

​@@HERES_JAWNiE That you people are hypocrites.

[@HERES_JAWNiE]

@@tmnt10000 I highly doubt the troll had a valid critique but it seems as if you think you have one. Go ahead. Explain to the class how saying free Palestine is hypocritical.

[@joelsajna2307]

💛🙏

[@Ilforever1124]

Where are these women's rights organizations when it comes to Hamas attacking Israeli girls ?

[@muddin4950]

Oppressors have no human souls

[@crackthefoundation_]

Please put out long format interviews

[@user-xz2hj9hd9r]

Ser genocida y proGenocida es inmoral.

[@damali-karlawhittaker6462]

💯

[@muddin4950]

Shame on those selfish university

[@honeyvitagliano3227]

🥺

[@nl2766]

Bah!

[@leswongft]

Cancel their visas

[@thecommentor1064]

Maybe the UN should give Christian Palestine a nation to show what Moslem Palestinians could get in peace not war. That's the question; ask Moslem Palestinians why the issue with Jews while they ignore the nation of Christian Palestinians.

[@rybakmm8877]

Dear Democracy Now, please show us a full three-minute video that Israeli television aired today May 22nd of five pajama-clad female army conscripts being seized by Hamas gunmen during Oct. 7 attack. Let us, your viewers watch and analyze what was really happening on that day. Please show us that video clip!

[@buthainaf]

After 8 month !!!!!!! anything comes from the Israeli TV is BS

[@shovanbijoy7136]

It's hasbara because they lost the narrative for the first time to the whole world

[@daiu48]

FYI, Max Blumenthal on Judge Napolitano’s channel talked yesterday about this incident.

[@jhegre]

Dear hasbara warrior, please stop posting the same comment.

[@jamesc9168]

Once again, where were you during safe and effective?

[@Salman-sc8gr]

Amy you need to make longer program, instead of rushing. The avalanche of Lies and distortion on msm has to be countered.

[@frankdunne-gp6oy]

You should watch the soccer match with botheniens and Palestine international national team. Beautiful, warmth and respect. They've the haven't seen the ses. Im ten years l.

[@mybjj9643]

Some of the comments made by the professors arguably crossed the line into anti-semitism. We have too many far left professors, so when they show their colors like this cut them loose if they don't yet have tenure. I also believe that far right wing individuals should not be educating our students, although it seems that there are far fewer of them.

[@pawellewandowski1031]

Since the left moved so far left, anyone rational is far right! 😂

[@louhardy9894]

The Attorney General of the International Court of INJUSTICE has just put, through his arbitrary decision, the executioner and the victim in the same cage. And you call it a court of law. But what world do we live in? The Palestinian resistance, now more than 75 years of colonization and for the first time in its history, has launched a war operation against its enemy, the Zionist state of Israel. The Western world was outraged by a heroic act of bravery carried out by a handful of fighters against the invincible Zionist army armed and supported by the entire West. Since the occupation of their country, the Palestinians have paid and continue to pay a very heavy price. By hundreds of thousands of deaths, by millions of deportees and banished from their homeland, by hundreds of thousands of prisoners in Israeli jails and every day for more than 75 years they have paid and repaid with their lives under torture and discrimination. racially motivated acts that they did not even commit. No one helped them in their struggle for independence. On the contrary, everyone joined forces to let them die slowly and in total ignorance and contempt. Observe for yourself how many massacres they have suffered since then and for once that they dared to utter, on a certain October 7, a deep cry of pain, the Western world found fault and judged this action of massacre committed by terrorists who are at home in their own country. Knowing full well that you already knew this, but I prefer to remind it to those who hide the sight, throughout the world, of the atrocious destiny of these poor people who are continually attacked. 1- Haifa Massacre - 1937 2 - Jerusalem massacre - 1937 3 - Haifa massacre - 1938 4 - Echikh Walk Massacre 1938 5 - Haifa massacre - 1939 6 - Haifa massacre - 1947 7 - Abbassya massacre - 1947 8 - El Khissas massacre - 1947 9 - Bab El Amoud massacre - 1947 10 - Jerusalem massacre - 1947 11 - Sheikh Bureik massacre - 1947 12 - Jaffa Massacre - 1948 13 - Massacre Dier Yassine - 1948 14 - Tantura Massacre - 1948 15 - Qibya massacre - 1953 16 - Qibya massacre - 1953 17 - Khan Yunis Massacre - 1956 18 - Jerusalem massacre - 1967 19 - Massacre Bahro El Baquar - 1972 20 - Massacre Sabra and Shatila -1982 21 - El Aksa massacre - 1990 22 - Ibrahimi Mosque massacre - 1994 23 - Jenin Camp Massacre - 2002 24/25/26/27 - Gaza massacres - 2008/2009 - 2012 - 2014 - 2018/2019 28 - GENOCIDE of Gaza - 2023, 2024 and until today 21/5/2024. All these massacres were punctuated by daily deportations of Palestinians, theft of their movable and immovable property, deprivation of human rights, in fact, of everything. During all these years, Westerners, born hypocrites, said nothing to defend in the name of their eternal "rights of humanity", "freedom of expression", "right of Israel to defend itself"... Today this shame, called the International Criminal Court of Injustice, to spare the wolf and the lamb, through its attorney general of wrongdoing and unreason to issue an arrest warrant against the 3 leaders of Hamas for finish off the Palestinian resistance in a sneaky way. Mr. Attorney General, you are completely on the wrong target. If this high authority of the United Nations does not immediately reverse this decision, no one in the world will believe in its credibility and fairness. Justice is only relative among politicians and constant liars. Your decision must be of divine order, simply so that every human being can have their right without any wrongdoing. Mr. Attorney General today there are more than 35,000 Palestinian dead, more than 80,000 injured and 20,000 Gazans chased from top to bottom and from right to left of the Gaza Strip under incessant bombardments for now more of 7 months. How do you describe this state? A GENOCIDE!!! Quite simply.

[@simonsteen-andersen3181]

Important facts!

[@stuartshadwell7249]

Didn’t this lady openly embrace antifa tactics in 2017? If your gonna bat for speech you have to be principled or its not gonna work.

[@user-sf7yp3pu9e]

McCarthyjizm

[@DawnAlRayyan-mv9mq]

6:57

[@MrJiddukrishhesse]

Palestine 🇵🇸

[@stevenhall9349]

You do know that McCarthy was right don’t you?

[@gad3]

Land of the 'free' lol

[@zao9256]

She really hates right wing.. Except when it comes to islam or hamas LOL

[@user-fv9kt2jn5e]

She plays the typical Dark-Art-Politics. She knew that Genocide is intentional like the intention of "River to the Sea" slogan. She knew that inevitable deaths of human shields of terrorists is a different sad thing. Though keep deceiving for popularity and powers.

[@user-fv9kt2jn5e]

“Islamophobia” is a deceptive word. That word blinds us to the reality like "disruption-phobia", “Radicalism-phobia”, “social-aggression-phobia”, “terrorism-phobia”, and “totalitarianism-phobia”.

[@tech-bro-with-more-thoreau]

It's not McCarthyism. Universities are only allowed federal funding if they create an environment free from discrimination of protected classes, such as religion and race. Pro-palestinian protests have always been allowed on campus, but when the protestors take over buildings, illegally camp on the university grounds, and spread anti-semitic and genocidal rhetoric, universities are required by law to enforce federal policy. It's common sense law.

[@alin81-82]

😂

[@shovanbijoy7136]

It is because they are using the law....also AIPAC is telling them so

[@tech-bro-with-more-thoreau]

@@shovanbijoy7136 I'm confused what your point is. Are you trying to say that universities shouldn't follow the laws that require them to create discrimination-free environments?

[@shovanbijoy7136]

@@tech-bro-with-more-thoreau Discrimination is in your mind. They are using law to suppress students free speech.

[@shovanbijoy7136]

@@tech-bro-with-more-thoreau are those z that much snowflakes?

[@ceooflonelinessinc.267]

The discussion in this war is absurd. First. Israel acted selflessly to live in peace with the Palestinians in Gaza. It was more than a decade ago when Israel itself relocated thousands of individuals living in Gaza with lethal force from their homes to follow the agreement, which obligated the Palestinians in return to stop any kind of aggression towards Israel. The Palestinians had the chance to build a safe, functional, and prosperous livelihood. But the first thing the Palestinians did in return was to elect a government that enshrined the goal of destroying Israel in their constitution. The elected government followed through with its promise. Since its founding, thousands of rockets have flown into Israel. Dozens of civilians died in terrorist attacks. Millions of aid funds - intended for civilian purpose - were misused to build rockets, tunnels, and other nonsense. The crimes committed on October 7th like raping women, killing children, or kidnapping a baby, was Humus has been doing for years. Secondly. Israel behaved more humanely in this conflict than any other conceivable party in any imaginable conflict. It allowed Palestinians to work in Israel, receive medical care or even migrate into their country. During war, they warn civilians where their military is operating. They admit collateral damage and apologize for it. They saved Sinwar’s life giving him a lethal brain surgery. They treated the daughter of Haniyyas daughter for her complex disease in Israel. While Humus was building rockets and tunnels with all the foreign aid, Israel supplied their civilians with free water and electricity. The situation is clear. In no other conflict the responsibility for the suffering has been so one sided and clear - in no other conflict have the perpetrators been held accountable so weakly. People with voice and power who claim to reject war have the duty to unequivocally name the culprit of this war and do everything in their power to eliminate them. Everything else is responsibility for the resulting suffering and will extend it.

[@user-mu4hg8zy4q]

All the paid trolls out again. Gaza and Palistinians have been under occupation and an Apartheid system for years. Checkpoints are all over Isreal. There's huge walls. Who do you think you're kidding?

[@ThewOrldIssqUare]

Israel is very plainly committing genocide against the Palestinians. You complain about dozens of Israelis being killed over the course of decades, meanwhile literally tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians have been killed by the IDF in the last 7 months. It's so ridiculous to try and defend Israel here, just stop. Be a better person.

It is a vicious cycle. Israeli oppression leads to Pali radicalism which leads to violent attacks on Israel which leads to MASSIVE retaliation by Israel followed by further oppression which leads to Pali radicalism...Rinse. Repeat.

[@joelsajna2307]

Tell me more, how has Netanyahu and the IDF safeguarded regular Palestinians. I’d genuinely like to hear…

@@joelsajna2307 There is some truth to what CEO has said above. Vicious cycle. ISR oppression leads to Pali resistance and radicalization which in turn leads to violence against ISR which ALWAYS results in disproportionate retaliation and further oppression at the hands of ISR.

[@richardgillette5759]

It is because of brave teachers like this that I know Americans will soon accept shariah law as the only system of government that actually works. Thank you

[@johnjo516]

Lol

[@alin81-82]

👎

[@shovanbijoy7136]

Always using the same talking points like those z

[@fuckbankers]

Palestine 🇵🇸 will be free.

[@davidlangleyjr2047]

netenyahoo has sold his soul to the devil

[@philippewally-hy4fw]

Palestine will be free soon

[@ryblack5032]

Sure it will

[@laurachiar6086]

Thank you, Natasha Lennard! 👏🏿👏🏼👏🏽👏🏼👏🏿👏👏🏻👏🏽👏🏼👏🏿👏👏🏻👏🏽👏🏼👏🏿👏🏼👏🏽👏👏🏻👏🏽👏🏼👏🏿👏🏼👏🏽👏👏🏻 Keep it up the good work and NEVER GIVE UP! ❤️🙏

[@YourTeacherF1]

for the New Communism.

[@janapender4989]

❤