New reports detail campus repression, “Palestine exception to free speech”

Two new reports detail the repressive mechanisms being used by Zionist organizations, in U.S. campuses and communities, in an attempt to silence voices in support of Palestinian rights and put in place the “Palestine exemption to free speech.”

Palestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights, and Jewish Voice for Peace, have just issued reports on suppression of the Palestine movement on campuses. “No Palestinian Exception to the First Amendment and Academic Freedom!” is the motto of USACBI’s Academic Defense Committee, which works to address these issues, often in collaboration with all of the organizations involved in these reports.

Download the reports here:

Center for Constitutional Rights/Palestine Legal: http://palestinelegal.org/the-palestine-exception and https://ccrjustice.org/the-palestine-exception

Jewish Voice for Peace: http://stiflingdissent.org/

And a short video highlighting the voices of professors (including USACBI Organizing Collective member Steven Salaita, fired from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for his public expression on Palestine) and students sharing their experiences being targeted:

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