Introducing “Faculty on the Frontlines,” a new series from the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom that documents the stories of AAUP members!

Over the next 2 weeks, we will spotlight the stories of 10 AAUP members fighting to defend academic freedom.

Check out our teaser 🔥

WE WON: "This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall w/in..this district court squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in US..have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.”"

⬇️ NEWS: “This is a historic ruling that should have immediate implications for the Trump administration’s policies. If the First Amendment means anything, it means the government can’t imprison people simply because it disagrees with their political views."
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Here’s a copy of the 123-page lawsuit UC faculty associations and unions filed against President Trump today: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

JUSTICE for Trey Reed! The silence is deafening.

The AAUP stands in full solidarity w/HBCU faculty, staff, students, admin, & alumni. We call on law enforcement & governmental authorities to treat these threats w/ the seriousness they deserve, investigate thoroughly, hold responsible parties accountable, & strengthen preventive measures on campus.

In June, @Google quietly signed a $45M ad contract w/ Israel to spread propaganda denying Israel's genocide & starvation of Palestinians in Gaza

Along w/ cloud & AI, Google’s ad machine—the world's biggest—is now in Israel's genocide supply chain

Statement by Google workers w #NoTechForApartheid🧵

It is coming! #4S2025, salmon on their mighty journey inland from the sea, friends and colleagues from around the world, online and in person, we welcome you.

If you'd like me to make a zine for your area, send me a link for the rapid response network plus the hotline number.

Microsoft workers and community members are gathering in Redmond, WA for the third day in a row to protest the company’s ties to the Israeli military. They have set up a vigil to honor the 60,000+ Palestinians who have been killed by Israel in Gaza over the last 22 months.

We are deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of Michel Callon.

We are adding a note to our August Technoscience newsletter for all members, who will receive this news today. There will also be a post on our website later today.

The “deal” that Brown made with the Trump admin is much more extreme than is being reported. It includes government oversight of course evaluations and no barrier to government interference in faculty hiring.

Read it for yourself here:

www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...

Sure! It’s not obvious if you don’t know how course evals, title vi/vii/ix complaints, employment privacy laws, gov’t oversight of agreements like this work. The agreement facilitates gov’t oversight of course evals in 3 ways.

(1) Brown has agreed to send course evals to the feds [1/5]

Starvation is a technique of genocide. Starvation is unspeakably cruel painful. I scrape for words and find none. Abhorrent. All of our governments, mine especially, are complicit.

Popping in for a minute to say that it really sucks that the murder bill passed Congress and ALSO to thank every single person who tried to stop the bill from passing. What you did matters. Finally, I wrote a few words: open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu... - I hope they might offer some encouragement.

Professor @dem8z.bsky.social speaking on the steps of the Rotunda yesterday in protest of the authoritarian takeover of higher education.

I had missed this. Not only is Trump deporting US citizens & denying migrants due process, but he is also terminating immigration judges while complaining due process is too cumbersome.

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A lot if good things in here! Thank you @guyoron.net for your interview with @equalityalec.bsky.social. So so important.

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Open access! So many good reflections on refuge, aid, and repair in here.

UW faculty join the call for a Big 10 Mutual Defense Compact

“An attack on one is an attack on all,” [me] says, quoting the core premise of the military alliance that formed in the aftermath of World War II. “That’s what this is — a NATO for higher education.”

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

This morning, FACULTY UNIONS led by @aaup.bsky.social sued the Trump administration over the unlawful funding cuts at Columbia. We will not let the federal government use coercion to rob us of academic freedom and critical research!

So proud of my union!

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Beautiful sign from today’s citizen action at the Tesla dealership in Berkeley CA.

A page from the preface of my book detailing one effect of suddenly cutting USAID in Guatemala in 2017– not that this result is a surprise to anyone since this is part of their plan.