On one issue — Israel’s war on Gaza — FIRE’s defense of free speech appears less than absolute. On this one issue it appears to have competing priorities
Is FIRE Really for Free Speech?
Search Results for: campus protest
Amidst genocide, San Francisco JCRC continues to support Israel
Almost no local media are reporting on the JCRC’s ongoing lobbying on behalf of Israel, which JCRC leadership is doing at every level: town, municipal, county, state, and now national.
Under Israel’s total blockade, children, infants struggle to survive – War on Gaza Day 557
Starvation, displacement; field hospital bombed; Hamas loses contact with Israeli hostage after airstrike; US sending more and more weapons to Israel; Gaza medics shot in head; Mohsen Mahdawi; Nobel winner discusses Columbia’s “capitulation”
Inside the campaign to end Microsoft’s collaboration with the Israeli army
Meet the two Microsoft employees who helped shine a light on Microsoft’s role in Israel’s war on Gaza – and got fired for it.
‘Microsoft Powers This Genocide’: Firm Fires Pro-Palestine Disruptors of 50th Anniversary Celebration
The tech giant Microsoft has fired two software engineers who publicly protested the firm’s ties to the Israeli military during an event celebrating the company’s 50th anniversary celebration last Friday.
The U.S. has become a two-tier country: Israel partisans on top
What has happened to the Constitutional Republic where all are equal under law? By Philip Giraldi
The US is disappearing dissenters in broad daylight
Let us remember: the right to dissent is foundational to any democracy. To strip someone of their liberty because they oppose a foreign government’s actions is not just undemocratic; it is tyrannical. The fight for justice is not only about policies — it is about what kind of people we choose to be in the face of injustice.
Israeli army has killed over 1,400 medical staff: war on Gaza Day 542
Israel kille 1,400+ medical staff in Gaza since start of genocide, over 1,000 Palestinians in Gaza since breaking ceasefire, Israeli forces destroy over 3,000 homes in Jenin refugee camp; bakeries in Gaza close; US strikes Yemen, Trump says Houthis “decimated”; more.
A bloody start to the Eid holiday – war on Gaza Day 541
Bodies of 14 crew members executed by Israeli forces recovered in Rafah; Gazans perform Eid prayers under bombardment, atop ruins of mosques; Israel makes counter-offer to Hamas for 50-day ceasefire; Israel blocks access to Ibrahimi Mosque during Eid; Trump threatens Iran with ‘bombing’; Israel’s connection to ‘Signalgate’
‘Hallmarks of atrocity crimes’ – war on Gaza Day 539
Israel executes, buries 9 medics in Rafah; Gaza violence bears ‘hallmarks of atrocity crimes’; tons of food waits just over the border; forced displacement is unsafe; Israel releases 30 Palestinian prisoners amid reports of poor health; where to put ethnically cleansed Gazans?; Israel on ‘verge of civil war’ and ‘full-fledged fascist dictatorship’; Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel?; violence against UK Quakers