"This is not a time to be timid; it's not a time to be overly cautious. With the state of the country, the state of the world right now, we all need to find ways in which we can leverage what power we have to fight back. Almost a year into the grueling legal process, Feder told Truthout she remains committed to fighting the repression she faced."
"The recent sharp rise in attacks on faculty, staff, and students is part of what the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the Middle East Studies Association characterized in a November 2025 report as a top-down campaign of unprecedented steps to suppress campus speech - including scholarship, advocacy, and protest - opposing the state of Israel's genocidal war against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip."
"That suit alleges that Emerson College violated Feder's free speech rights when it fired her after she screened a film critical of Zionism and criticized the college's response to Palestine-related speech on campus in an op-ed for the campus newspaper."
More than a year after pro-Palestine student encampments in 2024, dozens of faculty members, staff, and students nationwide continue experiencing backlash and campus repression. Anna Feder, a 17-year Emerson College employee, was terminated and barred from campus in August 2024 after screening a film critical of Zionism and publishing an op-ed criticizing the college's response to Palestine-related speech. She filed a civil rights lawsuit alleging violation of her free speech rights. The American Association of University Professors and Middle East Studies Association documented a sharp rise in attacks on campus speakers, characterizing it as a top-down campaign of unprecedented suppression targeting speech, scholarship, advocacy, and protest opposing Israel's military actions in Gaza.
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