Outrage flared last week about the University of California's capitulation to this era's resurgent McCarthyism, as news spread that the university has provided the names of at least 160 students, faculty members, and staff at the University of California, Berkeley, to federal officials who - under the guise of investigating "alleged antisemitic incidents" - are scrutinizing people who have expressed opposition to Israel's genocide in Gaza.
Outside the Sala Grande, Eva H.D. stood up for Palestine, brandishing a sign that said, "We Are All an Audience to Genocide," amid a festival where the war on Gaza weighed heavily - and continues to after Alexander Payne's jury awarded the Palestine-centered drama " The Voice of Hind Rajab" the runner-up prize before Jim Jarmusch's Golden Lion winner "Father Mother Sister Brother" was announced.
