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“Risking the risk of arrest and punishment, we stand in solidarity with students and participate in one protest after another” American university professors who grew up watching the Vietnam War in the 1960s stand in solidarity with students in protesting against the Gaza war which has recently swept campuses and stands at the forefront. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on the 5th (local time), “Many university professors are taking part in protests, risking arrest and violence to express support for the Gaza Strip and protect students.” He was in his 70s and grew up watching protests against the Vietnam War.”
According to the WSJ, they are standing on the side of students by supporting their right to protest, criticizing university presidents who have cracked down on student protesters and talking about a vote of no confidence.
Some of them have been arrested by the police and face the risk of punishment. Barbara Dennis, a professor of education at Indiana University, was charged with trespassing during an anti-war protest in Gaza.
Professor Dennis, 64, remembered the situation at the time as horrific.
When the police entered the protest area, he made a peace sign with his hands, but the police continued to ask him to step down, and when he refused, they tied his wrists with cable ties. Professor Dennis later appealed the charge after being charged with misconduct and banned from campus for a year.
At Indiana University, more than 3,000 professors, students and alumni are demanding the resignation of President Pamela Whitten.
Anneris Orrek, history professor at Dartmouth College, was arrested along with around 90 other students and teachers on the night of the 1st. Professor Orrek, who described himself as one of the representatives of the ‘older teachers’ who oppose the militarization of campuses, the removal of freedom of speech, and the unfair treatment of Gaza and the protection of students, said that the crackdown on protesters shows that the university is going down the wrong path He pointed out that it was a sign that there was.
He described the protests as “an attempt to take away students’ right to protest and teachers’ right to teach what they want,” and called it “a very serious time.”
At the University of Texas at Austin, more than 700 faculty members are calling on President Jay Hartzell to resign.
In a letter urging his resignation, they pointed out that President Hartzell had unnecessarily called police on campus, putting students, staff and teachers at risk.
Even at Columbia University, which is considered the ‘epicenter’ of anti-war protests, solidarity between professors and students is growing.
On the 2nd, the Columbia University branch of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) called for a vote of no confidence in President Nemat Shafik.
Pauline Turner Strong, an anthropology professor at the University of Texas at Austin, called the police’s use of force in the recent protests the most serious since she became a professor at the university in 1993, except when a gunman appeared on campus.
“When the gunman showed up, we felt like we were being protected from a real threat, but now the police feel like a real violent threat,” Strong said. Robert Cohen, a professor at New York University, said, “Professors have a long history of supporting student activism, but in a series of recent protests, they are going above and beyond the norm and demanding policy changes from the university and expresses solidarity with students. .” Teachers were arrested. “It is unusual for people to voluntarily participate in protests despite taking risks,” he said.
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