The US has given military aid to Israel since the 1960s, backed by both domestic and regional strategic interests, including containing Iran.
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Americans agree that democracy requires freedom of speech. But a large minority also thinks it’s acceptable to bar certain subjects or speakers from public debate.
The anti-war protests that rocked college campuses across the US in spring 2024 may well erupt again in the fall. An expert on civil disobedience sets the bar high for deploying police.
While people rely less on TV for their daily news than they used to, it remains influential − and the TV storytelling about student protests against Israel’s war in Gaza and more can shift opinions.
Limiting who public space is for and how it can be used is central to settler colonialism both in Canada and other settler colonial places. Here’s how it’s used to silence and criminalize dissent.
Student-led protests in response to US engagement in the Vietnam War mounted in the 1960s and led to a group called the Weather Underground that believed in direct confrontation with the state.
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Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government, Harvard Kennedy School
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University
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Associate Professor of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Athabasca University
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Associate Professor of Practice of Public Policy, University of Michigan
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Research Professor of Political Science and Executive Director of The Future of Free Speech, Vanderbilt University
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Senior Advisor to the Chancellor, Head of Vanderbilt's Project on Unity and American Democracy, and Co-Director of Vanderbilt Poll, Vanderbilt University
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles