Faculty are acting together, without a union, to break the law and stop work in order to protect the student movement.
Texas State Troopers and other police forces monitor the scene as pro-Palestinian students protest on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, on April 24, 2024.Faculty from universities across the country have begun to mobilize in solidarity with the student movement for Palestine. From NYU, wherein defense of their students — faculty are rising up in defense of their students.
This action from UT Austin is incredibly important, and one that must not stop at this university. Faculty across the nation are moved to act in defense of the student movement — let us use our power as workers to do so most effectively. We are the reason the university runs, and we must grind it to a halt in the face of repression.The future of independent journalism is uncertain, and the consequences of losing it are too grave to ignore.
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