A history professor is abruptly leaving the U.S. after a conservative group founded by the late Charlie Kirk singled him out for persecution, according to a report on Wednesday. Mark Bray, who has taught about antifascist movements at Rutgers University since 2019, notified students Sunday that his ...
I’m in Australia so I lack a lot of context. I clicked on this site and clicked on one or two random professors like this one https://www.professorwatchlist.org/professor/maurafinkelstein
Very confused about why there’s a witchhunt by this organisation for people who don’t agree with Israel’s genocide of Palestinians? Wasn’t Charlie Kirk questioning the legitimacy of it all too?
On the right, opposition to the genocide is miniscule.
Both major parties ardently support Israel’s “right to exist”. Only our most left wing federal politicians, who are like moderate social democrats, have voiced any opposition, fewer willing to call it a genocide. Often that opposition is uneven, unreliable, and conditional.
Israel is deeply embedded in USAmerican politics and culture. And our right wing is a growing fascist movement.