On May 11th, 2024, riot police descended on the University of Alberta Campus, brutally and violently tearing down the Peoples’ University for Palestine encampment that had been put up just 2 days earlier. This encampment followed months of attempts by student, faculty and community organizers to engage the university regarding its complicity in the genocide. Now, two students and one faculty member have launched a legal challenge against the University of Alberta for violations to their Charter rights of freedom of expression, assembly, and association. On this week’s episode we speak with Noor Abdo, Mustapha Yassin, and Michael Litwack on what it looks like to fight back, and, to cite the words of Noor, to “Be the disruptor”.
Related Links
- Students and Faculty Sue the University of Alberta for Charter Violations
- The Breach: Canadian universities set up a secret network to crack down on student Palestine demonstrators
- Bridge of Solidarity
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