bloody press vests laid outside the white house correspondents’ dinner for all the palestinian journalists killed

Particularly a party to honor, of all things, the First Amendment

It’s kind of bizarre to feel the need to say it, but it’s a very very bad sign for a society if one cannot freely protest a genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes, mass graves, and the mass incineration of children. That is a very bad place for a culture to be.

Gov. Abbott was all for campus free speech when he agreed with the protesters.

But when he disagrees, he changes course — and violently suppresses student speech.

This is discriminatory and unlawful. Period.
houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…

Students: If you're protesting this weekend, know your rights.

🚨To all students mobilizing against the genocide in Gaza: WE HAVE YOUR BACK! 🚨

This resource was made in collaboration with Palestine Legal!

Her name is Marione Ingram. She moved to the US at 17.

She opened a Freedom School in Mississippi, and volunteered at the March on Washington and with SNCC as part of the Freedom Summer project.

What a remarkable life. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marione_I…

Yesterday, pro-Palestinian protesters at IU Bloomington joined thousands of like-minded people across the country in exercising protected political speech — but were met with police and were arrested.

This goes against our nation’s free speech principles.
aclu-in.org/en/press-relea…

.University of Illinois We understand police in riot gear are facing off with students protesting at University of Illinois . Armed police only escalate this situation and will put the safety of everyone at risk. We call on administrators to show restraint and use dialogue, not force.

Me unconscious and attended to by paramedics, Univ Michigan, 10/6/88, at a student protest protesting the new policy restricting protests. Technically I was not protesting; I was reporting on the protests for The Michigan Daily. The cop in the sunglasses did that to me. And others.

College students have a right to protest.

No one — including law enforcement — should interfere with that right.

Are you a Texas student? Access info on:
🗣️ Your speech and protest rights
🗣️ What do to if your rights are being violated
aclutx.org/en/know-your-r…

Today we sent an open letter to college and university presidents across the nation outlining five basic guardrails to ensure freedom of speech and academic freedom while protecting against discriminatory harassment and disruptive conduct.

Read more: aclu.org/news/free-spee…

It wasn't right in 1968, and it isn't right now, Governor Kathy Hochul.

THREAD:

Urging everyone to keep in mind all the people who will be denied access to abortion between May 1 and *if* the Florida abortion ballot measure passes. The threshold to pass is 60%

I speak w/trans trailblazer & ACLU plaintiff Cristina Iglesias: 'I started seeing state inmates getting surgery. I said,'Why is the BOP not doing that?' A friend told me, 'Girl, you're a fighter.' So I filed paperwork. I could not stop once I started.'
teenvogue.com/story/cristina…

The most dire crisis trans people face in this country is unfolding in our country's prisons--from access to health care to safety from violence to free expression--and that remains true even as so much attention is pulled into statehouse fights themarshallproject.org/2024/04/26/tra…

1/ Although colleges determine their own unique codes of conduct, they cannot sidestep their own rules and guidance in retaliation of speech they disagree with.

Make sure to know your rights to protesting at public + private institutions:
nyclu.org/resources/know…

Protest is a central part of Boston’s history, including political expression and student activism.

There is a distinction between removing encampments to ensure safe access to a public right of way and using physical violence against students engaging in peaceful expression.