Jeremy C. Young
@jeremycyoung
Program Director @PENamerica. Historian. He/him. Personal acct. 'It is a terrible transgression to intimidate and awe teachers with fear of want.' — C. Darrow
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12-10-2010 18:16:25
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'The AAUP condemns in the strongest possible terms the crackdown on peaceful dissent occurring this week at Columbia University, New York University, & other universities nationwide.'
- statement from AAUP president Irene Mulvey
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According to Jeremy C. Young of PEN America, a free speech organization, SB 83 is one of the worst censorship bills in the country. Anyone who claims SB 83 promotes free speech doesn't understand what the bill would actually do or is willfully misleading. #StopSB83 #NoOnSB83
In one essay, Jeremy C. Young wrote about Marcus Garvey’s political strategy and the lessons it can offer present-day progressives: nursingclio.org/2016/12/15/emo…
These laws, and the chilling effect that couples them, offer permission structures for more repressive laws with further chilling effect. This is not a moment to get through, it is a moment to consider the role of education in a society we proclaim we want. Education4All
ICYMI: Jeffrey Sachs and @JeremyCYoung explain the surge of censorial bills that censor speech in the name of fighting antisemitism.
pen.org/the-wrong-way-…
Key takeaway from Tressie McMillan Cottom, drawing on a Lumina Foundation/Gallup survey of college students: massive majorities of students, including 61% of Republicans, don't want to go to college in states with educational gag orders. nytimes.com/2024/03/28/opi…
Before we celebrate #EarthDay2024 , my 174th #ScholarSunday thread features a world of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Share widely, add more below, & enjoy, all! #twitterstorians
Now out as well is Beacon Press’ collection Right to Learn: Resisting the Right-Wing Attack o Academic Freedom (h/t Jeremy C. Young who has a chapter with Jonathan Friedman 📚 & James Tager):
beacon.org/Right-to-Learn…