I faced censorship and attacks at MIT for trying to teach about Palestine. This reflects the rising fascism in higher education. – Mondoweiss

Academic institutions are increasingly yielding to political pressures, eroding the very freedoms they claim to protect. At MIT, my attempt to teach a “Special Topics” course on language, linguistics, and decolonization in Haiti and Palestine/Israel was censored and delegitimized. This personal experience reflects a broader crisis in higher education and in the nation—one where free inquiry is stifled by fear, surveillance, suspension, expulsion, firing, visa revocation,…