Breaking barriers to academic freedom
Telling the truth and taking sides
by Dana CloudTempest member Dana Cloud urges scholars to tell the truth and take sides to defend academic freedom.
Speak out! Tom Alter, MAGA McCarthyism, and the fight for free speech
by Tempest
The Tempest Collective is a supporter of the
Committee to Defend Tom Alter and encourages everyone to attend this event on Thursday, November 6 at 7 pm ET, as well as to join the fight to defend Tom Alter and the growing list of victims of Trumpite repression and the broad attacks on all of our democratic rights.
Statement by the Committee to Defend History Professor Tom Alter
Sign the petition for professor fired for political speech
by Committee to Defend Tom AlterA call for support for professor fired for speaking at a socialist conference.
Targeted Scholars, Targeted Institutions
Fighting the Attacks on Higher Education
by TempestJoin Tempest for a panel discussion on academic freedom, repression, and resistance on April 10th, 2025.
Solidarity with Professor Joseph Daher
Against the arbitrary decision of the UNIL rectorate
by TempestTempest joins the call for solidarity with Joseph Daher who is facing the loss of his job for his Palestine activism. We stand in full solidarity with all who are facing repression for their principled stand in opposition to the genocide in Gaza and for Palestinian liberation.
Support Dr. Steven Thrasher
Oppose the new McCarthyism, defend free speech
by TempestTempest encourages our members and supporters to sign the petition in support of Dr. Steven Thrasher.
“People have to act collectively”
Resisting the new McCarthyism
by Ellen SchreckerLeading historian of McCarthyism Ellen Schrecker explains that McCarthyism was not about one person. And what’s happening today within our society, including the erosion of democratic practices and values, is not just about Donald Trump.
Academics protest Gaza genocide, face a clampdown on academic freedom
Report from the front
by Dana CloudTempest member Dana Cloud reports on the breakout of Palestine solidarity in an unexpected space–the annual convention of the National Communication Association.
“Mohammed El-Kurd will not be silenced”
Palestinian poet banned from in-person lecture at UVM
by Will Miller Lecture SeriesMohammed El-Kurd will speak remotely at the University of Vermont today after the administration caved to groundless complaints of antisemitism.