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Loyalty to truth and solidarity—not to the authoritarian state

Speech to the AAUP National Teach-In on Loyalty Oaths

 by Jesse Hagopian

Seattle educator, author, and socialist Jesse Hagopian recently spoke at a National Teach-In on Loyalty Oaths organized by the American Association of University Professors, which notes that President Trump’s so-called Compact with universities “violates the First Amendment by forcing universities to surrender their right of free speech and academic freedom in exchange for federal funds.”