Author: Dana Cloud
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Breaking barriers to academic freedom
Tempest member Dana Cloud urges scholars to tell the truth and take sides to defend academic freedom.
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Campus policing today
University of Texas professor Karma Chávez describes a new era of campus collaboration with police.
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The (not so) new red scare
Dana Cloud describes the crackdown on scholars in the Cal State system as an example of the broader pattern of weaponizing the charge of “antisemitism” against faculty and students who have spoken out against the Zionist genocide in Gaza.
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Palestine solidarity on two Southern California campuses
While pro-Palestine encampments sprung up at major universities across the United States, Héctor Rivera and Dana Cloud found spirited, inspiring protests on their own campuses, Pasadena City College and California State University, Fullerton.
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The bipartisan attack on immigrants
Dana Cloud sat down with immigration justice activist Aly Wane to discuss how Democrats and Republicans, despite differences in rhetoric, have the same border agenda.
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California State faculty mobilize for a no vote
Dana Cloud and Gary Holloway interviewed four activists in the California Faculty Association who are urging union members to vote down a bad tentative agreement reached after just one day of a planned five-day strike across the 23-campus system.
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California Faculty Association engaged in rolling strikes against the California State University system
Tempest’s Dana Cloud reports on strikes by faculty at the California State University, the largest public university system in the United States. The California Faculty Association has called a system-wide strike for January 22-26.
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Academics protest Gaza genocide, face a clampdown on academic freedom
Tempest member Dana Cloud reports on the breakout of Palestine solidarity in an unexpected space–the annual convention of the National Communication Association.
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Thousands demand a free Palestine in Los Angeles
Héctor Rivera and Dana Cloud report on a thousands-strong rally in Los Angeles on October 14 in defense of Palestinian resistance and an end to Israel’s genocide.
