Universities, The Rise of Fascism, Witch Hunts & Political Purges

Zoom event

The political witch hunts at Universities throughout the country are part of the growing move to sanitize the education system. An important part of these purges is to shutdown any opposition to the genocide in Gaza and the growing role of the US in supporting wars in the Middle East. This panel will focus on three such cases where faculty and unionized graduate students were targeted and terminated or face suspension.

Professor Tom Alter was a faculty member at Texas State University and a union member of Texas State Employees Union CWA Local 6186. He was fired for speaking at a socialist conference and was accused of inciting violence. The attacks on democratic rights are under frontal Attack.

Professor Sang Kae Kil is a faculty member at San Jose State University and a member of the California Faculty Association CFA  who was an advisor of Students for Justice in Palestine. She was charged with organizing a protest against a Zionist professor and being anti-semitic. She recently won her job back in an arbitration. The CFA is affiliated with the SEIU.

Dylan Kupish is a UCLA graduate student who is a member of UAW 4811. He was active in supporting the Palestine encampment at UCLA and was targeted by the administration who had police and other agents trailing him and harassing him on and off the campus He faces suspension for supposedly blocking the sidewalk of a supposed Zionist.

Panelist will talk about their struggles, who is behind it and how there can be a successful fight back including in mobilizing the unions and labor movement.

With:
Tom Alter – Lecturer
Professor Sang Kae Kil – CSUSJ
Dylan Kupish – UCLA UAW 4811