{"id":7598,"date":"2026-06-23T14:30:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T21:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2026\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=7598"},"modified":"2026-06-23T15:21:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T22:21:54","slug":"palestine-the-defense-of-free-speech-worker-rights-in-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2026\/event\/palestine-the-defense-of-free-speech-worker-rights-in-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestine &#038; The Defense of Free Speech &#038; Worker Rights In Higher Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zoom event<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Palestine Anti-Repression Network (PARN) presents three educators experiences with targeted repression.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Palestinian Anti-Repression Network (PARN) was founded in the fall of 2024, in partnership with the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom at the AAUP, to address widespread repression of free speech in primary and higher education institutions. We are a coalition of high school teachers, graduate students, faculty, and staff in higher education.<br \/>\nThis panel will feature the stories of three of our members: <strong>Michel DeGraaf<\/strong> (MIT), <strong>Anna Feder<\/strong> (Fired at Emerson College), and <strong>Ismail \u201cIsh\u201d Aderonmu<\/strong> (former law student at Toronto Metropolitan University.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><strong>Sang Hea Kil<\/strong> (fired and reinstated at SJSU) will moderate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sponsored by PARN &amp; WorkWeek<\/p>\n<p>Additional Media:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kqed.org\/news\/12088425\/san-jose-state-professor-fired-over-campus-gaza-protests-to-win-back-job-2\">San Jos\u00e9 State Professor Fired Over Campus Gaza Protests to Win Back Job<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KwdR9EXoWRw\">SJSU Admin Zionist Attack On Professor Sang Hea Kil, CFA\/SEIU &amp; The Defense Of Public Education<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/m-Krt42WIck\">The Attacks On UCSF Dr. Marya Rupa &amp; SJSU CFA Member Sang Hea Kil &amp; The Unions &amp; Working Class<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/sangheakil?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAad7VVpjuxkjpu09RxKWyDp5B4fPMzP9VTz8CCQXcHnEMP2ZM3GL72WDDGb_ig_aem_slM3kKYcoqG8gh4dVRgUNA\">Professor Sang Hea Kil Website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Palestine Anti-Repression Network (PARN) presents three educators experiences with targeted repression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7600,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-7598","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"ticketed":["rsvp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/7598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/7598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7605,"href":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/7598\/revisions\/7605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7598"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=7598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}