Leila Kawar

Resistance at the University of Michigan was supposedly dead — In fact, it’s spreading • Michigan Advance At the University of Michigan, seven more charges were handed down last week against pro-Palestine students and alumni. These latest disciplinary charges represent a decision by University of Michigan...

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La situation politique actuelle de l’enseignement supérieur aux États-Unis vue depuis l’université du Michigan Des idées pour vous

I have a new piece out in Sociétés Contemporaines that addresses the current moment in U.S. higher education by narrating the travails of pro-Palestine student activism on the University of Michigan campus over the past 2 years.

Free to view for the next 30 days:
shs.cairn.info/revue-societ...

www.youtube.com/live/-k1EQqN...
TheyAllHaveNames_AnnArbor vigil held at the University of Michigan on Friday, September 19, 2025

Home | Palestine Exception The Palestine Exception is a powerful documentary featuring diverse academics who challenge the historical censorship of criticisms of Israel and Zionism. Discover the fight for free speech and academ...

For the month of May, educators can screen The Palestine Exception for free in their classrooms. A form pops up on the homepage. Please spread the word.

www.palestineexceptionfilm.com

Happy to share my blog post for Academe about our #DayofActionforHigherEd and #LaborSpring event at University of Michigan on April 17!

@umich.edu
@umdeidefense.bsky.social
@aaup.bsky.social
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
@actioninhighered.bsky.social

I’ll be presenting online at 7pm tomorrow (April 17) for the #DayofActionforHigherEd

"Concerns about research funding should not be used to justify sacrificing our values. There are legal recourses that the university and university associations can and must take."

"These missteps by our university will not end here; they will lead, as they have done in Texas and Ohio, to the censorship of course and program content."

"What does it mean to be an academic institution that prohibits or discourages language? What does it mean to fire the UM staff who have worked so tirelessly and heroically to mitigate the legacy of discrimination and inequality, particularly racial prejudice?...."

"UM will betray our values by dismantling the Office of DEI, firing ODEI staff, suspending all DEI 2.0 plans, and eliminating DEI leads, and by censoring the words “diversity, equity, and inclusion” when spoken together."

"They are using the power of the government to engineer a sweeping culture change towards white supremacy.
Unfortunately, University of Michigan leaders seem determined to comply and to collaborate in our own destruction...."

[Our fearless UM Faculty Senate Chair @rebekahmodrak.bsky.social sent this yesterday to all faculty]

Dear colleagues,

The federal government is determined to dismantle and control higher education and to make our institutions more uniform, more inequitable, and more exclusive. (see thread below)

In Search of Palestine - Edward Said's Return Home (BBC) 1998 “In Search of Palestine - Edward Said’s Return Home” is a film presented by Edward Said, and produced by the BBC in 1998. It captures the interconnection…

• "In Search of Palestine" Documentary:
vimeo.com/184213685?1

• "Salt of this Sea" Feature Film:
bit.ly/3c10G3Z

• "Speak, Bird" Documentary:
youtu.be/wdkoxBjKM1Q

• "The Palestinian Exodus" Series:
bit.ly/3bXNAVp

• "I Am Jerusalem" Series:
bit.ly/3hG8sDV

• The documentary film "In the Grip of the Resistance":
youtu.be/htJ10ACWQJM

• The documentary film "Swings":
youtu.be/gMk-Zi9vTGs

• The documentary film "Naji al-Ali: An Artist with Vision:
youtu.be/Y31yUi4WVsU

• "The Upper Gate" Documentary:
vimeo.com/433362585

• The feature film "Keffiyeh":
vimeo.com/780695653

• The documentary film "Slingshot Hip Hop":
youtu.be/hHFlWE3N9Ik

• The documentary film "Tall al-Zaatar":
youtu.be/Ma8H3sEbqtI

• The documentary film "Tall al-Zaatar - The Secrets of the Battle":
youtu.be/Ma8H3sEbqtI

• "As The Poet Said" Documentary:
vimeo.com/220116068

• "Five Broken Cameras" Documentary:
youtu.be/TZU9hYIgXZw

• "Paradise Now" Feature Film:
vimeo.com/510883804

• "Abnadam" Short Film:
youtu.be/I--r85cOoXM

• "Wedding of Galilee":
youtu.be/dYMQw7hQI1U

• Documentary "The Creation and the Nakba 1948":
youtu.be/Bwy-Rf15UIs

• Documentary "Occupation" 101":
youtu.be/C56QcWOGSKk

• "The Shadow of Absence" Documentary:
vimeo.com/220119035

• "The Don't Exist" Documentary:
youtu.be/2WZ_7Z6vbsg

• Documentary "Arna's Children":
youtu.be/cQZiHgbBBcI

• Short Film "Strawberry":
vimeo.com/209189656/e5...

• Short Film "The Place":
youtu.be/fgcIVhNvsII

• Documentary "The Mayor":
youtu.be/aDvOnhssTcc

• "Jenin" documentary:
vimeo.com/499672067

• "The Olive Tree" documentary:
vimeo.com/432062498

• "Scenes from the Occupation in Gaza" documentary 1973:
youtu.be/1JlIwmnYnlE

• Documentary "Gaza Fights For Freedom":
youtu.be/HnZSaKYmP2s

• A collection of documentaries published by Al Jazeera Documentary:
bit.ly/3yp2nBI
bit.ly/2SSpMeC
bit.ly/3f0KK3P

• "Keeper of Memory" documentary:
youtu.be/eywuYeflWzg

• "Empty Seat" documentary:
youtu.be/an4hRFWOSQQ

• "Resistance Pilot" documentary:
youtu.be/wqSmdZy-Xcg

In light of the current events in Israel-Palestine, a large number of filmmakers have made their films available online for free. (see thread below)

National Immigrant Solidarity Rally | Mar 31, 2025 19:00 EDT
An online gathering to inspire solidarity and action. Register: skylight.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?...

BORDERLAND | The Line Within is FREE to watch online the weekend before the rally: linktr.ee/skylightpix
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