I am saying it once more.
If #academia and #highered do not QUICKLY develop a coordinated strategy of resistance, then MAGA will pick them off one by one.
“Half of this stuff you can’t just do and the other half is insane,” said Joseph Howley, a professor of classics at Columbia. “If the federal government can show up and demand a university department be shut down or restructured, then we don’t have universities in this country.”
apnews.com/article/columbia-un…
Trump administration demands Columbia overhaul academic courses in extraordinary ultimatum
The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the school unless it cedes control of an international studies department and implements sweeping changes to o…Jake Offenhartz (AP News)
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in reply to Alexander Karn • • •What could this look like?
The most direct way for #highered and #academia to hit back is through military contracts and biotech.
Basically, R1 schools would need to halt all cooperation with the government and starve them of tech transfer and technical competencies they need to maintain national security and compete with rivals.
Ask Americans, would they like to see China vault head ahead of them and assume the mantle of global hegemon because Trump wanted to own the libs?
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in reply to Alexander Karn • • •There is a collective action challenge here.
Can faculty move without support of administrative leaders?
Can administrators move without support of trustees, regents, etc.?
I don’t claim that this is an easy strategy to implement, and I don’t imagine we can bring every major institution into perfect alignment.
I AM saying that we’ll all be destroyed on the tarmac if we don’t plan and execute a proactive strategy/mission very soon.
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in reply to Alexander Karn • • •I can't like this hard enough and one thing to do could be for AI researchers to make *very* clear in this RFI that closes in 24 hours that they will NOT be participating in any federal-related, federal-involved AI research until they stop harassing universities.
federalregister.gov/documents/…
#AI #StopTheCoup #academia
(also, fascists doing RFIs is just so weird. I think it's code for 'tell me which grift you prefer.')
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Something like this.
Stop imagining that we are merely supplicants.
The tech and knowledge produced by academia are drivers of economic growth and a crucial wellspring of America’s hard power.
If they wish to be the boss, we need to show them the value and power of labor.
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The approach to this point has been “institutional neutrality” and “let’s keep our heads down,” both of which are hopelessly naive in the face of MAGA’s Kultutkampf.
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in reply to Alexander Karn • • •I am not in the middle of a university, but immediately think every university should band together to support every other university from letting a president determine the courses taught.
sheislaurence
in reply to Alexander Karn • • •an obvious one would be exile. There are sadly plenty of recent examples like NAUKMA's foreign campuses (Toronto/Glasgow/NIessen/Viadrina) following the #Ukraine war.
diplomaticourier.com/posts/the….
No doubt #EU #universities & research institutes are seeing this as "a sad opportunity, but it is an opportunity all the same," to quote the head of the Pasteur Institute. france24.com/en/live-news/2025…
We have collective experience of complex international funding & collaboration models : let's use it!
French research groups urged to welcome scientists fleeing US
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#mairikkka is already a fascist state
Act accordingly
#cdnpoli #canada #mexico #fascism #antifa
Join #elbowsup while you still can
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M.A.G.A. seems to be made-up of people who feel about acadæmia roughly this: 'We only respect RealMen®, and RealMen® are interested only in money and p-s-y… Interested in knowledge? liking a school environment? you are not RealMen®, or RealAmericans®.'
Note that Mr Trump grew-up hearing his father mock his[D.T.'s] uncle John FOR BEING A PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS AT M.-FRIGGIN'-I.T..
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in reply to Alexander Karn • • •The US university in which I did a graduate degree has closed its diversity & inclusion program, laid off staff, cancelled a black alumni reunion and suspended a women's history month event.
The fragility of white male supremacy in America is something to behold. I will be removing myself from the alumni mailing list.
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