(19 Mar 2025)
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Berkeley, California – 19 March 2025
1. Various college faculty hold up protest signs including "Cal Stands Against Fascism"
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Colleen Lye, UC Berkeley English Professor:
"We are a campus that is proud of our protest tradition and having effected really positive social change."
3. Man holds "hands off our students" sign
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Colleen Lye, UC Berkeley English Professor:
"We are seeing what’s happening at Columbia and we are concerned to defend the values of the public university. We wish to defend the freedom to learn, to teach, to speak, to disagree constructively with each other and we wish to leave no one behind in that process."
5. Crowd cheers for speakers at the rally
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Claudia Polsky, UC Berkeley Law Professor:
"I come to you today from the law school in this rare moment when lawyers are popular. We are seen as the last line of defense against the Trump administration as it daily flouts the Constitution, ignores our statutes and defies court orders."
7. Man holds up "Freedom to Learn" sign
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ula Taylor, UC Berkeley African American Studies Professor:
"Today I am welcoming all of you to the fight. It is a fight that can summed up in five words. Academic freedom is under assault. Academic freedom is under assault."
9. Man holds "Defend Education" sign
STORYLINE:
Faculty members at the University of California, Berkeley, gathered for a demonstration on campus, protesting the Trump administration’s recent threats to cut federal funding for universities that fail to address antisemitism.
This demonstration comes in the wake of the administration’s decision to pull $400 million in federal funds from Columbia University, citing the school’s inadequate response to alleged antisemitism on its campus.
The Trump administration’s move follows a series of actions taken against Columbia University after federal agencies accused the Ivy League institution of failing to adequately address antisemitic behavior, particularly in relation to student protests over the Israel-Hamas conflict.
At UC Berkeley, which has also faced scrutiny for its handling of student protests, faculty members voiced concern that similar funding cuts could soon be imposed.
The protest at Berkeley is part of a broader national debate over free speech, campus activism, and the role of universities in addressing complex political issues.
Some faculty members worry that the administration’s actions could have a chilling effect on free expression at universities across the country.
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