Protesters holding signs leave Harvard Yard after a rally against President Donald Trump's attacks on Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 17, 2025. (Credit: Joseph Prezioso/AFP)
Since returning to power, U.S. President Donald Trump has stepped up attacks on freedom of expression in the United States. At the heart of this offensive are universities, known as temples of critical thinking. While a segment of American youth is actively engaged on campus in solidarity with the Palestinian people — in a context marked by the Israeli war on Gaza and discussions between Israel and Washington about the deportation of its population to neighboring countries — the Trump administration has justified this internal crackdown in the name of combating anti-Semitism.L'Orient-Le Jour spoke about this unprecedented campaign with Randall Kennedy, a legal scholar and law professor at Harvard University, who specializes in the relationship between issues of race, law and freedom of expression. He is the author of, among others,...
Since returning to power, U.S. President Donald Trump has stepped up attacks on freedom of expression in the United States. At the heart of this offensive are universities, known as temples of critical thinking. While a segment of American youth is actively engaged on campus in solidarity with the Palestinian people — in a context marked by the Israeli war on Gaza and discussions between Israel and Washington about the deportation of its population to neighboring countries — the Trump administration has justified this internal crackdown in the name of combating anti-Semitism.L'Orient-Le Jour spoke about this unprecedented campaign with Randall Kennedy, a legal scholar and law professor at Harvard University, who specializes in the relationship between issues of race, law and freedom of expression. He is the author of, among...
