UC Berkeley Gives Government Names Of 160 Students, Faculty In Antisemitism Probe

Judith Butler Among 160 Named in UC Berkeley Files Given to Trump Administration

“We don’t have any rights to know the allegation against us,” says Butler amid the crackdown on Palestinian solidarity.

UC Berkeley Cooperates With Trump Admin on Campus Antisemitism Probe, Provides Names of Students, Faculty

Students attend a protest encampment in support of Palestinians at University of California, Berkeley during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Berkeley, US, April 23, 2024. Photo: Carlos Barria via Reuters Connect The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) is cooperating with the Trump administration’s inquiry into campus antisemitism, providing materials containing the names of some 160 p…

Judith Butler: Jewish Prof. Among 160 Named in UC Berkeley “Antisemitism” Files Handed to Trump Admin

The University of California, Berkeley has provided Trump officials with the names of at least 160 students, faculty and staff in cases of alleged antisemitism on campus, in response to the administration’s sweeping crackdown on Palestinian solidarity activism. The administration has already threatened to cut off federal funding from academic institutions and has targeted international students involved in the pro-Palestine movement. “There is no

UC Berkeley Gives Government Names Of 160 Students, Faculty In Antisemitism Probe

UC Berkeley has shared the personal information of 160 students, faculty and staff to the federal government and their “potential connection” to reports of alleged antisemitism.

All of This Because of Political Speech

The University of California’s turning over of dossiers on 160 people under investigation for antisemitism, including Judith Butler, to the Trump administration has strong echoes of McCarthyism. Judith Butler speaking on Zionism at the Jewish Museum on September 15, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. (Target Presse Agentur Gmbh / Getty Images) Judith Butler is one of 160 faculty, students, and staff members at UC Berkeley whose name the University of Cal…

Judith Butler among Berkeley staff flagged in federal ‘antisemitism’ investigation

Judith-Butler. Photo: Stefan Gutermuth UC Berkeley has provided the US government with the name of 160 students and teachers amid their ‘potential connection to reports of alleged antisemitism’, as part of a federal investigation. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that those whose details were given to the Trump-controlled Department of Education includes theorist Judith Butler. They each received a letter addressed ‘Dear member of the Berkele…