University of Michigan using surveillance to monitor Gaza protesters: Report
British newspaper The Guardian has published an investigation into the University of Michigan’s use of private, undercover investigators collecting material that can be used to charge and jail pro-Palestinian campus protesters.
According to the report, these investigators would trail the students, “furtively recording them and eavesdropping on their conversations”. They also “cursed at students, threatened them and in one case drove a car at a student who had to jump out of the way”, The Guardian wrote.
The allegations were supported by videos reviewed by the newspaper as well as police body camera footage. The University of Michigan said it had not received any complaints about the investigators but did not deny the surveillance.
The report comes amid rising tensions on university campuses as detentions and visa revocations targeting pro-Palestine protest leaders are putting students on edge.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/06/michigan-university-gaza-surveillance
Trump is turning the whole US into a surveillance state using "antisemitism" as the excuse.
US lawmaker introduces motion calling ‘free Palestine’ chant anti-Semitic
Republican Congressman Gabe Evans has introduced a symbolic resolution that describes the chant “free Palestine” as an “anti-Semitic slogan that calls for the destruction of the State of Israel and the Jewish people”.
The resolution condemns the attack on a pro-Israel rally that injured 12 people in the US state of Colorado last week.
It is the latest measure seeking to crack down on support for Palestinian rights in the US. Activists have long argued that the “free Palestine” chant is a call for Palestinian freedom from Israeli occupation and apartheid.
Does that need to be argued? I guess in the US it has to be. Free A, doesn't mean genocide B. Of course that is the narrative Trump wants you to see in South Africa with the white genocide myth.
