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April 14, 2025

Protest in Cambridge Demands Harvard Refuse to Comply with Trump Threats
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Over 1,000 people rallied in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to demand Harvard
resist the Trump administration's threats of withholding $9 billion in
federal funding. Trump warned he would take the money away unless the
university eliminates DEI programming and suppresses pro-Palestinian
voices. Harvard professors sued the Trump administration last week over
the threat. This is a Harvard senior from Sweden at Saturday's protest.

Harvard senior: "I have talked to so many friends who were scared of
just showing up today, because we have seen our friends get their visas
revoked, get detained and potentially - potentially deported. So, the
self-silencing that is happening right now is really, really scary, and
that is what we have to stand up against. I think that there is no more
dangerous response to authoritarianism than self-silencing."



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