Profs petitioned BC’s Supreme Court to stop land acknowledgments and other ‘political’ statements by the university. That’s dangerous, says a BCCLA lawyer (The Tyee)
What do a BC Supreme Court petition against the University of British Columbia, the arrest of journalists covering Indigenous land defenders and the punishment of students who speak out against potential genocide in Palestine all have in common? If you ask Liza Hughes, executive director of the BC Civil Liberties Association, the petition, arrests and punishments are all aimed at limiting free speech, which can lead us down the path to fascism. “You can’t have free expression and fascism,” Hughes told The Tyee in an interview. “In some ways, robust political critique and protest is the antidote to fascism” ... CLICK HERE for the full story