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6] Either way, it’s up to us all—faculty, staff, students, workers—to use and defend the rights that remain ours; to reject illegitimate attempts to overhaul them; and to organize to win real democratic power within the University.

5] If the administration plans instead to be selective and does not intend to enforce these rules consistently, then it must acknowledge that they are discriminatory in nature, aimed at suppressing antiwar mobilization and possibly labor organizing….

4] The policy measures we analyze are worth reading in full but TLDR: If the admin intends to enforce these rules, it threatens the research and teaching mission of the University, the labor rights of every campus employee, and all aspects of academic freedom and open expression.

3] The rules themselves are in no way viewpoint-neutral. They prohibit precisely the forms of nonviolent mobilization involved in last year’s antiwar protests, from projecting images on buildings to camping out. Yet they pose a threat to us all, no matter our political views.

2] The unilateral and secretive process that produced these policies is indicative of the University’s unaccountable system of governance. Those of us now subject to these rules, which illegitimately shred core institutional policies on expression, had no part in creating them.

Here is our detailed response to the so-called Temporary Standards for Campus Events, which aim to strip faculty, staff, and students of our rights to assemble, speak, and protest by erecting a thicket of unreasonable restrictions🧵

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