Northwestern Professor Steven Thrasher: "You Are Being Lied to About Pro-Palestine Protests on Campus"

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Democracy Now
May 24, 2024


The presidents of UCLA, Northwestern and Rutgers universities were questioned Thursday on Capital Hill about pro-Palestine protsts on campus, the fourth time in six months that the Republican-led House Education Committee has summoned school leaders to Washington over accusations of antisemitism.

Lawmakers reserved their heaviest questioning for the presidents of Northwestern and Rutgers, where solidarity encampments were voluntarily dismantled after students negotiated deals with university administrators.

Northwestern journalism professor Steven Thrasher, who has been an outspoken supporter of the Gaza solidarity encampments at his school and elsewhere, was singled out during the hearing and described as a "goon," but he tells Democracy Now he is undeterred in both his pro-Palestine advocacy and defense of his students.

"It's supposed to scare everybody who supports Gaza. It's supposed to scare everybody who's against the genocide. It's supposed to scare students who are righteously standing up against the killing that's happening," says Thrasher.

More:
https://democracynow.org/2024/5/24/campus_protests_in_congress

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Northwestern journalism professor Steven Thrasher, who has been an outspoken supporter of the Gaza solidarity encampments at his school and elsewhere

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11. The Society for Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Awards, Television Breaking News Coverage, 2017

Awards
Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman, co-host Juan Gonzalez and various correspondents have won numerous awards including:

I.F. Stone Lifetime Achievement Award from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, 2014
Amy Goodman

The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation/United Nations Correspondents Association Global Prize Silver Medal, 2013
Reporting on Climate Change

Gandhi Peace Award, 2012
Promoting enduring peace

Barcelona Human Rights Film Festival Award, 2012
Coverage of Arab Spring

Communication for Peace Award from the World Association for Christian Communication, 2008

ACLU-NCA Henry W. Edgerton Civil Liberties Award, 2008
A distinguished career as an active defender and supporter of civil liberties

List in full: https://www.democracynow.org/about/awards

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