The IYSSE at U-M condemns the latest moves by the administration, including the threat of expulsion, to intimidate and silence opposition to the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
On February 6, the U-M Central Student Government voted to investigate the university's halting of a student referendum on a resolution condemning Israeli genocide in Gaza.
The regents’ compendium of clichéd affirmations of the university’s devotion to free speech includes wording that directly contradicts the justification given by U-M President Ono in December for a permanent ban on student government resolutions denouncing the genocide in Gaza.
What is really behind the suppression of the anti-genocide resolution is the fact that it was headed for victory, something the billionaire donors and regents, Democratic and Republican politicians, and Pentagon, CIA and State Department officials who collectively run the university would not allow.