Student blasts Harvard for barring pro-Palestine protesters

this semester our freedom of speech and our expressions of solidarity became punishable leaving our graduations uncertain as I stand before you today I must take a moment to recognize my peers the 13 undergraduates the 13 undergraduates in the class of 2024 who will not graduate [Music] today I am deeply disappointed by the intolerance for freedom of speech and the right to Civil Disobedience on [Music] [Applause] campus over 1,500 students had petitioned nearly 500 stud staff and faculty had spoken up as an American and as a Harvard graduate for me what is happening on campus is about Liberty this is about civil rights and upholding Democratic principles the students had spoken the faculty had spoken Harvard do you hear us Harvard do you hear us [Applause]

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Length: 1min 52sec (112 seconds)

Published: Wed May 29 2024