TheAltWorld Free Speech Under Attack: The Law Punishing Teachers for Talking About Palestine
Jenin Younes, National Legal Director at the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), joins the show to discuss the ADC’s lawsuit against California Governor Gavin Newsom over Assembly Bill 715 (AB 715), signed into law in October, which threatens to punish teachers for discussing Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Younes will explain how the law undermines free speech in schools by censoring discussions in public school about Israel, Palestine, and the Middle East, and why the ADC is asking the court to block it before it takes effect.
California’s AB 715 is already chilling speech on Palestine in public schools— and it hasn’t even taken effect.
“We’re seeing teachers investigated simply for answering students’ questions,” says ADC’s legal director @JeninYounesEsq
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