University of California at Berkeley: After targeting Harvard, the Trump administration taskforce says it is devoted to 'rooting out anti-Semitism' by defunding California universities such as the University of California, Berkeley. Photograph: EPA/Shutterstock Some have said the current assault on American universities is the worst since the McCarthyite purges of the 1940s and 1950s. It’s actually much worse. McCarthyism targeted individuals with “Communistic” beliefs, which could include anything left of centre. Donald Trump similarly seeks to stamp out dissent. But his attack is McCarthyism on steroids, attempting to destroy universities as institutions. Trump began by threatening to withhold federal funding...
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