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Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
Nicolaz@mastodon.sdf.org ("Nicola Griffith") wrote:

Now, this, this is the way to defeat an autocrat: flocking behaviour. Rutgers University Senate has called for the Big 10 academic institutions to create a joint defence fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.

That link's below. But for a précis of why and how this shit can actually work, here's a piece I wrote during Trump's first term:

https://globalcomment.com/how-to-defeat-an-autocrat-flocking-behaviour/

It can be done. You just have to have a spine. Go read the resolution

https://senate.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Resolution-to-Establish-a-Mutual-Defense-Compact-for-the-Universities-of-the-Big-Ten-Academic-Alliance-in-Defense-of-Academic-Freedom-Institutional-Integrity-and-the-Research.pdf