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Protest in Cambridge Demands Harvard Refuse to Comply with Trump Threats

HeadlineApr 14, 2025

Over 1,000 people rallied in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to demand Harvard resist the Trump administration’s threats of withholding $9 billion in federal funding. Trump warned he would take the money away unless the university eliminates DEI programming and suppresses pro-Palestinian voices. Harvard professors sued the Trump administration last week over the threat. This is a Harvard senior from Sweden at Saturday’s protest.

Harvard senior: “I have talked to so many friends who were scared of just showing up today, because we have seen our friends get their visas revoked, get detained and potentially — potentially deported. So, the self-silencing that is happening right now is really, really scary, and that is what we have to stand up against. I think that there is no more dangerous response to authoritarianism than self-silencing.”

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