BONUS: Michigan Raids on pro-Palestine Students

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🗓️ 5 May 2025

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Felix speaks with Nora Hilgart-Griff from the TAHRIR Coalition and Liz Jacob from the Sugar Law Center for Social and Economic Justice about the Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel collaborating with the Trump DOJ in a series of raids on pro-Palestine students at the University of Michigan on April 23. Liz and Nora give background on Nessel's previous intimidation campaign at the university, the administration's attempts to repress the student movement against the genocide, TAHRIR Coalition's work on divestment, and much more. You're going to want to hear this whether you're a Yooper, a Detroiter, or even a recently incarcerated jewel thief who assumed the identity of a sheriff so he can stare at his ex-girlfriend in a small Pennsylvania town where everyone is a violent criminal. Update: On Monday, 5/5/25, all charges against the students have been dropped. Legal fund for the students facing charges from Nessel's office https://chuffed.org/project/um-palestine-legalfund Background on the raids https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/24/michigan-attorney-general-dana-nessel-campus-gaza-protests TAHRIR Coalition's campaign to drop the charges https://tahrirumich.org/dtc The demands of the students https://tahrirumich.org/demands Guide to the University of Michigan's economic links to Israeli genocide and occupation profiteers https://tahrirumich.org/research/endowment-guide

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0:00.0	If you have been following the news or following some of the coverage on our show, you have taken note of a pattern of jackbooted dragnet enforcement attempts by both large American universities, state governments, the federal government, of course, sort of in line with that.
0:20.8	Starting on April 23rd, Dana Nessel, the federal government, of course, sort of in line with that, starting on April 23rd, Dana Nessel, the Attorney General of Michigan, announced raids in concert with the FBI on the University of Michigan targeting members of the Terrier Coalition, a Palestinian activist group composed of students
0:39.8	at the university.
0:41.5	For people who had been following it before, they know that there had been another raid
0:46.6	at the University of Michigan six months prior.
0:49.7	But even for people who had been following this and had been following the Mahmood-Kalil case, all the other horrible infringements of people's rights and
0:59.6	process, this one stood out as a particularly draconian and
1:05.8	completely indefensible intimidation campaign. It has received some national coverage here, but really not to
1:15.5	the degree that it should receive, either because of Nessel's political affiliation or the fact
1:23.4	that people may just think it is a local story and not something that does in fact have
1:28.0	potentially very, very terrifying national consequences. But to try and get some more eyes and ears
1:36.1	on it, I am happy to be joined today by Nora, who is a member of career, a student at the
1:43.4	University of Michigan,
1:45.0	and Liz Jacob from the Sugar Law Center
1:47.6	for Economic and Social Justice,
1:49.8	who provides counsel for career in their capacity.
1:54.3	Thank you, thank you guys for joining us so much.
1:57.3	Yeah, thank you for having us.
1:58.5	Just to get us started off,
2:00.2	could you run us through, what happened with these raids on the 23rd, both like in your respective capacities as a student and legal counsel?
2:10.8	Yeah, so functionally, to describe the situation for those who might not know, starting at around 6.30 in the morning at three
2:20.5	separate locations in the area, so Ann Arbor Ipsilante and Canton, FBI, local jurisdictions
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