DEMOCRACY NOW! spoke to University of Southern California’s valedictorian Asna Tabassum, “whose commencement speech has been canceled for what the university claimed were “safety” reasons after Tabassum became the subject of an online anti-Palestinian hate campaign led by pro-Israel groups.” Text and video here.
USC’S TABASSUM ON REVOKED COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS INVITATION: “I Am Not Advocating for Hate. I Am Advocating for Human Equality and for the Sanctity of Human Life”
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