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Chances are excellent that your own college alma mater is attacking student free speech and trying to cut deals with fascists right now. Do an internet search or two and join the people who are yelling at the admins and fighting their capitulation.

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NO YALE WITHOUT: Diversity Free speech & assembly Shared governance Academic freedom Damn right.

Student protestor seen from behind watching a speaker in front of the Lipstick sculpture at the rally. Back of student's shirt reads:

NO YALE WITHOUT:

Diversity
Free speech & assembly
Shared governance
Academic freedom

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Two students look determinedly at the camera while holding up a sign reading "TRUSTEES. LISTEN. RESIST. DEMOCRATIZE."

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Yale College Council president Alex Chen and Yale Student Body President Michelle Jimenez at the Democratize Yale rally. Lot of respect for these and the other student leaders. Putting themselves on the line, pushing back against the inexcusable actions of the admins. Be like them when you grow up.

Yale College Council president Alex Chen and Yale Student Body President Michelle Jimenez smile at the rally.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Succinct, clear message. The Yale admin is currently negotiating with white supremacists. As I said at the rally, if the university cuts a deal regarding admissions with the racist Trump regime, it becomes a white supremacist institution.

Chalk message reading "Don't negotiate with RACISTS."

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I dunno, Yale... Are you actually envious of Cornell and Columbia? Think things are going well for them at the moment? That appeasing fascist demands has yielded positive results for them? And the Trump regime is on the upswing, so better hurry up and forfeit core university values now? You sure?

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Tremendous turnout and energy at the Democratize Yale protest on Friday! Huge high five to hundreds of students, faculty, workers, and alums who are fighting for academic freedom and freedom of speech while telling President McInnis and the trustees NOT TO CUT A DEAL WITH TRUMP!

Yale students smile and clap at a Democratize Yale demonstration - one holds a sign reading "TRUSTEES: LISTEN. RESIST. DEMOCRATIZE."

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Great turnout for a rally that openly defied Yale's disgusting anti-free-speech rules against assembling without advance registration, chalking, and building protest art like the Lipstick.

Big crowd of a couple hundred protestors circle the Lipstick as a professor speaks. Nice dramatic backlight throwing shadows back towards us.

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At the press conference in front of the law school, @blumenthal.senate.gov opened by quoting Yale history professor @timothysnyder.bsky.social's now famous injunction: "DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE." That's exactly what Yale President McInnis is doing. Beyond shameful.

Close up of Richard Blumenthal speaking before the Yale Law School.

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Yale alums turned out to join the protest! Hugely proud to be part of the @standupforyale.bsky.social organizing committee. If you're an alum who's furious at the Yale admin for cozying up to fascist, join us! www.standupforyale.org

Yale alums on Beinecke Plaza hold sings reading things like "NO SETTLEMENT WITH TRUMP" "TRUSTEES: LISTEN. RESIST. DEMOCRATIZE." and "DEFEND DIVERSITY DEFEND DEMOCRACY DON'T SETTLE"

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US Senator @blumenthal.senate.gov, New Haven mayor Justin Elicker, New Haven alder (and Yale student) Elias Theodore, and US rep @delauro.house.gov spoke at a press conference before the rally against Yale's cowardly efforts to cut a deal with Trump.

Senator Blumenthal speaks before the Yale Law School behind a podium with signs reading "It's Our Yale / It's Our Fight" and "Yale: Don't Fold." Other electeds and Yale professors and students behind him.

Rosa DeLauro speaks at a podium - Yale students behind her.

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Yale President McInnis is currently trying to cut a deal with Trump's white supremacist administration over admissions policies. Incredibly shameful. Demonstrators turned the hell out to say NO. Huge admiration for these students and faculty members and alums.

Yale students and faculty looking serious as hell at the demonstration - holding signs that read "DEFEND DIVERSITY / DEFEND DEMOCRACY / DON'T SETTLE"

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You can read more about the Lipstick sculpture in the Democratize Yale zine! Yale's new anti-free-speech rules forbid the construction of anything like it on campus today. Students yesterday built their replica in defiance of those rules. GOOD FOR THEM! bsky.app/profile/greg...

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Students in defiance of the Yale administration's new anti-free-speech restrictions and built a replica of the famous Claes Oldenberg Lipstick sculpture, which was originally built by alums during the Vietnam War and stood for years as a symbol of protest and free speech at Yale.

Student speaks at a protest in front of a replica of the Claes Oldenberg Lipstick sculpture on Beinicke Plaza on the Yale campus.

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Latest protest at Yale on Trump‘s attacks on universities. Alumni, faculty, students stand together along with our elected representatives against encroaching authoritarianism. www.newhavenindependent.org/2026/10/02/l...

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"Lipstick" Traces Latest Yalie Protest - New Haven Independent

Against potential settlement with the Trump administration over the university's admissions policies.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

One more photo of today’s rally for free speech, free assembly, and academic freedom at Yale.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

More photos (and more to come) from today at Beinecke Plaza, a historic site of protest at Yale. Students, faculty, alums are calling for academic freedom, free speech and assembly and no settlement with the Trump administration.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In 1969, a large sculpture of a lipstick on tank threads was installed in the middle of campus as a monument to free speech. In the wake of Yale’s new rules limiting public assembly, today students built their own new version of this iconic piece of art.

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Why it matters: LDF links access to medical education for Black students to better health outcomes, noting that doctors who train and practice with people from different backgrounds can communicate more effectively and make fewer mistakes. Read more: bit.ly/LDF_UrgesYale 4/4

White graphic titled “Why LDF says the stakes are high,” with a stethoscope and medical kit. Text explains that LDF links access to medical education for Black students with improved health outcomes, noting that doctors who train and practice with people from different backgrounds can communicate more effectively and make fewer mistakes. The slide links to bit.ly/LDF_UrgesYale.

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The Supreme Court still permits universities to pursue diversity through lawful means. LDF warns that a broader settlement could go beyond what the law requires, restrict Yale’s authority over admissions and expose the university to further federal pressure. 3/4

Teal graphic with a faded courtroom illustration and the headline “A settlement could go beyond what the law requires.” Text explains that the Supreme Court still permits universities to pursue diversity through lawful means and that LDF warns a broader settlement could restrict Yale’s authority over admissions and expose it to further federal pressure.

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The DOJ alleged Yale School of Medicine (@yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social) discriminated against white and Asian American applicants, citing admissions data and continued Black and Latino admissions after the Court’s 2023 ruling. LDF says neither establishes that Yale unlawfully considered race. 2/4

Teal graphic titled “What does the DOJ allege?” An illustration shows several hands pointing toward one person. Text explains that the DOJ accused Yale School of Medicine of discriminating against white and Asian American applicants, citing admissions data and the continued admission of Black and Latine students after the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision.

White graphic titled “What does LDF dispute?” Illustrations show a bandage and a document split in two. Text says LDF argues that the DOJ presented no direct evidence that Yale unlawfully considered race and that the continued admission of Black and Latine students does not itself prove Yale violated the law.

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