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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Open letter

We call on Columbia to stand up to authoritarianism

people outside hold signs like 'hands off our university' and 'defend the law'
Columbia University students and faculty gather in New York City to protest the university's concessions to Donald Trump on Monday. Photograph: New York Daily News/TNS

To the Columbia University administration,

As journalists who were trained by Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, and who are steeped in America’s long traditions of free speech and academic freedom, we write to you to express our horror at the events of the past week.

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