The Trump administration, in collusion with scores of public and private colleges and universities, has unleashed one of the most widespread and coordinated campaigns to suppress free speech and restrict the right to protest in US history. The targets? People who have the courage to support Palestinian liberation and sovereignty and to condemn the Israeli government’s genocide in Gaza and its atrocities in the West Bank. While we have seen many attacks on constitutionally protected civil liberties throughout American history, the scope and scale of the systemic repression of Palestinian speech makes this one of the worst. And it’s far from over. The history of the United States has been stained by repeated episodes in which the government, aided and abetted by private organizations and institutions, has deliberately censored speech and punished protests that espouse political views at odds with those in power. While the direct victims of such systemic repression suffer the most, the American people as a whole are also being victimized. Read the commentary by Stephen Rohde palestinechronicle.com/silen…