Actresses Susan Sarandon and Melissa Barrera Punished for Supporting Palestine
Channel: The Humanist Report
Date: 2023-11-22

Censorship of pro-Palestinian voices is becoming all too common. Oscar Award-winning actress Susan Sarandon and Scream VI star Melissa Barrera were both punished for advocating for Palestinian human rights. But these high-profile instances of censorship are only the tip of the iceberg. Journalists and students  around the country have been fired (or had job offers rescinded) for expressing sympathy for suffering Palestinians on social media. In this video we’ll talk about how we’re officially in a new era of McCarthyism in American politics and how it may get even worse.

Sources:
Actress Dropped from Scream Movie Over Gaza Comments: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/melissa-barrera-fired-scream-vii-1235669458/
​​Susan Sarandon Dropped by Talent Agency for Pro-Palestine Speech: https://deadline.com/2023/11/susan-sarandon-pro-palestinian-remarks-uta-dropped-1235632398/
Tom Cruise Defends CAA Agent: https://variety.com/2023/film/news/hollywood-divide-over-israel-melissa-barrera-1235804452/
NY Times Journalists Fired: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/business/media/new-york-times-writer-resign-israel-gaza-war.html
Artforum Editor Fired: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/arts/artforum-editor-fired-david-velasco-palestine-gaza.html
Science Journalist Fired Over Pro-Palestine Tweet: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/11/michael-eisen-tweet-elife-firing-science-editor-palestinians-israel-gaza/
Sports Writer Fired: https://nypost.com/2023/10/09/76ers-beat-writer-out-at-phillyvoice-after-ripping-teams-israel-tweet/
Job Offer Rescinded from Students: https://www.businessinsider.com/3-harvard-columbia-law-students-lost-job-offers-israel-statements-2023-10
Market Watch Deletes Article: https://web.archive.org/web/20231025123822/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/can-i-be-fired-for-my-political-opinions-yes-so-choose-your-words-about-israel-palestine-trump-and-biden-very-carefully-1a9bed38
There are Anti-BDS Laws in 38 States: https://www.vox.com/world-politics/23935054/boycott-movement-palestine-against-israel-bds
Nathan J. Robinson’s Breakdown of the McCarthy Era: https://www.newsweek.com/free-speech-means-not-retaliating-against-employees-over-israeli-palestinian-conflict-opinion-1839673

Videos:
The Comments that Got Susan Sarandon Dropped: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVUT6ejAvqg
Full Roger Waters Video: https://twitter.com/rogerwaters/status/1712978707864797522
Greenblatt Calls for Investigations of Universities: https://twitter.com/JGreenblattADL/status/1724607027756835316

Chapters:
0:00 Melissa Barrera
1:07 Susan Sarandon
5:37 Maha Dakhil
6:55 Journalists and Students Punished
8:16 ADL
10:21 McCarthyism
13:01 Outro

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