‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival

The authors say their vision provides a positive alternative to the grim projections from far-right techno extractivists, nationalists and billionaires who claim the future will inevitably bring more fossil fuels, climate disruption and inequality. “There’s a huge cultural, intellectual, political battle that is going on. And we all have a role to play,” said Thomas Piketty, a co-director of the WIL and a professor at the Paris School of Economics...

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/04/world-inequality-lab-equality-academics-planetary-survival

 

‘I saw the writing on the wall’

Austria offers safe haven for US academics as Trump wages war on universities…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/10/academics-austria-safe-haven

 

US professors facing threats, firings and harassment over Charlie Kirk posts

"Academics are particularly sensitive about Charlie Kirk because we were one of his first targets with the professor watch list," Leader said. The list, launched by Kirk in 2016, includes hundreds of professors around the US which it accuses of left-leaning bias. Many of those listed subsequently faced threats and harassment...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/10/academics-professors-charlie-kirk

 

‘The American system is being destroyed’: academics on leaving US for ‘scientific asylum’ in France

' "The American system is being destroyed at the moment," he told the 80 reporters who turned up to meet the candidates. "I think a lot of people in the United States and as well as here in Europe have not understood the level to which all of higher education is being targeted."…

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/jul/05/academics-leaving-us-scientific-asylum-france-trump

 

100 Renowned Academics Speaking About God - YouTube

The more scientifically literate, intellectually honest and objectively skeptical a person is, the more likely they are to disbelieve in anything supernatural, including god. This film is a compilation of some of the best examples of such individuals, and their thoughts on the divine. All the speakers featured are elite academics and professors at top institutions, some of whom are also Nobel Laureates.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfba0IGysRQ&t=300s

Chris Hedges - The War on Academic Freedom (10-12-2017)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1klW9XWlZc&feature=youtu.be