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Torin Monahan

Torin Monahan is a professor in the department of Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

NEW: Censorship and Surveillance at US Universities — Protesters march from City College to Columbia University April 25, 2025, in New York City, demanding an end to cuts in university funding and an end to ICE enforcement. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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NEW: Censorship and Surveillance at US Universities

Dear Friends and Comrades, Today we’re publishing the first piece from our forthcoming issue on campus activism and repression since October 7, 2023. In “Censorship and Surveillance at US Universities,” Torin Monahan details the expansive apparatus used by university administrations, often following federal or state political pressures, to police

James Ryan, Torin Monahan • 2 min read

Censorship and Surveillance at US Universities — Protesters march from City College to Columbia University April 25, 2025, in New York City, demanding an end to cuts in university funding and an end to ICE enforcement. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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Censorship and Surveillance at US Universities

The night before the start of the Fall 2025 semester, facilities workers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill quietly boarded up a pro-Palestine mural. The mural, created by art students, was composed of prints bearing slogans of solidarity such as “We keep us safe.” Its black and

Torin Monahan • 10 min read