{"id":6273,"date":"2026-08-06T10:07:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T10:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6273"},"modified":"2026-08-06T10:07:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T10:07:57","slug":"professors-unions-endorsement-of-abdul-el-sayed-is-just-more-proof-that-the-far-left-rules-us-academia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6273","title":{"rendered":"Professors’ union’s endorsement of Abdul El-Sayed is just more proof that the far left rules US academia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At a time when the hard left\u2019s dominance of higher education has stripped academia of public trust, the American Association of University Professors decided to \u201cfight back\u201d by endorsing political candidates \u2014 starting with Michigan extremist Abdul El-Sayed in his primary against Rep. Haley Stevens..<\/p>\n

Read more Teacher unions\u2019 shady tactics aim to bully Hochul into hurting NY\u2019s kids<\/a><\/p>\n

OK, the AAUP has been heading this way for years now: Its president, Todd Wolfson, called J.D. Vance a fascist in a 2024 statement; it opted to side with Hamas amid the Gaza war, abandoning its nearly two-decade-old opposition to academic boycotts.<\/p>\n

But embracing a guy whose comment on an attempted massacre at a Jewish day school was \u201cHurt people hurt people\u201d \u2014 yikes.<\/p>\n

Fine, the outfit claims President Donald Trump\u2019s threats to higher education leave it no choice but to dive deeper into politics \u2014 but, c\u2019mon: Electing any<\/em> Democrat helps on that front.<\/p>\n

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Plus, the decision turns out to be incredibly undemocratic: Turns out AAUP leaders got the key decision made on a July 14 conference call with all of about 40 members in Michigan \u2014 out of about 4,000<\/em> in the state, and over 40,000 nationwide.<\/p>\n

So much for the \u201cshared governance\u201d and \u201ccollective voice\u201d the AAUP claims to champion: This was just another hard-left coup.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Then again, if the national membership doesn\u2019t revolt over this idiocy, they\u2019ll be proving that today\u2019s faculties are the true threat to US higher education.<\/p>\n

Read more Abdul El-Sayed and other Socialist extremists must be stopped from taking over the Democratic Party<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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