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CUNY prof sounds alarm on ‘far-left lunatics’ running school after commencement speech

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CUNY prof sounds alarm on ‘far-left lunatics’ running school after commencement speech
By Lee Brown
May 31, 2023 8:36am Updated
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A veteran CUNY law professor has blamed the “blatant call for American insurrection” in this year’s graduate commencement speech on the school being run by a bunch of “far left, Marxist lunatics.”

Professor Jeffrey Lax, a full-time CUNY professor for 20 years, told Fox
News that Fatima Mousa Mohammed’s anti-Israel call for revolution was
“the most disturbing commencement speech I have ever heard in my entire life.”

But “the problem is not her,” he insisted of the radical Queens grad who called the NYPD “fascist” and accused Israel of indiscriminately
murdering Palestinians.

“Students are allowed to be idiots — you’re supposed to be an idiot when you’re a student,” he said.

“The problem is that you have faculty condoning, OK’ing and pushing this forward,” he said of staff who applauded from the stage.

Lax, the co-founder of Students and Faculty for Equality at CUNY, said commencement speeches are always reviewed beforehand, which an insider previously confirmed to The Post was the case this year.

CUNY Professor Jeffrey Lax talking to Fox News.
Lax blamed the “most disturbing” speech on “faculty condoning, OK’ing and pushing this forward.”
Fox News
“These are lawyers! These are legal academics! These are people who are members of the Bar,” he said of colleagues guiding future lawyers.

“My take is that the administration itself is much more to blame than an ignoramus student — which she clearly is,” he told Fox.

In her speech, Mohammed said she specifically chose CUNY Law because it
is “one of the very few legal institutions created to recognize that the
law is a manifestation of white supremacy that continues to oppress and suppress people in this nation and around the world.”

Fatima Mousa Mohammed
Mohammed called the NYPD “fascist” and accused Israel of
indiscriminately murdering Palestinians.
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She also praised the faculty council for previously supporting the
anti-Israel BSD resolution.

Lax has previously filed complaints accusing his school of
discriminating against Jews — telling the Daily Mail that staying there
has become a “living hell.”

“The faculty are all lunatics,” Lax said. “The unbelievable far left who are pushing for the end of America.”

Cover of The Post calling out the "stark raving grad" speech.
Lax called it “the most disturbing commencement speech I have ever heard
in my entire life.”
He blamed the Professional Staff Congress union for much of what he
claims is anti-Semitic rhetoric proliferating through the school.

“The union is a Marxist organization and Marx wasn’t just a Communist … he was anti-Judaism,” he told the Mail. “Sometimes it’s hard to distinguish between what he said and what Hitler said.”

CUNY did not respond to requests for comment from Fox News or the Daily
Mail. The Post has reached out to CUNY for comment.

Video shows faculty clapping the speech.
Faculty, some seen clapping for the speech, are “far left, Marxist lunatics,” Lax said.
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“The problem is that you have faculty condoning, OK’ing and pushing this forward,” Lax said of staff who applauded from the stage.
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CUNY brass, however, criticized the commencement speech on Tuesday after
calls for the school to be stripped of funding.

“Hate speech … should not be confused with free speech and has no place
on our campuses or in our city, our state or our nation,” said a
statement by CUNY Board of Trustees chairman Bill Thompson, vice chair
Sandra Wilkin and chancellor Felix Matos Rodriguez.

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“The remarks by a student-selected speaker at the CUNY Law School
graduation, unfortunately, fall into the category of hate speech as they
were a public expression of hate toward people and communities based on
their religion, race or political affiliation. The Board of Trustees of
the City University of New York condemns such hate speech.”

The statement does not say what — if any — action might be taken.

Mohammed previously declined to comment on her speech when reached by
The Post at a relative’s home in Queens.

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Alison
3 hours ago

This hate filled commencement speech was reviewed beforehand and
applauded after. The faculty and student body agrees with and endorses
every vile word the speaker said. Far-left radicals have a firm hold
onto not just CUNY but practically every university and college.
Indoctrinating students into ...

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Shirley Ujest
3 hours ago

Between this, and the machete- wielding professor, Shellyne Rodriguez,
this is not a rare occurrence. Everything about these universities
promote hatred toward those they disagree with and limit free speech.
These environments should make parents run in another direction.

As an employer, I would hes...

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E. Normus Johnson
3 hours ago

100% spot on. And don't forget that the indoctrination is starting in elementary school and goes all the way through middle and high school
nowadays also.


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My Display Name Is Really Obscure
3 hours ago

Does anyone else note the irony of a woman in Muslim garb chewing out
the flaws in American law? Sure, there's a lot of problems with this
country, I would have to be delusional to state otherwise. And our laws
are certainly used to keep the lower classes down. But when I look at
how Muslim women i...

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Force M'Cockin
3 hours ago

You're spot on... democrats won't get this though.


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MN Jets Fan
3 hours ago

Simple answer: Yes.


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Canadian Conservative
5 hours ago

The state is run by Democrats so do you really think they are going to
strip CUNY of funding over this? People gotta pay attention.


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Redpilled Fren
3 hours ago

And neither will the FED which is who would be responsible for pulling
federal funds for various violations of law.


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john russo
3 hours ago

Parents aren't what they use to be, I would never allow my son to go to
a school like that.....If my son gave a speech like that I would
immediately dis own him.......


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