Trump’s War by Executive Order

<p>Judith Butler and Aziz Rana join Adam Shatz to discuss Donald Trump’s use of executive orders to target birthright citizenship, protest, support of Palestinian rights, academic freedom, constitutionally protected speech and efforts to ensure inclusion on the basis of race, gender and sexual orientation. They consider in particular the content of Executive Order 14168, which ‘restores’ the right of the government to decide what sex people are, as well as the wider programme of rights-stripping implied by Trump’s agenda.</p><br><p>Read Judith's piece here:</p><p><a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n06/judith-butler/this-is-wrong" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n06/judith-butler/this-is-wrong</a></p><br><p>Read Adam on Columbia University:</p><p><a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/march/submission" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/march/submission</a></p><br><p><strong><u>LRB Audio</u></strong></p><br><p>Discover audiobooks, Close Readings and more from the <em>LRB</em>: <a href="https://lrb.me/audiolrbpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/audiolrbpod</a></p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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