Brilliant San Francisco doctor , fired by UCSF over bogus charges of antisemitism 7/4/2025

 Brilliant San Francisco doctor , fired by UCSF over bogus charges of antisemitism

The recent dismissal of Dr. Rupa Marya from UCSF critically illustrates how legitimate criticism of Israeli state actions is being maliciously and unfairly conflated with antisemitism. Dr. Marya’s condemnation of what many observers—including UN human rights experts—describe as genocidal starvation and bombardment of Palestinians in Gaza is not antisemitism, but an urgent moral and medical alarm. That her views were immediately labeled as “antisemitic” by UCSF, public officials, and donors amounts to a political witch-hunt designed to silence dissent.
This is more than the suppression of a single physician’s voice—it is a chilling sign of how pro-Zionist political forces are actively undermining doctors, educators, and professionals who raise ethical concerns about mass suffering and systematic injustice. Dr. Marya spoke for countless healthcare workers across Gaza whose hospitals have been targeted, whose capacity to care has been decimated, and whose patients are dying—yet she is the one punished. This sends a dangerous signal to all those who bear witness to human suffering: speak up at your peril.
It is time to challenge this toxic atmosphere that equivocates criticism of Israeli government policy with hatred of Jewish people. This tactic is being used not only to silence Dr. Marya, but also to chill public discourse on genocide and war crimes. Concurrently, I encourage readers to support Dr. Marya’s legal defense—which aims to uphold free speech, academic freedom, and the role of healthcare professionals as moral witnesses. You can donate to her GoFundMe defense fund, titled “Support the Fight for HCW’s Collective Voice”, organized by the Do No Harm Coalition. This fund is vital to covering her legal expenses as she fights for the rights of all healthcare advocates to speak truth to power.
Let us not allow the fear of false antisemitism accusations to shackle conscience or to erode the foundations of medical ethics and free expression.
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Big, Beautiful” Betrayal of the Sick and Poor

                            Big, Beautiful” Betrayal of the Sick and Poor

On this Fourth of July, as we reflect on liberty and justice, it is chilling to see a Senate budget bill that tramples both ideals. President Trump’s 940-page “Big, Beautiful Bill” promises trillions in tax breaks for the wealthy while gutting healthcare and vital services for millions of Americans.
The bill would slash Medicaid more deeply than ever before, causing nearly 12 million people—including children, seniors, and people with disabilities—to lose coverage. Harvard physician Dr. Adam Gaffney warns that this could lead to 16,500 preventable deaths each year, and 1.3 million people going without essential medications. Nearly 400,000 women could lose access to mammograms.
Meanwhile, the bill repeals clean energy incentives, imposes new taxes on solar and wind, and grants lavish breaks to oil and coal companies. It slashes food assistance and makes student loans more expensive. In short, it rips away basic needs from the most vulnerable to reward the wealthiest.
Senator Bernie Sanders called it “the most dangerous piece of legislation in modern U.S. history”—a bill bought and paid for by billionaires who fund campaigns and now expect a return on their investment.
This is not fiscal responsibility. It is class warfare. As rural hospitals face closure and millions risk medical debt, the promise of American freedom feels hollow for those being left behind. No celebration of independence is complete without a commitment to protect the health and dignity of all Americans—not just the privileged few.

What to the Migrant Is the 4th of July? 7/4/2025

                                          What to the Migrant Is the 4th of July?

On this Fourth of July, as fireworks explode and patriotic hymns fill the air, we must ask: what does this celebration mean to those who suffer in the shadows of American hypocrisy?
What is the Fourth of July to the migrants languishing in ICE detention centers, some abused by masked agents, others—shockingly, including U.S. citizens—deported or imprisoned abroad in El Salvador’s notorious jails? What is this holiday to the farmworkers who labor under punishing heat to put food on our tables, yet live in fear of being snatched by ICE in unmarked cars? What does this “independence” mean to children too terrified to go to school, lest they be separated from their parents?
What is this day to the sick who cannot afford a doctor due to gutted health services, or to those laid off under government “efficiency” schemes designed to further enrich the powerful? What does it mean to the scientists and scholars contemplating leaving America as universities come under ideological assault?
Frederick Douglass once declared that the Fourth of July revealed the “gross injustice and cruelty” faced by the enslaved. Today, his words ring true for millions excluded from the blessings of liberty. Until justice is real for all, America’s celebration is not unity—it is mockery.