{"id":2575013,"date":"2026-03-02T05:31:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/create-a-crisis-professors-partner-with-dsa-to-unleash-anti-ice-chaos\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T05:33:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:33:43","slug":"create-a-crisis-professors-partner-with-dsa-to-unleash-anti-ice-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/create-a-crisis-professors-partner-with-dsa-to-unleash-anti-ice-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Create a crisis\u2019: Professors partner with DSA to unleash Anti-ICE chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcreate-a-crisis-professors-partner-with-dsa-to-unleash-anti-ice-chaos%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2575013&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An exclusive Washington Examiner report outlines a toolkit developed by the American Association of university Professors (AAUP) in partnership with the sunrise Movement and the democratic Socialists of America (DSA) to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antisemitism-is-wreaking-havoc-on-ivy-league-universities\/\" title=\"Antisemitism Is Wreaking Havoc On Ivy League Universities\">disrupt college campuses<\/a> and pressure businesses to sever ties with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The toolkit lays out a three-phase plan: Phase 1 forms an \u201cinstitution committee\u201d and circulates a petition urging universities to cut relationships with companies cooperating with ICE; if demands aren\u2019t met, activists are to escalate with protests at officials\u2019 homes, outreach to influential alumni, and demonstrations. <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Phase 2 calls for students to skip classes and engage in indefinite campus occupations until demands are met. Phase 3, described as having been approved only by Sunrise and the young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA), involves further tactics to sustain disruption.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The document suggests that students can take greater risks on campus than paid staff, implying the AAUP may not oppose the tactics, while expressing concern about job security.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A slide deck produced with the toolkit frames the movement\u2019s strategy as \u201ccreating a crisis\u201d for university leadership. The materials reference the American Federation of Teachers logo and list targets including Hilton Hotels,Flock Safety,Enterprise Rent-A-Car,Target,and several airlines,along with more than 2,000 universities with partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; the article notes that past actions by Sunrise and the DSA on campuses have included protests, occupations, and in some cases violence or property damage, such as attacks on a Hilton hotel used to house ICE agents. It also mentions pro-Palestinian encampments and the involvement of the DSA in such activities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; the piece includes criticism from Defending Education, which denounces academics coordinating with far-left groups to disrupt campuses, and points out that the AAUP did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>the report portrays a coordinated effort involving academia and far-left activist groups to pressure universities and businesses through disruptive tactics, while acknowledging related disputes, past incidents, and the lack of official comment from the AAUP.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">&lsquo;Create a crisis&rsquo;: Mainstream professor group partners with DSA to unleash anti-ICE chaos on campuses<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2501253\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash; <\/strong>The American Association of University Professors has developed a &ldquo;toolkit&rdquo; alongside the youth wing of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-socialists-of-america\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"5861\">Democratic Socialists of America<\/a> and the Sunrise Movement to cause disruptions on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/colleges-and-universities\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3124\">college campuses<\/a> intended to hamstring the enforcement of immigration laws, the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The toolkit encourages ideologically motivated students to rally like-minded individuals to carry out a three-phase plan to pressure businesses to cut ties with immigration enforcement officials, according to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Schools-Drop-ICE-Toolkit.pdf\">documents <\/a>obtained by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/investigations\/sunrise-movement-and-young-democratic-socialists-of-america-published-guides-urging-students-to-organize-campus-disruptions-and-overnight-protests-to-advance-political-revolution\/\">Defending Education<\/a> and shared exclusively with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4474312\/dhs-released-illegal-border-crossers-despite-claims-zero\/\">DHS releasing some illegal border crossers into US despite claims of &#8216;zero&#8217; releases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4473083\/obama-and-biden-era-staffers-retain-leadership-positions-in-trumps-medicare-agency\/\">Obama and Biden-era staffers retain leadership positions in Trump&#8217;s Medicare agency<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4474183\/veronica-escobar-close-texas-ice-camp-east-montana\/\">Veronica Escobar leads calls to close Texas ICE detention center after deaths<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Phase one requires establishing an &ldquo;organization committee&rdquo; and distributing a petition calling on the university to sever relationships with businesses believed to be cooperating with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ICE\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a>. If demands are not met in a timely manner, activists are directed to &ldquo;escalate&rdquo; by protesting outside the homes of university officials, reaching out to influential alumni, and staging demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>If that fails, students are to skip class and engage in &ldquo;indefinite&rdquo; campus occupations, similar to tactics employed by pro-Palestinian protestors, until their demands are met. The document notes that the phase three tactics &ldquo;have only been approved by Sunrise and [the Young Democratic Socialists of America.]&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The document does not include a principled objection to the tactics from the AAUP but rather states that &ldquo;students can generally take more risks on campus than paid employees, and it&rsquo;s important to be cognizant of that dynamic,&rdquo; suggesting that the professors don&rsquo;t necessarily oppose the tactics but that they are worried about job security.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAHBV1HYVs8\/a6qgmQma1XY_nJiI0otEIQ\/edit\">slide deck<\/a> produced in conjunction with the AAUP-developed toolkit states that the movement&rsquo;s strategy is to &ldquo;create a crisis&rdquo; for university leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This should be a wake up call for the public that activist professors are coordinating with far-left radicals to create chaos on campuses to achieve a leftwing political revolution,&rdquo; Rhyen Staley, Defending Education&rsquo;s director of research, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;It is gross and unprofessional that these academics prefer to participate in the economic bullying of the very institutions that pay their salary instead of focusing on educating their students.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A group of anti-US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protesters shout slogans in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 27, 2026. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some pages of the toolkit include the American Federation of Teachers logo, one of the two major teachers unions in the United States. The union, which is affiliated with the AAUP, did not return a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Companies targeted by the movement include Hilton Hotels, Flock Safety, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Target, and airlines working with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/memo-biden-could-end-covid-era-deportation-policy\/\" title=\"Memo: Biden Could End COVID...Era Deportation Policy\">immigration-related law enforcement<\/a>. Included in the toolkit is a list of over 2,000 universities that partner with one or more such companies.<\/p>\n<p>While the AAUP, the Sunrise Movement, and the DSA disavow violence and property destruction in this toolkit, demonstrations orchestrated by the latter two groups have led to both in the past.<\/p>\n<p>A Hilton hotel that appeared on the Sunrise Movement&rsquo;s list of targets in Minneapolis, for instance, saw its fa&ccedil;ade destroyed, windows smashed, and walls covered in graffiti due to its housing of ICE agents, the <em>Washington Free Beacon <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/crime\/minneapolis-hotel-smashed-by-anti-ice-rioters-was-on-soros-funded-groups-target-list\/\">reported<\/a>. One agent was left bloodied by a rioter. The slideshow accompanying the toolkit <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1ciGvDTRdyRNV515CWk7meA5wZ14nsOGX2lxbQm7ZQeo\/edit?tab=t.7pqsspvthtxn\">calls on<\/a> activists to make sustained noise outside Hilton hotels to deprive ICE agents and all other guests of sleep.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3856575\/nea-zinn-education-project-teachers-union-pro-violence-activists-public-school\/\">TOP TEACHERS UNION INVITES PRO-VIOLENCE ACTIVISTS TO SHAPE PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3181978\/october-7-anniversary-conflict-took-over-college-campuses\/\">pro-Palestinian encampments<\/a> that cropped up on college campuses over the years, in which the DSA was often involved, devolved into <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZLMevSrVb5g\">clashes <\/a>with law enforcement and resulted in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/smashed-windows-piled-furniture-left-occupation-hamilton-hall-columbia-rcna150154\">damage <\/a>to university property. The Sunrise Movement, for its part, has staged a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >protests involving illegal tactics<\/a>, such as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sunrisemovement.org\/past-action\/young-people-are-escalating-to-sit-ins-in-politicians-offices-today-heres-why\/\">occupying government buildings<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/world\/climate-activists-block-traffic-in-u-s-capital-chain-themselves-to-sailboat-idUSL2N26E0AD\/\">blocking roads<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The DSA has also taken stances that have been criticized by some as radical, such as calling for the abolition of police and prisons and aligning itself with authoritarian regimes in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/networkcontagion.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/Democratic-Socialists-of-America_-Policy-Advocacy-and-Narrative-Convergence-with-Hostile-Foreign-States.pdf\">China, Cuba, and Venezuela<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The AAUP did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AAUP teams with DSA to disrupt ICE on campuses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":2575014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26014849565799.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5967,14436,74849,3813,5894],"class_list":["post-2575013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-academia","tag-activism","tag-dsa","tag-immigration","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26014849565799.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2575013"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2575017,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575013\/revisions\/2575017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2575014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2575013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2575013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2575013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}