{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Harvard Newstalk","title":"Harvard IOP Student Leader Resigns, Citing ‘Palestinian Exception to Free Speech’","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/833eafdf\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3002,"description":"As we neared the one-year anniversary of October 7 earlier this month, the Harvard Institute of Politics — the largest student organization on Harvard’s campus and its flagship platform for political discourse — saw a high-profile shakeup in its student leadership. Citing the Palestinian exception to free speech, a vocal pro-Palestine activist resigned as the chair of one of the IOP’s popular programs on campaigns and advocacy. The reason? Closed-door infighting over how to handle the 2024 elections and Israel-Palestine conflict in its programming. As concerns about free speech and censorship ramp up, the IOP shakeup marked a fundamental disagreement between the IOP’s top student leadership on how to handle political campus discourse on Israel and Palestine.Today on Newstalk, we join our reporters to break down the dispute — and we join the student who resigned to hear his version of the story.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/SHZCJDvDgduerQ_eGwUEU1vW4qT9K0s8QIQ7gjl5Ir4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85NjY0/ODMxNTNkNzVlM2Mw/OWM2MTA2ZjVmNjgw/YmEyZi5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}