This decision comes a year after the university defended Booth, citing their "bedrock commitment to open expression." The termination coincides with the Trump administration's decision to withhold $175 million in federal funding from the institution.
According to The Washington Free Beacon, Booth announced his termination in a Patreon post last Friday. He claimed that the university cited budgetary reasons for his dismissal. However, he accused universities across the country of being "way too complicit" with a "largely Republican-led effort" to silence left-wing voices.
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"I was informed that the reason for the termination was budgetary, which I think is the same reason they gave to Jesus just before they crucified him, and Malcolm X just before they shot him, and what they told Eugene Debs, Susan B. Anthony, and Lenny Bruce just before jailing them. I jest, of course," Booth wrote in his post.
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He further criticized the academic institutions, stating, "The reality – and something that, unfortunately, is not unique to Penn – is that colleges and universities nationwide have been way too complicit with the largely Republican-led efforts to target students and faculty members engaged in any and all speech rendered in support of trans/black/immigrant, and women’s rights, free speech, the independent press, academic freedom, and medical research – speech that also voices bold criticism of right-wing nationalism, genocide, apartheid, fascism, and specifically the Israeli assault on Palestine."
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Booth also expressed his disappointment with the University of Pennsylvania administration, stating, "The cowardice and complete lack of courage demonstrated by the UPenn administration has ruined the lives of a great number of professors and students whom I know personally, as if the total capitulation to the demands of MAGA thugs and bullies will somehow eventually ameliorate the suffering and deter the collapse of higher education."
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The dismissal of Booth comes approximately a year after The Washington Free Beacon discovered anti-Semitic cartoons published by Booth under the pseudonym "Mr. Fish." These cartoons included offensive depictions of Zionists and Jews, drawing parallels between the Jewish state and Nazi Germany.
Despite the controversy, the University of Pennsylvania's interim president, Larry Jameson, defended Booth's right to free expression last year. He described the cartoons as "reprehensible," but stated that he would not take action against Booth, allowing him to continue teaching until at least the fall semester of 2024.
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Booth defended his cartoons last year, arguing that they were created to accompany columns by former New York Times reporter Chris Hedges. These columns often accused Israel of "genocide" and compared the Jewish state to Nazi Germany.
"The Nazis shipped their victims to death camps. The Israelis will ship their victims to squalid refugee camps in countries outside of Israel," Hedges wrote in one column that includes a Booth cartoon as its featured image. "And if we do not stand in eternal vigilance over evil—our evil—we become, like those carrying out the mass killing in Gaza, monsters."
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Booth also informed his Patreon readers that the American Association of University Professors, which supported him last year, along with "some attorneys" are currently investigating his dismissal.
Last year, the Penn faculty union wrote, "The targeted harassment of Booth was instigated by the Washington Free Beacon, a publication known for political provocation whose activities conform to a well-known pattern," adding that Booth was singled out for his criticism of the war in Gaza and was unfairly labeled as an anti-Semite.
