Overview
- Idris Robinson filed a federal lawsuit in Austin seeking an injunction to stop Texas State from ending his job on May 31, 2026.
- He argues the university retaliated over a 2024 talk he gave as a private citizen about the Israel–Palestine conflict at an anarchist book fair in North Carolina.
- A pro-Israel activist’s Instagram video in June 2025 renewed attention to the talk, and the next steps by the university were paid leave and then a nonrenewal notice.
- Prosecutors say four attendees from a scuffle at the event pleaded guilty to minor charges, and the police report did not identify Robinson as a suspect.
- Texas State declined to comment, as the campus employees union condemned the move as yielding to outside pressure over protected speech.