New York machete-wielding professor fired again after exploring protest for landlords with ties to Israel: Report

An instructor at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City has been fired after she suggested a possible protest of landlords and businesspeople who have ties to Israel.

According to the New York Post, Shellyne Rodriguez, who was seen on camera holding a machete to a reporter’s neck in May 2023, told students she was fired on Jan. 23.

“Cooper Union has fired me because of a social media post I made about ‘Zionists...effective immediately’” Rodriguez wrote. 

”This is fascism. Y’all are learning about it in real time,” she added.

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The New York Post reported that it’s unclear what got Rodriguez fired, but noted that she encouraged others to protest landlords and businesspeople that have ties to Israel during a City University of New York for Palestine panel.

Rodriguez posted a flyer promoting a “Pro-Israel action” event that was covered in cockroaches.

”Look at this dirty f—ing roach former bronx borough president Ruben Diaz Jr. a Zionist lapdog,” she wrote in the caption.

The City University of New York for Palestine group criticized her dismissal in an open letter to administrators.

“The Cooper Union wrongfully terminated a valued educator who is indispensable to the community and the academic livelihood of students,” the letter stated.

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Rodriguez was previously fired from Hunter College after berating students from the school’s Students for Life chapter, saying the display was “violent,” “triggering,” and “f*cking propaganda,” before holding a machete to a New York Post reporter’s neck.

As Campus Reform previously reported, she was listed as an “adjunct instructor” at Cooper Union in New York, New York and taught a sculpture class in the fall of 2023.