I see this a lot both as a journal editor and someone who tries to publish outside my discipline/field. In my opinion, editors have a big responsibility to push back but sometimes feels futile when not just peer review but every academic incentive favors to each their own fiefdom

The marketisation of HE has destroyed the sense of being part of a 'community of scholars', replacing it with 'students as paying customers'.

Yes, he is being labelled as a "communist" by his opponents in their US media interviews, e.g. NBC, NYT, etc.

Yes! I hope US journalists adopt this stance too when interviewing politicians....also challenging what US politicans label as socialism, communism, capitalism, etc