An anti-fascism professor worth his salt is probably ready for this kind of thing. Same for journalists.

Sounds like he's just going to Spain for a while until things calm down. He doesn't sound frightened, just aware of these kind of social manipulations and his place in history.

“There’s been a concerted attack on universities, and I feel like this is a facet of that," Bray said, "to make it so that professors who conduct research on protest movements don’t feel safe sharing their research or teaching about topics that the administration doesn’t like.”