People can send words of support to: communications@hampshire.edu And what follows are two emails. One from Hampshire Students for Justice in Palestine and one from a supporter: Dear Supporters, Over the last 24 hours, there has been a huge response…
I can’t get enough of watching the Hampshire video shown below, in which one student after another comes up to explain why they support divestment.The emotional and political power in these statements is incredible. “I spent my last semester in…
Immediately after Hampshire College announced they had divested from the Israeli occupation, there was another story that Professor Alan Dershowitz had made threatening phone calls to students who had worked to pass the divestment. This seemed like an odd story…
The movement for divestment at Hampshire college has been led by the local chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine. I emailed Brian Van Slyke (right), a SJP member, to learn more about the campaign, what lessons have been learned…
Hampshire students continue to challenge their administration’s attempt to backtrack on their decision to divest from the Israeli occupation. As part of this effort they have set up a web page called “Voices of Hampshire, Voices of Divestment”. Notice the…
It is important to register the fact that when Dershowitz cried out against the Hampshire College divestment resolution, he did so by calling on donors to withdraw contributions from Hampshire. This is an old story. When Walt and Mearsheimer published…
Yesterday the Hampshire College administration was trying to distance itself from the monumental action the school’s Board of Trustees took in divesting from the Israeli occupation. Today Hampshire students have responded. From the SJP statement: Divestment from Apartheid South Africa…
Yesterday the story leaked that Alan Dershowitz was calling members of Hampshire Students for Justice in Palestine and threatening to organize an international boycott of the school following its decision to divest from the Israeli occupation. Dershowitz has clarified his…