You didn’t like Jimmy Carter’s book. You challenged him to a debate. But he was afraid of you, and ran, and at Brandeis referred to you as a “Harvard professor.” As if you were a pischer! But you got back…
You’ve made history. No doubt. Now your job is to build the movement nationally. How do you do that? You need publicity. There’s one thing Alan Dershowitz loves more than Israel. Publicity. You should exploit his love of publicity to…
Brian Van Slyke, Hannah Mermelstein, Ali Abunimah and Dr. Kanwal Chaudhry discuss divestment, the Gaza aftermath, the Jewish community, and the moral responsibility of Americans with Laura Flanders. Watch and learn:
Alan Dershowitz has responded angrily to the Hampshire College divestment initative for singling out Israel: The divestment campaign applies to Israel and Israel alone. Hampshire will continue to deal with companies that supply Iran, Saudi Arabia, China, Cuba, North Korea,…
Felson writes: Harvey Araton used his New York Times sports column today to document the plight of Shahar Peer, an Israeli tennis player who was denied a visa by the United Arab Emirates that would have allowed her to compete…
Hampshire students take heart. You are part of a movement. 120 members of Columbia faculty have sent this strong letter to Columbia President Lee Bollinger blasting him for his utter silence on the Gaza slaughter and the countless other destructions…
Hampshire College divested from South Africa in 1977. Apartheid began to crumble politically 13 years later. But is this a good analogy? Yes. In the end several hundred schools divested, but they did so within a few months of each…
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…