More news from the student actions that are still expanding across UK universities. What started on January 13th as a a 24-hour occupation at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London has now spread to the London School…
Alan Dershowitz certainly doesn’t waste any time in trying to shut down academic freedom. Hampshire SJP is reporting that Dershowitz has already contacted them with a threat. From the Hampshire SJP blog: Allen Dershowitz has just called SJP members and…
Students at Hampshire College have reason to celebrate. Hampshire has become the first college in the US to divest from the Israeli occupation. As the Students for Justice in Palestine press release points out, Hampshire was also the first college…
From the Telegraph: John Rose, one of the original London School of Economics (LSE) students to mount the barricades alongside Tariq Ali in 1968, spent last week giving lectures on the situation in Gaza at 12 of the occupations. “This…
Israel is being revealed to American Jews. Adrienne Rich, the poet, has endorsed the academic and cultural boycott of Israel in the wake of the Gaza slaughter. Speak, poet: Until now, as a believer in boundary-crossings, I would not have…
at the University of Rochester. Initiated by the Students for a Democratic Society. I’m vaguely suspicious on sectarian grounds (new wine in old bottle) but they declare “victory” after a nine hour occupation. And they’re linked to other occupations.
One of the beautiful things about the new debate over Israel/Palestine is how it has sorted out the weak from the strong; and courageous scholars and journalists have emerged who have educated themselves about the issues and are not taking…
Haaretz is worried about a move to boycott Israel in the U.S., initiated by 15 professors. The first time this kind of thing has originated in the U.S., not Europe. Haaretz gives about 15 inches to the story, and challenges…
Students in the UK have been taking over university buildings to protest the destruction in Gaza and now the academic boycott movement has made its way across the Atlantic. Inside Higher Ed covered the recent creation of U.S. Campaign for…