In a landmark victory for student activists, the Supreme Court of New York ruled that CUNY must disclose the school’s financial portfolio, specifically contracts with businesses connected to the genocide in Gaza.
Activists say the City University of New York is escalating its repression against Palestine activism by suspending a student leader and terminating the positions of four faculty members who have been active in protesting Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
We are the eight students, staff, and faculty from across the City University of New York system who started an indefinite hunger strike. We have one demand: that CUNY divest from Israel and companies aiding the genocide in Gaza.
Ten CUNY students are still facing felony charges from the police raid on City College’s Gaza encampment. If convicted, the ruling would set a precedent for prosecuting pro-Palestinian students and organizers across the United States.
Generation Z forced the world to stop and respond to the Israeli genocide in Gaza. In return, they are being punished by the same system implicated in the killing.
New York police arrested a total of 282 Palestine protesters across the city in what appeared to be a coordinated attack by the city government on student protest encampments.
Our panel for a conference on equity and antiracism at CUNY’s Lehman College was canceled because it included the word “intifada” in the title. Instead of promoting antiracism, CUNY participates in the demonization of Palestinian resistance.
Students and faculty at the CUNY Graduate Center remember and honor Dr. Refaat Alareer.
CUNY for Palestine demands Chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez publicly condemn Israel’s genocidal violence in Gaza, and support CUNY students and workers who are routinely attacked when voicing support for Palestine.
CUNY staff and faculty reject Chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez’s efforts to censure solidarity with the Palestinian people.