The administration of the University of Texas at Austin has remained silent in response to threats against Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim American students and has been hostile toward pro-Palestinian students speaking out in solidarity with Gaza.
Michael Arria talks to Ryan Grim about The Squad vs. the Israel Lobby, and students at Columbia University fight pro-Palestine censorship.
The University thinks that they can crush us by sanctioning students and banning our organization, but this movement is much larger than one organization or individual. Our growing movement is evidence of the futility of their tactics.
The Anti-Defamation League’s call for the FBI and IRS to surveil, investigate, and possibly prosecute student activists is a new level in its McCarthyite campaign to silence any and all criticism of Israel.
More than 40 Columbia University student groups have formed a coalition to demand the school divest from Israeli apartheid. The move comes just days after the university suspended Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace from campus.
It might seem like the greatest test of your life right now but I want you to know that I have never been more inspired and humbled than by what I have seen. Thank you for being a moral compass for us all.
Atlanta activists and students from universities across Atlanta rallied to end the Georgia State University’s GILEE program which trains U.S. law enforcement in Israel, and called for an end to the suppression of student activism on Palestine.
The New York Times focuses on pro-Israel Jewish students’ unfounded concerns over protest slogans rather than the fact Palestine solidarity organizations are being banned on campus.
The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice are partnering with campus police to combat antisemitism on campuses across the United States. Advocates fear this will include Palestine solidarity activism.
In recent weeks the U.S. has seen the biggest anti-war protests since the Iraq War, but you wouldn’t know this from watching mainstream media.