2 April 2014
Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of New Mexico is calling on administration to pull its investments from corporations that profit from human rights violations in Palestine and at the US-Mexico border. Read more about Divestment vote at University of New Mexico tonight
2 April 2014
SJP is however critical of procedures used that limited debate and input from the resolution’s authors. Read more about Call to create divestment committee passes at University of Michigan-Dearborn
21 March 2014
University of Michigan students engage in a sit-in after the student government tables a divestment vote “indefinitely”; Max Geller of Northeastern SJP talks about repression of student activism by the administration and right-wing groups; and a report from Gaza during Israeli Apartheid Week. Read more about US students resist repression of Palestine solidarity on campus
13 March 2014
The attack on free speech at Northeastern is part of a broader war against Palestine solidarity activists on campuses that is being waged by university administrations and Israel lobby groups. Read more about War on campus: Ali Abunimah and Max Geller on Democracy Now!
6 March 2014
While many Latino leaders choose silence, some activists are forging ties with the Palestine solidarity movement. Read more about How Latino activists are standing up to the Israel lobby
26 February 2014
Student activists at Harvard University ask fellow undergraduates, “what does apartheid mean to you?” Read more about Harvard students collect testimonies of apartheid from Palestine to US
5 February 2014
Student activists to CUNY chancellor: “you do not speak for us” in condemning the American Studies Association’s boycott of Israeli institutions. Read more about New York students slam CUNY collaboration with Israeli academia
29 January 2014
Secret files show that Zionists are deeply worried about growing boycott movement and think that even projects aimed at coexistence are bad for Israel. Read more about Documents reveal Zionist group spied on US student delegation to Palestine
Boston 4 November 2013
Northeastern University comes under fire from leading Zionist groups determined to stifle debate. Read more about Jewish student receives death threats over Palestine solidarity work
26 October 2013
A pillar in Chicago’s Palestinian community faces jail time and deportation over a conviction by an Israeli military court more than four decades ago. Read more about Palestinian arrested in Chicago because of her community activism, groups say