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Escalation of Academic and Cultural Boycott against Israel
Ramallah, May 17, (Pal Telegraph) – Last month, prominent academics from the British Committee for Universities of Palestine, BRICUP [1], urged you not to perform in Israel, arguing: “If you had just emerged from three weeks of unfettered bombing from land, sea and air, with no place to hide and no place to run, your […]
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Open Letter to the Labor Research Association: Don’t Honor Israeli Apartheid
As longtime labor and anti-apartheid activists, we strongly disagree with the decision to honor Stuart Appelbaum at tonight”s annual dinner of the Labor Research Association in New York City. The LRA”s dinner program praises Appelbaum, President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, for building “relationships with community organizations in an effort to expand […]
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BDS reaches the northernmost university in the world!
Twenty-one staff members of the University of Tromsí¸ (www2.uit.no/www/inenglish) have signed a call for boycott of all Israeli academic institutions. The initiative calls for the University to “establish an academic boycott of Israel”, of Israel”s “institutions of education, research and culture, and the institutions” representatives, regardless of religion and nationality.” The University of Tromsí¸ has […]
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Archbishop Tutu has right to speak at graduation
Although MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon has closed the door on discussions about recalling Archbishop Desmond Tutu for this spring”s commencement address, many people have expressed concern about the South African activist. The problems put forth by Tutu”s detractors, however, are not sufficient enough to warrant his removal as commencement speaker. The Anti-Defamation League, […]
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Simon Liebling ’12: Student power for Palestine
Simon Liebling ’12 Published: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Students at the New School withstood pepper spray attacks by police last week while trying to force the ouster of their controversial president, continuing the tradition of a year of occupations as part of a national campaign for accessible education. The beleaguered administrators they target could almost […]
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NYU Study Abroad in an apartheid state
Dina Mikdadi (Tuesday, March 31, 2009) – Last summer, Israel denied Palestinian Fulbright scholars in Gaza the right to travel abroad to pursue their studies. After some intervention on behalf of Condoleezza Rice, Israel allowed a few (but not all) to leave the Gaza Strip. Such absurd restrictions on Palestinian daily life are not uncommon. […]
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Towards a Divestment Policy that Makes Global Connections
Friday, 10 April 2009 13:06 USA, April 10th, 2009 (Pal Telegraph) – On March 25, The Student Government Association of the University of Massachusetts/ Amherst, passed a resolution calling for divestiture in companies that profit from war and occupation. While not specifically mentioning Israel , this motion, which is not binding on the University, had […]
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Police Arrest 22 at New School Building
April 10, 2009, 10:05 am By Colin Moynihan AND Sewell Chan Updated, 10:37 p.m. | About 20 police officers wearing helmets and carrying batons, plastic shields and pepper spray entered a New School building at 65 Fifth Avenue around 11 a.m. on Friday, arresting 19 protesters who had occupied it as part of a determined […]
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Tutu’s viewpoint welcome: Keep political ties away from academic perspectives
Editorial Board Published: Wednesday, April 8, 2009 Updated: Wednesday, April 8, 2009 UNC and Michigan State squared off against each other in Monday night”s thrilling NCAA National Championship game. Now, both schools are under fire for selecting Archbishop Desmond Tutu to speak at their commencement ceremonies. The Anti-Defamation League sent a letter to UNC Chancellor […]
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Group assails MSU’s Tutu invitation
April 10, 2009 Academic freedom cited by Simon in response to criticism Matthew Miller mrmiller [at] lsj.com EAST LANSING – Michigan State University announced last week that retired South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu would give this year’s commencement address. Two days later, the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish advocacy organization, filed a protest. In a letter […]
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