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Boycott apartheid: student delegation to Palestine
Doug Smith, Electronic Intifada, 17 July 2009 For the first time since the 2005 Palestinian civil society call for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against institutions supporting Israeli apartheid, students from North America and Palestine came together in Ramallah to share their ideas and experiences. Consisting of eight days of travel and a four-day workshop, […]
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UC Davis students move to cancel study abroad in Israel
By Yaman UC Davis AggiesUC Davis students have formed the EAP Equality Coalition (EEC), calling upon university administrators to discontinue a recently revived study abroad program in Israel. EAP is the UC sanctioned Education Abroad Program. Addressed to Eric Shroeder, the Summer Abroad faculty director at UC Davis, including Vice Provosts Jean-Xavier Guinard and William […]
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University occupations over Gaza
Mona Baker At the end of December 2008 a wave of protest occupations swept across UK university campuses in response to the Israeli attacks on Gaza. The “occupation movement” started on 13 January 2009, when students at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London occupied the Brunei Gallery and issued a list of […]
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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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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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New School Re-Occupied !!!! Come to 65 Fifth Avenue!!!
Apr 10th, 2009 by Take Back NYU! Students at New School have occupied the ENTIRE BUILDING of the Graduate Building. Be there or be square! More info to come!
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UMass students for divestment
By Michael Fiorentino | April 2, 2009 AMHERST, Mass.–The Student Government Association at the University of Massachusetts Amherst passed a resolution March 25 calling for divestment from companies that profit from war and occupation. The resolution was drafted by members of the Campus Antiwar Network (CAN) and supported by various progressive student groups. It was […]
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UMass Divestment
On Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 the Student Government Association of the University of Massachusetts Amherst passed a resolution calling for divestment from companies that profit from war and occupation! This is a great step forward!! Please consider thanking senators in the UMass Senate for this victory and stance, in the face of intimidation and misinformation. […]
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