• 170 Members of NYU’s Faculty Release Statement & Petition Calling for Reinstatement of Suspended Take Back NYU Students

    Posted on February 25, 2009

    Feb 25th, 2009 by Take Back NYU! As NYU faculty, we call on the Administration to reinstate those students who have been summarily suspended for their recent protest at Kimmel, pending proper hearings by NYU”s disciplinary board. If there is disciplinary action, it should follow–not precede–fair hearings, in which both sides are represented and the […]

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  • Our Open Letter To Haverford College

    Posted on February 25, 2009

    We, the undersigned alumni and associates of Haverford College, deplore the ongoing atrocities and injustices committed by the State of Israel against Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel. Acknowledging that Haverford’s divestment from South Africa had a positive impact on ending apartheid, we demand that Haverford College divest fully from any entity that […]

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  • Motion passed UNANIMOUSLY by the Manchester Metropolitan University

    Posted on February 25, 2009

    branch of University College Union, 14 January 2009. 1. MOTION SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF GAZA This branch notes: 1) The appalling loss of life, injuries and destruction caused by the Israeli government’s assault on Gaza; 2) The particular damage done to educational establishment as a result of the Israeli government’s bombardment. This branch condemns: […]

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  • Global boycott movement marks its successes

    Posted on February 22, 2009

    Jeff Handmaker, The Electronic Intifada, 20 February 2009 Responding to the many calls for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel, solidarity movements around the world have marked many successes. It is important for human rights advocates to build on this momentum and seize the opportunity to do what is within their power to try […]

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  • Victory for student movement: Strathclyde University to end complicity with Gaza conflict

    Posted on February 22, 2009

    A vibrant and wonderful student movement has flowered a the Strathclyde University which has scored two major victories for peace and justice within this month. We at PULSE salute all the students, in particular Strathclyde Stop the War, Action Palestine, and the Strathclyde University Muslim Students Association (SUMSA) for their indispensable work. In today”s excellent […]

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  • Support St Andrews University Students in Occupation

    Posted on February 22, 2009

    Please send your messages of support to the students at St Andrews University who have just began their occupation in protest at the University’s complicity in Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people: campaign [at] scottishpsc.org.uk Student are also asking for anyone living or working in the area to visit them – show your support! Having […]

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  • Take Back NYU’s demands

    Posted on February 22, 2009

    At the heart of the occupation is a list of 13 demands that Take Back NYU has outlined on their website. (The number 13 is in reference to the 1,300 killed in Gaza, according to CAS senior Bamu Quadir.) While several members of the occupation have said their list of demands is negotiable, the following […]

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  • Hampshire students defend their victory

    Posted on February 22, 2009

    Gary Lapon reports that pro-Israel apologists are putting pressure on Hampshire College to back away from its historic divestment decision. February 20, 2009 UNDER PRESSURE from pro-Israel apologists led by Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, administrators at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass., issued a “statement of clarification” about the recent decision to divest from six […]

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  • Official Statement from Take Back NYU!

    Posted on February 21, 2009

    Feb 21st, 2009 by Take Back NYU! Take Back the Balcony!, Thursday night, Bob Burdalski From 10 pm on February 18th 2009 to 2 pm on February 20th, students of Take Back NYU! occupied the Kimmel Center for University Life in a historic effort to bring pressure on NYU for its administrative and ethical failings […]

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  • California State University, Long Beach Student Resolution

    Posted on February 21, 2009

    A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF: A Call for the Immediate End to the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza and a Boycott of goods and services that maintain business relations with Israel. Whereas from December 27, 2008 to January 22, 2009 attacks launched by the Israeli government on Gaza have resulted in over 1,300 deaths and 5,300 […]

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