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Richard Falk Salutes UC Berkeley Divestment
April 13, 2010 To the Senate of the Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley (ASUC): I am writing to encourage renewed support for Senate Bill 118A (“A Bill in Support of ASUC Divestment from War Crimes”), including the override of ASUC President Will Smelko’s veto on March 24, 2010. The earlier passage of […]
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Noam Chomsky endorses Berkeley divestment
Letter to the ASUC Senate in support of SB 118A, the divestment bill I would like to express my support and appreciation for the principled statement of the ASUC Senate calling for divestment from US corporations providing military technology for Israel to use in the occupied territories and in its past and possibly future invasions […]
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You Will Not Be Alone
Comment By Judith Butler April 13, 2010 Editor’s Note: What follows is the text of a speech Professor Butler will give on Wednesday, April 13, to the students of the University of California, Berkeley. On March 18, Berkeley’s Student Senate voted 16-to-4 to divest from General Electric and United Technologies because of their role in […]
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Endowment Lacks Responsible Oversight
By Samuel Geaney-Moore | Apr 13 2010 | Viewpoint When I and four other members of Georgetown, Divest!, met with university administrators last Friday, we made a startling and unpleasant discovery about the university”s endowment. We initially approached the university with the intention to find out the details of its policy on socially responsible oversight […]
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Georgetown erases FAQs about ethical investing from Investment Office website
Posted by: Molly Redden in News, Vox Populi Georgetown University has deleted two passages from its Investment Office”s “Frequently Asked Questions” page that explained how social responsibility and Georgetown”s Jesuit identity impacts its investment decisions. The move may have been a result of discussions between members of Georgetown”s Investment Office and students from Georgetown, Divest!, […]
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ICAHD Director Jeff Halper letter endorses Berkeley divestment
April 11, 2010 Dear ASUC Members, As the head of an Israeli peace and human rights organization, The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), I would like to add our voice to those who have urged you to overrule the veto of the Senate President and reaffirm the decision to divest in companies profiting from […]
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Divesting From Injustice: Desmond Tutu’s Open Letter to the UC Berkeley ASUC Senate
Dear Student Leaders at the University of California – Berkeley It was with great joy that I learned of your recent 16-4 vote in support of divesting your university’s money from companies that enable and profit from the injustice of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and violation of Palestinian human rights. Principled stands like […]
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Attack on Berkeley divestment bill dishonest and misleading
Sydney Levy and Yaman Salahi, The Electronic Intifada, 12 April 2010 A coalition of nearly 20 Jewish groups, ranging from the right-wing David Project and the Jewish National Fund to the liberal J Street, is distributing a misleading statement condemning a Student Senate bill at the University of California, Berkeley (“Troubling UC Berkeley Student Senate […]
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Berkeley’s Response to ASUC Presidential Veto of Divestment Senate Bill 118A
Response to ASUC Presidential Veto of Senate Bill 118A UC Berkeley Divestment Task Force UCB Students for Justice in Palestine Introduction The following document is a response to ASUC President Will Smelko”s veto[1] of Senate Bill 118A, “A Bill in Support of ASUC Divestment from War Crimes.” SB 118A called on the UC Berkeley student […]
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Selective Divestment from Companies that Profit from Human Rights Violations in Israel and Palestine: A Campaign to End Apartheid and Promote Peace
39th U.S. President Jimmy Carter, in his book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, describes how “Israel”s continued control and colonization of Palestinian land have been the primary obstacles to a comprehensive peace agreement in the Holy Land.” Since the United Nations decided to partition historic Palestine into a Jewish and Arab state in 1947, Israel has […]
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