• SGA debates UMass’ divestment from Israel

    Posted on March 6, 2009

    Nicole Sobel, Collegian Staff Published: Wednesday, March 4, 2009 Updated: Thursday, March 5, 2009 Wednesday, March 4th the SGA gathered in the Campus Center at to vote on whether or not the University of Massachusetts should divest from companies who support Israel such as Caterpillar, General Electric, and Motorola. The meeting concluded with the motion […]

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  • On Israel, Shifted Ground

    Posted on March 6, 2009

    March 6, 2009 The ground seems to have shifted, activists on all sides say. What they make of it varies. A shift toward more visible pro-Palestinian or anti-Israel sentiment has been profound on some campuses, prompted, in part, by the winter war in Gaza. Where some describe a corresponding disintegration of civil discourse or a […]

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  • Support the SGA Palestine Resolution (UMass)

    Posted on March 5, 2009

    Hello everyone, We are writing to you to urge you to consider coming out to support the passing of a resolution on Palestine at UMass’ Student Government’s meeting, Wednesday March 4th in Campus Center room 163C at 7pm. The Campus Antiwar Network is introducing three enactments during this meeting. The first is an enactment demanding […]

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  • Sustaining global solidarity after Gaza

    Posted on March 4, 2009

    Jamal Juma’, The Electronic Intifada, 3 March 2009 The Israeli invasion of Gaza, which has now claimed more than 1,400 lives, generated serious popular backlash the world over. The overwhelmingly weak official positions and statements, especially in the Arab world, stood in stark contrast to the outpouring of rage that was witnessed in the streets […]

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  • Join the Global BDS Action Day 30 March 2009 – A guide to effective action

    Posted on March 3, 2009

    Posted by StopTheWall on Tue, 03/03/2009 – 07:34 To support the preparation for the first global BDS Action Day called for March 30 2009, the Palestinian National committee for BDS (BNC) has released this short guide for everyone who wants to join the BDS movement. You can find a few simple ideas, a selected list […]

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  • Columbia University Students’ Palestine Forum launched

    Posted on March 3, 2009

    We, as Columbia University Students, join the growing number of universities world-wide that are standing up for Palestinians” rights to education, to academic freedom and to self-determination in the face of the Israeli Occupation. We do so in honor of the academic code to which Columbia University is also obligated. In particular, we stand with […]

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  • Columbia demands justice for Palestine

    Posted on March 3, 2009

    By David Judd | March 3, 2009 NEW YORK–Students at Columbia University are taking up the fight for Palestinian rights and have begun organizing around a set of demands for the university’s divestment from Israel. The students’ demands, released on March 2, include full disclosure of Columbia’s budget and endowment, a public forum on divestment, […]

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  • Support Hampshire College Divestment

    Posted on March 3, 2009

    In early February, Hampshire College announced that it was divesting from a mutual fund that included from six corporations supporting Israel’s military occupation – including Motorola and Caterpillar. Now, after attack from Alan Dershowitz and other Zionist activists, Hampshire’s administration has announced that it’s divestment had nothing to do with the Israeli Occupation but rather […]

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  • The new movement against Israel’s apartheid

    Posted on February 28, 2009

    Eric Ruder looks at the new movement taking shape in this country and around the world–for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel and its oppression of the Palestinian people. February 27, 2009 Some 5,000 people turned out in Los Angeles to demonstrate against Israel’s war (David Rapkin | SW) THE RUTHLESS assault on the 1.5 […]

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  • A Time To Be Radical

    Posted on February 28, 2009

    By Nick Juliano Posted: 02/23/2009 Students have historically been at the forefront of progressive causes that challenge the existing political order and criticize inequalities such as racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination. In the 1960s, Students for a Democratic Society stood alongside Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. as they addressed injustices of […]

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