Kent State Fails to Defend Students Against False Terrorism Accusations
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The University of California Must Protect Civil Rights in the Face of Trump’s Persecution of Muslims, Arabs, and Palestine Activists
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As Trump’s campaign promises become reality, the University of California (UC) Regents’ so-called “Intolerance Principles” put vulnerable students at risk for increased attacks, warned Palestine Legal and other civil rights organizations in a letter, sent today, to UC President Napolitano and the Board of Regents.
Read MoreDoubling down, together
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Palestine Legal’s work reminds us every day that we are vulnerable. Our movements for social justice, and the individuals within them, have targets on our backs. Today, we are especially sensitive to the fact that the gains we've made for racial, economic and gender justice, immigrant rights and human rights, are on the line.
Read MoreHorowitz threatens to sue student over op-ed responding to hate posters
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Donald Trump is not the only textbook legal bully this season. David Horowitz– a driver of anti-Muslim and anti-Black hate – threatened to sue UCLA senior Robert Gardner in response to an op-ed calling the Horowitz Freedom Center “hateful.” Robert wrote his op-ed after Horowitz plastered the campus with posters describing Robert, and other students and faculty, as promoters of terrorism and “Jew Hatred.”
Read MorePalestine Legal and 70+ civil rights groups to Facebook: Protect human rights documentation
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On Monday, Palestine Legal and over 70 civil rights groups wrote to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to demand that the company clarify its policies for content removal when requested by government officials, police, and other government actors.
Read MorePress Release: Pennsylvanians concerned about legislation that infringes on First Amendment rights
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Today the Pennsylvania legislature passed HB 2107, an unconstitutional bill that threatens to penalize forms of political expression protected by the First Amendment.
“Real Talk” on Palestine at Bard College: Marcus Avoids “Difficult Questions”
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Last Friday, Palestine Legal Director, Dima Khalidi, spoke at a conference at Bard College, “Real Talk: Difficult Questions about Race, Sex and Religion.” The conference looked at recent controversies on campuses, with speakers presenting opposing viewpoints.
Khalidi was invited to speak to the difficult climate for Palestine activists on campus, while Kenneth Marcus, head of the Brandeis Center and architect of the use of Title VI complaints alleging that Palestine activism creates an antisemitic climate for Jewish students, was invited to discuss antisemitism on campus.
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