In a campus-wide ballot referendum, students at San Diego State University (SDSU) voted in April 2015 on a referendum proposal that asked whether or not they support divestment of university funds from companies complicit in the human rights abuses of Palestinians.
Read MoreLast Wednesday, our Senators voted overwhelmingly to pass SB 1761, a bill that would punish companies that protest Israel’s human rights and international law violations by choosing not to do business with Israeli companies - including those based in settlements within the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Read MoreDear friends,
On Wednesday, the Illinois Senate voted to punish companies that boycott Israel’s human rights abuses by requiring Illinois retirement funds to expend resources blacklisting, monitoring and withdrawing funds from such companies.
Read MoreOn Thursday, PSLS, along with the Center for Constitutional Rights, Jewish Voice for Peace, and the National Lawyers Guild-Los-Angeles, sent a letter to the California Senate Education Committee urging them to amend a proposed resolution that perpetuates the conflation of criticism of Israeli policies with acts of anti-Semitism.
Read MoreTake action now to protect the right to boycott Israel for its human rights violations of Palestinians!
Read MoreDon't miss this important event connecting the struggle for #Justice4Rasmea with other nation-wide efforts to achieve social justice, from Ferguson to Palestine and beyond.
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