Liz Jackson profiled in Haaretz

Liz Jackson profiled in Haaretz

The following is an excerpt from an article published in Haaretz on March 17, 2016.  To view the full article, including other activists' profiles, click here.

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Radhika Sainath quoted in the Wall Street Journal

Radhika Sainath quoted in the Wall Street Journal

The following is an excerpt of an article published in the Wall Street Journal on March 16, 2016.  To view the full article, visit wsj.com here.

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Media Release: UC's proposed intolerance statement is unenforceable

Media Release: UC's proposed intolerance statement is unenforceable

The University of California (UC) Regents Working Group on Principles Against Intolerance has asked the Regents to adopt a report and an accompanying policy on Principles Against Intolerance at their March 23 meeting in San Francisco Mission Bay. The report states that “anti-Zionism” is a form of discrimination.

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Vassar Trustees threaten $900K over BDS

Vassar Trustees threaten $900K over BDS

The Vassar Student Association (VSA) Executive Board was informed last week that if it were to pass a BDS amendment, the college’s Board of Trustees would “remove” student control of college funds for student activities, amounting to around $900,000.

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Northeastern students blocked from voting on BDS

Northeastern students blocked from voting on BDS

On February 26, Northeastern University’s Student Government Association (SGA) again blocked Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) from placing a referendum on the election ballot asking university trustees to divest from companies profiting from violations of Palestinian rights.

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Marquette University Censors SJP Mock Apartheid Wall

Marquette University Censors SJP Mock Apartheid Wall

On Sunday evening, February 21, members of Marquette University’s Students for Justice in Palestine erected a mock Israeli separation wall on campus to kick off Israeli Apartheid Week. The wall featured slogans and pictures that appear on the actual separation wall in Palestine. They had reserved the space and received approval from the University administration for their fliers and publicity. But the next morning, the wall was gone; the University administration had confiscated it.

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#UMNDivest resolution countered with proposal to restrict student speech

#UMNDivest resolution countered with proposal to restrict student speech

Yesterday, University of Minnesota student organizers introduced a resolution in the Minnesota Student Association (MSA) calling on the University to divest from four companies that profit from human rights abuses of Palestinians. If successful, the #UMNDivest campaign, spearheaded by Students for Justice in Palestine, would add University of Minnesota to the growing list of university student bodies that have passed divestment resolutions to support Palestinian freedom and human rights.

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