We, the undersigned, are deeply disturbed by the attempts to smear those advocating for Palestinians’ rights to racial equality and freedom from occupation with false charges of anti-Semitism. Professor Bill….
Occupied Palestine, 17 March 2016 — The global movement supporting the Palestinian people’s right to freedom, justice and equality has taken impressive steps into the political mainstream in recent years…..
We, the undersigned faculty and librarians at the University of Toronto, declare our support for the Graduate Student Union’s petition for the University of Toronto to divest its holdings in….
International Women’s Day is celebrated across the globe today, March 8th, and is most commonly associated with advancements for the role of women in the workplace and workers’ rights and….
To: Professor Kathleen Montgomery, Chair UC Committee on Academic Freedom
Professor Jody Kreiman, Chair, UCLA Committee on Academic Freedom
Professor Dan Hare, Chair, University-wide Academic Senate
Letters to The Independent,
As both scholars and community members, we are professionally, intellectually, and morally invested in our University. We deem it our duty to hold our institution accountable for the ethical implications….
Detroit activist and writer Kristian Davis Bailey was en route to a West Bank conference to talk about Black and Palestinian solidarity when Israeli police accused him of drug smuggling. Here, he reflects on the trauma of his arrest and insists that it’s nothing compared to what Palestinians face.
American musicians who support boycotting Israel over the issue of Palestinian rights are terrified to speak out for fear their careers will be destroyed, according to Roger Waters. The Pink….
The Government’s attempts to block public bodies from boycotting and divesting from companies involved in Israel’s oppression of Palestinians undermines local democracy in order to shield Israel from criticism (“Boycott….
