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California student groups blast ‘abuse’ of civil rights law to ‘silence’ Palestine solidarity in letter to civil rights commission

A group of Muslim and Palestine solidarity groups from California colleges have sent a letter to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights...
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Nov 10, 2012

National Students for Justice in Palestine Conference Opposes “Normalizing” Israeli Human Rights Abuses

Over three hundred student organizers from across the United States converged at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor over the...
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Nov 08, 2012

Palestine activism on campus and beyond: overcoming Israel’s efforts to erase history

I’ve recently returned from the second national conference of Students for Justice in Palestine, held this past weekend in Ann...
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Nov 08, 2012

Berkeley student assembly condemns state legislature’s conflation of Palestine activism with bigotry

A graduate assembly at a California university has become the latest body to express condemnation at attempts to hinder Palestine...
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Nov 06, 2012

Response to Mark Aspinwall regarding protest at visit of Israeli ambassador

Today the Head of Politics and International Relations at Edinburgh University, Mark Aspinwall, sent out an all student e-mail...
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Oct 25, 2012

Press Release: Students Disrupt Edinburgh University Talk by Israeli Ambassador

Last night, activists from Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Edinburgh University disrupted a lecture by the Israeli...
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Oct 25, 2012

Palestinian cause gains ground in the American mainstream

Activism at universities is particularly notable for its self-propulsion and reliance on forward movement. In an environment where...
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Oct 24, 2012

ACT: Counter Israel-centred academic propaganda

In May 2012, the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) issued a briefing document, “Universities rebranding...
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Oct 24, 2012

Strike cripples education in occupied West Bank

The Palestinian Teachers’ Union has gone on strike in protest at the delay in the payment of salaries. Classes in all public...
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Oct 24, 2012

Building bridges between struggles at upcoming student conference

More and more people are standing up against Israel’s injustices as its occupation and expansionism in Palestine continue to...
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Oct 20, 2012
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