Campus Movement

Cornell Black Students Denounce University President’s ‘White Supremacist’ Language

October 5, 2024 Amandla Thomas-Johnson, Popular Resistance. Resist! Campus Movement, Cornell University, Deportation, Free Speech, Momodou Taal, Repression, Student Activism

Black students at Cornell have denounced the University's Interim President Michael Kotlikoff for deploying “white supremacist caricatures” as he pursues a war of words against Momodou Taal, a graduate student facing deportation for taking part in pro-Palestinian protests. Following a meeting with Kotlikoff earlier in the week, Black student groups on Wednesday said they “no longer felt safe on campus” and urged the university to “create an open forum to repair the administration’s relationship with Black students.” It comes as a petition supporting Taal surpassed 10,000 signatures.

University Of Michigan Moves To Eliminate Due Process For Students

October 5, 2024 Ryan McCarty, Left Voice. Educate! Campus Movement, Higher Education, Police, Repression, Student Activism, University Of Michigan

Over the last two years, the University of Michigan (UM) administration has been fiercely repressing student and worker voices on campus with a combination of police and administrative attacks. The University has conducted large-scale arrests of student protestors demanding divestment from financial ties to the Israeli military, sent campus police to the homes of graduate student union organizers as an intimidation tactic, and violently attacked the community encampment calling for an end to the university’s complicity in the genocide in Gaza. In less physically violent but no less aggressive moves, UM has attempted to discipline the activist Graduate Employee Organization (GEO) union for their 2023 strike and their substantial fights for a living wage, the dismantling of the large campus police apparatus, and divestment from Israel by changing hiring practices for graduate student workers.

University Students Rally Behind Expelled Encampment Leader

September 29, 2024 Martha Grevatt, Workers World. Resist! Campus Movement, Cleveland, Higher Education, Palestine, Student Activism, Suspension

Cleveland - Over 100 pro-Palestine activists rallied and marched to the office of Case Western Reserve University on Sept. 18 in protest of the expulsion of Yousef Khalaf, a leader of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment. CWRU students erected the encampment on April 29 and kept it up until May 10. After Khalaf appealed the discriminatory expulsion and related discipline, a hearing was held in August. There, Jewish students and community members challenged the university narrative equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism. Nevertheless, the CWRU administration upheld its original decision. The one victory was that all of Khalaf’s tuition and housing payments were refunded.

Student Faces Deportation After Suspension for Pro-Palestine Protest

September 24, 2024 Matt Dougherty, Ithaca Times. Educate! Campus Movement, Cornell University, Deportation, Immigration, Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Student Activism

Cornell University has become the first university to suspend a student for pro-Palestinian organizing this semester. The suspension came in response to a student-led protest organized by the Coalition for Mutual Liberation (CML), which shut down a career fair at the Statler Hotel attended by defense contractors Boeing and L3 Harris last week. The protest, according to the CML, was part of a broader effort to oppose Cornell’s complicity in military and defense industries that profit from violence, specifically in the occupied Palestinian territories. The suspended student is PhD candidate Momodou Taal, who has been a prominent advocate for Palestinian liberation during his time at Cornell.

First Gaza Encampment Trial In US Finds Protesters Not Guilty

September 22, 2024 Anthony Franklin, Fight Back News!. Resist! Campus Movement, Gaza, Israel, Louisiana, New Orleans, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Student Activism, Tulane, Victory

New Orleans, LA – On Friday, September 20, Tulane University encampment arrestees held a rally at 8 a.m., outside of the Orleans Criminal District Court, just before a monumental win for the city’s movement. There were over 40 people in attendance for both the rally and their full-day trial. They packed the courts in support of the arrestees for the Popular University for Gaza encampment that took place on Tulane’s front lawn from April 29 to May 1. The crowd chanted, “Not guilty, not sorry!” and “When student rights are under attack what do we do? Stand up, fight back!” A Loyola faculty member, Pablo Zavala, shared his thoughts on the students’ bravery stating, “SDS members, the young people, and community members have shown me and have shown us what it means to be courageous.

MIT Divests From Israeli Arms Firm Funded Program

September 15, 2024 Al Mayadeen. Resist! BDS Movement, Boston, Campus Movement, Divestment, Higher Education, Israel, Massachusetts, MIT, Palestine

The MISTI-"Israel" Lockheed Martin fund has been shut down after continuous pressure from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) staff and faculty, the MIT Coalition for Palestine announced on Friday, marking a major divestment win for the university's Scientists Against Genocide (SAGE) movement. "Under pressure from students and scientists of conscience at this Institute, the MIT administration has discontinued MISTI-Israel's Lockheed Martin Seed Fund and will not renew its contract," the organization said in a statement. "This was a major target of our divestment action. The program ends after months of protest against it last fall, including letter deliveries, sit-ins, and public information campaigns," it highlighted.

Cal State Professors Targeted For Exposing School’s Ties To Genocide

September 11, 2024 Joshua Frank, Mondoweiss. Resist! BDS Movement, California, Campus Movement, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Retaliation

Last month, in a tangible victory for the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) movement, San Francisco State University (SFSU) agreed to pull its investment from four companies tied to weapons manufacturing and Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The four include Lockheed Martin, aerospace company Leonardo, military contractor Palantir, and construction equipment maker Caterpillar, whose bulldozers have been tearing up Gaza and the West Bank for decades. The success was four years in the making, as SFSU students successfully passed a divestment resolution in 2020.

Student Activists Vow To Continue Pro-Palestine Protests Despite Crackdowns

September 5, 2024 Sarah Prager, Scheer Post. Resist! Campus Movement, Higher Education, Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Repression, Student Activism

Marie Adele Grosso joined the Columbia University chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) two years ago when she started at Columbia’s Barnard College. She said the group mainly did cultural awareness work back then, but the activism escalated in the spring when they created the first of the college encampments that became an international movement. College students across the country and the world demanded their institutions divest from companies connected to Israel’s slaughter of Palestinians. “I am doing what I believe is moral, and I think everyone has the responsibility to be standing up in whatever way they can,” Grosso said.

Universities Strategized All Summer To Suppress Student Activism

September 3, 2024 Carrie Zaremba, Mondoweiss. Educate! Campus Movement, Free Speech, Higher Education, Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Repression, Student Activism

University administrators across the United States have declared an indefinite state of emergency on college campuses. Schools are rolling out policies in preparation for quashing pro-Palestine student activism this Fall semester, and reshaping regulations and even campuses in the process to suit this new normal. Many of these policies being instituted share a common formula: more militarization, more law enforcement, more criminalization, and more consolidation of institutional power. But where do these policies originate and why are they so similar across all campuses? The answer lies in the fact that they have been provided by the “risk and crisis management” consulting industries, with the tacit support of trustees, Zionist advocacy groups, and federal agencies.

Strike Two: SJP Rutgers- New Brunswick Suspended (Again)

September 2, 2024 Students For Justice In Palestine At Rutgers - New Brunswick, Mondoweiss. Resist! Campus Movement, Higher Education, Israel, New Jersey (NJ), Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Repression, Rutgers, Student Activism

On July 5th, 2024, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) received a letter from the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution Services notifying us that we have been suspended until July 4th, 2025. Once again, we recognize this as an act of repression and anti-Palestinian racism, and therefore refuse to adhere to the guidelines of the suspension. The Rutgers Administration has deemed us responsible for the following: 1) Disruptive or Disorderly Conduct, 2) Failure to Comply with University or Civil Authority, and 3) Non-Compliance with Other University Policies. Disruptive Or Disorderly Conduct In regards to Rutgers’ first allegation, we understand that the Rutgers Administration is attempting to maintain the regular operations of the University despite its involvement in the current genocide being committed in Gaza.

Pro-Palestine Students March Against Political Neutrality Policy

September 2, 2024 Merlin Van Alstine and Staff, Fight Back! News!. Resist! Campus Movement, Higher Education, Israel, Minneapolis, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Salt Lake City, Student Activism

On August 30, 150 University of Minnesota students, staff, faculty and community members rallied and marched from Morrill Hall to McNamara Plaza in response to the Board of Regents vote that happened earlier this week. The Board voted on a resolution that would impose political and institutional neutrality on the university’s endowment fund. This vote was pushed by new University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham. It effectively makes any sort of divestment from Israel, or weapon manufacturers and other entities complicit in war crimes and human rights violations, impossible. It takes away any accountability that administration has to its students, to its staff, or to its faculty.

Students, Community Members Battle Repression Of Pro-Palestine Protesters

August 28, 2024 Jon Abraham, Fight Back News! Resist! Campus Movement, George Washington University, Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Student Activism, Washington D.C.

George Washington University, Washington, DC – On Thursday, August 22, over 300 people gathered at James Monroe Park in downtown DC to support the student intifada. Last semester, students and community members from across the DMV set up an encampment at The George Washington University (GWU), called “Shohada’ Square.” Those involved have been facing charges from the courts, repression from the university, and brutalization by the police. August 22 marked the first day of classes for the 2024 fall semester at GWU, and student organizers planned a protest to remind administration that they will not back down.

As Classes Start, Universities Begin A New Wave Of Repression

August 25, 2024 Maryam Alaniz, Left Voice. Strategize! Campus Movement, Higher Education, Palestine Solidarity, Repression, Student Activism

The University of California and the California State University system – which is the nation’s largest public university system – have both announced they will enforce a “zero tolerance” policy toward new encampments. Both Rutgers University and George Washington University have suspended Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at their campuses, with George Washington also suspending Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP). Meanwhile, Columbia University, which was the epicenter of the student movement, maintains a near-total lockdown that has closed the campus off to the public and is considering granting campus police the power to arrest students.

‘Students For Justice In Palestine’ Coalition Unites Arizona Campuses

August 18, 2024 Sophie Levitt, Mondoweiss. Resist! Arizona, Campus Movement, Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Repression

On Friday, June 28, we formed a coalition of Students for Justice in Palestine chapters throughout Arizona in response to state-wide suppression of pro-Palestine activism. As leaders in Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Arizona and Arizona State University, we faced little choice but to respond to the slew of bills targeting pro-Palestinian activism on Arizonas’ public campuses— as the threats to our activism grew, our strategy had to change with them. The only way to combat repressive laws and policies was to take a stand together, facing head-on a historically ruthless, right-wing legislature.

Students Left Out Of Discussions About Student Gaza Protests

August 17, 2024 Felipe Rendall, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. Educate! Campus Movement, Gaza, Israel, Media, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity

Recent student-led campus encampments in solidarity with Palestine prompted considerable media conversation. But, according to a new FAIR study examining TV and newspaper discussions in the period from April 21 to May 12, those conversations rarely included students themselves—and even fewer included student protesters. FAIR examined how often key corporate media discussion forums contain student and activist voices. The Sunday morning shows (ABC’s This Week, CBS’s Face the Nation, NBC’s Meet the Press, CNN’s State of the Union and Fox News Sunday) brought on no students or activists, opting instead to speak primarily with government officials.

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