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“Positive Investment” prioritizes money over people, justice
Guest contribution by Ghassan Rafeedie Divestment of funds from companies profiting from the occupation of Palestine was brought to a vote recently at the Presbyterian Church’s biennial General...
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The Church & Occupation
Guest contribution by Maryam I. Last week the Presbyterian Church (USA) voted on whether they would divest from three war-profiting companies helping sustain Israel’s illegal military occupation of...
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Nothing tastes sweeter than justice
Guest contribution by Deanna Othman As Ramadan approaches, the month during which Muslims abstain from food and drink from sunrise to sunset, families hurry to their local grocery stores and ethnic...
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NYU SJP marks mounting success in TIAA-CREF divestment campaign
Students for Justice in Palestine at New York University published this video to mark the growth of their divestment campaign on campus. The group has collected over 200 signatures from professors,...
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One of the things I learned at last year’s National SJP Conference
At the present moment, there is a woman sitting at the table in front of me, furiously pecking at her keyboard with one hand and munching on a sandwich with another. To my right are nine men from the...
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UC Irvine student gov’t unanimously passes divestment bill challenging...
Almost two years after the Irvine 11 unprecedentedly faced criminal charges for verbally disrupting a speech by Israel ambassador Michael Oren, the student government at the University of California,...
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Understanding the mounting pressure against Joy Harjo’s ‘halfway justice’
In the days following Native American poet Joy Harjo’s decision to cross the picket line and to perform at Tel Aviv University, many have taken the disappointment from friends, colleagues, and fans as...
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‘Solidarity’ should not be supremacist charity: The best definition of the...
I came across a brilliant definition of the word “solidarity” in a letter to musician Stanley Jordan shortly before he chose to back out of his performance at the Red Sea Jazz Festival this month in...
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Excellent sentence by The Guardian on Stephen Hawking’s boycott of Israel...
World-renouned theoretical physicist Professor Stephen Hawking joined the boycott of Israel on Tuesday by withdrawing from a conference hosted by Israeli president Shimon Peres in Jerusalem. The...
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BDS campaign leaders convene in Chicago for public lecture
On Tuesday, May 14, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of Chicago will be hosting a lecture panel on the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement gaining traction around...
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Alicia Keys is making a bad decision
Alicia Keys is scheduled to perfom in Tel Aviv on July 4. An international campaign calling on the talented and conscious Keys to cancel her concert in Apartheid Israel is gaining momentum. Earlier...
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What it means to be a student for justice in Palestine
Guest contribution by Dana Saifan Thousands of students organizing for justice in Palestine fill schools and universities across the globe, dedicating countless hours to discussing the Palestine...
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The 2013 SJP National Conference will create change
Guest contribution by Ghassan Rafeedie The upcoming Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) National Conference is a showcase of talented pro-Palestine advocates, writers, and artists from around the...
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How to make a StandWithUs video in 10 easy steps
Guest contribution by Ilias S. Things not going your way? StandWithUs knows how you feel. Lucky for you, they’ve given us a model for how to cope. So if you ever find yourself coming up short like all...
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Why SodaStream is doomed to fail
Guest contribution by Ghassan Rafeedie Recently, Scarlett Johansson has become a spokesperson for SodaStream, the Israeli company with a plant in an illegal settlement built on stolen Palestinian land....
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Scarlett Johansson and Oxfam part ways in what can only be seen as another...
Update: Oxfam has accepted Scarlett Johansson’s resignation, recognizing her role with SodaStream is “incompatible” with her role with Oxfam. In a rather odd twist, Scarlett Johansson has reportedly...
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Divestment passes at Loyola University Chicago
Last updated 9:13 PM CST, Mar. 25 Loyola University Chicago’s student senate passed a resolution Tuesday evening to divest from corporations profiting from Israel’s occupation. The resolution,...
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Second vote sees success for divestment campaign at Loyola University Chicago
Last updated 2:21 AM CST, Mar. 27 UPDATE: Student government president Pedro Guerrero has vetoed the resolution. Read about our coverage and Loyola SJP’s statement. Loyola University Chicago’s student...
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Cowardice: Crushing a human rights movement in Times New Roman font
Despite passing the same divestment resolution on two separate occasions this month, Loyola University Chicago’s Unified Student Government Association (USGA) has vetoed the bill. USGA President Pedro...
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I apologize, I am sorry
Guest contribution by Nadine Darwish Dear USGA Senate at Loyola, I am sorry. I am sorry for bringing divestment to your table in the first place, let alone three times. I am sorry for not remembering...
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