Fighting For a Free Palestine On Our Campuses: Faculty Lounge Episode

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In this episode, David and Laura recap the unprecedented wave of pro-Palestine organizing happening on U.S. college campuses over the past few weeks. We also discuss the repression these movements are facing from campus administrators and pro-Israel organizations (who have a long history of targeting campus anti-Zionist organizing). We talk about the role of universities in social movements, where this movement might be headed, and what we'd like to see happen in the coming weeks. We also reflect on the tendency of the pundit class to dismiss youth organizing and infantilize young people who are leading the way in the fight for Palestinian liberation.

Some articles mentioned in our discussion:

Appalling: Columbia University suspends JVP and SJP student chapters

The Shift: Brandeis becomes first school to ban Students for Justice in Palestine on campus – Mondoweiss

20 arrested during protest at Brown University | WPRI.com

CUNY stands with Palestine liberation, despite what the chancellor says – Mondoweiss

CUNY faculty and staff: We reject the Palestine Exception to free speech at CUNY – Mondoweiss

Student Protests for Gaza Targeted by Pro-Israel Groups for Alleged Civil Rights Violations

Israel’s War on American Student Activists | The Nation

Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Florida v. Raymond Rodrigues | American Civil Liberties Union

Columbia University Apartheid Divest: Who we are

Cops, Colleges, and Counterinsurgency: An Interview with Dylan Rodriguez