EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION MONDAY (TODAY) 3PM TIMES SQUARE It is now confirmed that the Israeli military attacked the Free Gaza flotilla, killing at least ten and wounding dozens more in international waters. This is an attack on a peaceful humanitarian convoy carrying food, water, wheelchairs and other necessities blockaded by the Israeli government, a convoy which…
Columbia SJP joins Palestinian youth organizations against normalization
In commemoration of the anniversary of the Nakba, and as an expression of our commitment to resisting Israeli occupation, colonization and apartheid in accordance with international law, we (Palestinian youth organizations signed below) declare our rejection of normalization with Israel on all levels. Economic, political, cultural and institutional normalization legitimize Israel’s oppression of the Palestinian…
Commemorate the Nakba with Joseph Massad on Wednesday, April 28
Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine invites you to a discussion with Professor Joseph Massad to discuss the ongoing Nakba (catastrophe) against Palestine and Palestinians: “One of the most difficult things to grasp in the modern history of Palestine and the Palestinians is the meaning of the Nakba. Is the Nakba to be seen as…
DAM, Shadia Mansour and more coming to Columbia April 26!
Hip-Hop For Justice: Voices from the Underground Featuring: DAM Hasan Salaam Shadia Mansour Lowkey Mazzi Monday, April 26th at 7:30pm Held Auditorium (Room 304), Barnard College 3009 Broadway (between 116th and 117th Street) From Palestine to NY to the UK, this panel/performance, will be on the power of conscious hip-hop and will discuss hip-hop is…
Wednesday, April 14: Israeli Policies in Jerusalem
Israeli Policies in Jerusalem: A Case on the Mamilla Cemetery Wednesday, April 14th at 7:30pm Room 501, Schermerhorn Building, Columbia University Professor Rashid Khalidi and Michael Ratner, President of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), will provide an important background on this groundbreaking case and address some of the legal strategies pursued. In addition, they will…
Conversation with Bill Fletcher: Tuesday April 13th
Where is the Palestinian Ghandi? A Conversation with Bill Fletcher, Jr. on Palestinian Peaceful Resistance Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 at 6pm, Room 410 International Affairs Building, Columbia University 420 West 118th Street, New York, NY 10128 As part of the Global Week in action for Palestinian Political Prisoners (April 11-April 17, 2010), Columbia Students for Justice…
UC Berkeley student senate passes divestment resolution
Press release from UC Berkeley SJP. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For the first time in the University of California history, the UC Berkeley Student Senate has approved a bill to divest from two US companies in response to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and to Israel’s siege and bombardment of the Gaza Strip. The Senate bill directs both…
The Politics of Fear
Last week marked the sixth annual Israeli Apartheid Week. College campuses and organizations in Canada, the United States, South America, the Middle East, and beyond held demonstrations, talks, and other varied programming throughout the week in solidarity with Palestinians living under apartheid rule. Though the activist in me longed for a banner-toting, slogan-shouting, 24-hour protest…
Please take a moment to watch this video and join us in protest of the 2010 Annual New York Gala Dinner of the Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces.
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