Home > All News Items and Articles On 16 November, Spanish students from colleges and universities across the country held a second day of demonstrations and marches for Gaza. Activities were organised in no fewer than 38 cities. Their frustration has been increased by the relative inactivity of the Spanish government which voted for a…
Home > All News Items and Articles Have you ever wondered how closely Israel monitors pro-Palestinian activism in British universities? And what Israel does with the intelligence it gathers? The following investigation by James Bamford (pictured) published in The Nation and reprinted by Jewish Voice for Labour, describes in startling detail how Israel illegally interferes…
Home > All News Items and Articles John Chalcraft, Professor of History and Middle East Politics at the LSE, briefly describes the UK’s deplorable record since November 1917 when it issued the Balfour Declaration, promising Zionists a “home” – euphemism for a state – in Palestine. Subsequently it has favoured the Zionist project, and even…
James Hughes, Professor of Politics at the London School of Economics and a specialist in political violence and terrorism, submitted the following article to an LSE politics blog, which refused to publish it. Readers may like to see if they can identify serious errors of fact, interpretation or relevance to current affairs – the three…
Tribute from BRICUP to Professor Richard Seaford delivered by Tom Hickey on behalf of BRICUP on 15th November 2023 at the University of Exeter in the presence of Richard, family members, colleagues and students Some days ago, in a webinar on the Gaza events, Gabor Maté told a story that had been bequeathed to him…
PALESTINE DEFEND THE PALESTINIAN VOICE ‘NO!’ TO CENSORSHIP AND SUPPRESSION ON UK CAMPUSES for Freedom of Palestine Advocacy on UK campuses for Academic Freedom to Teach and Research on the Conflict SUPPRESSION OF THE PALESTINIAN VOICE IN UK UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES and INTERFERENCE IN TEACHING AND RESEARCH Colleagues will have registered…
Home > All News Items and Articles The Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews has issued a statement deploring criticism by the elected Rector, Stella Maris, of Israel’s devastation of the Gaza strip, where deaths are now approaching 15,000. The VC’s concern – that the Rector, elected by the students only a few weeks…
Home > All News Items and Articles British Committee for the Universities of Palestine Palestine: Memory, Identity, Resistance BRICUP Seminar Series 2023-4 All seminars are on-line events, and take place at 18.00-19.30 London…
BRICUP has just received the appeal below from 15 Palestinian Universities for justice and freedom for Palestine. In response to this appeal, and to the outrageous slaughter being visited by Israel on the people of Gaza, BRICUP is taking the following actions: A Unified Call for Justice and Freedom in Palestine A call from Palestinian…
Popular Resistance has published a deeply disturbing account of Israel’s current assault on Gaza and the Occupied West Bank, describing in particular the murderous consequences for Palestinian universities and schools, the students and the staff who work in them. The assault on Palestinian education began sixty years ago, but since 7 October it has intensified…