US universities taking extreme measures to suppress pro-Palestine activity on campus

6 September 2024 This report from The New Arab, confirming the desperate measures some American universities are taking, point to the near certainty of further clashes between administrators, police and students in the coming year. As US university classes resume, so do concerns over curtailing free speech and support for Palestine “I don’t know what’s…

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Greta Thunberg arrested at Copenhagen University demonstration

6 September 2024 This report from The Palestine Chronicle confirms just how out of touch university authorities are even in a relatively democratic country such as Denmark. ‘Academic Boycott Now!’ – Greta Thunberg among Students Detained at Danish University Protest  September 4, 2024 Blog, News By Palestine Chronicle Staff   “We specifically demand that KU cancel its research collaborations…

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UCU joins call for ceasefire in Gaza

Ceasefire NOW! UCU joins with many others in Palestine, the UK, and beyond to reiterate the demands for an immediate ceasefire, the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, unrestricted access to humanitarian aid, and the lifting of the siege of Gaza.  We are very concerned by the sharp rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia across…

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Canadian university names new scholarship after president of Islamic University, killed in Gaza

University of Waterloo has established a new scholarship as a memorial scholarship of Prof. Dr. Sofyan Taya, the president of the Islamic University Posted on August 26, 2024 | The Palestine Academy for Science and Technologysource University of Waterloo has established a new scholarship as a memorial scholarship for Prof. Dr. Sofyan Taya, the president of the Islamic…

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Israel’s renewed assault on Palestinian education

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…

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